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And that’s a wrap on the 2026 International Public Library Fundraising Conference (IPLFC)! 📚✨ See photos from the conference: flickr.com/photos/sjplf/albu…
#SJPLF #IPLFC26
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📣 We’re hiring! SJPLF is looking for a Finance Director to lead our financial strategy and oversee our $6M budget. Apply today at sjplf.org/Careers
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Calling all local children’s authors and illustrators! Applications are OPEN for Kristi Yamaguchi’s Family Literacy Festival! Join us in celebrating the power of reading and bring your stories to life for local families. 💜
🔗 Apply now at sjplf.org/LiteracyFest2026
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The Resilience Corps is hiring! Gain hands-on experience, develop professional skills, and explore exciting career paths while serving your community. Learn more and apply at sjplf.org/RC. #SJPLF #SJPL #ResilienceCorps
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Celebrate #NationalPetMonth with us and swipe to meet the furry assistants who boost team morale every single day! We love our pets just as much as we love supporting our community libraries.
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Ready for a summer of fun and learning? ☀️ You can now pre-register for @sanjoselibrary's #SummerLearning! Log your reading to join the adventure and participate in our #ReadToRaise fundraiser to win fun prizes. See all the prizes and pre-register at sjplf.org/ReadToRaise
POV: It’s yearbook day but make it 1920. 🎞️ ✍️ The San José Public Library Foundation is proud to support library resources and the preservation of our city’s story. To learn more about our work, visit sjplf.org/Impact.
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Staff book pick! 📚 “This book offers an insightful overview of an area of history and study that has always fascinated me: pre-historic humanity.” -Elizabeth, Dev Ops Coordinator
📖 The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber
🔎 Find it at @sanjoselibrary: sjpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/re…
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To celebrate #NationalPetMonth, we let our favorite four-legged library lover pick which news to bark about. 📚🐾 They chose the 2025 Annual Report, and for good reason! See the milestones, stories, and smiles you made possible in 2025: 🔗 sjplf.org/AnnualReport
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Motherhood is built on moments both big and small, and some of the most powerful Mother’s Day stories begin in the quietest places like a library. Honor a special mom in your life with a donation and we’ll send her a card sharing your tribute! Give now: sjplf.org/MothersDay
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Looking for a meaningful Mother’s Day gift? 💐 Make a $25 donation in honor of a mom you cherish, and we’ll deliver a Mother’s Day card with your personal message on your behalf!
Celebrate Mom while giving back to the library you love: sjplf.org/MothersDay
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Mother's Day is Sunday, May 10! Honor a special mom in your life with a $25 donation and we’ll send her a greeting card sharing your tribute. 💐💌
🔗 sjplf.org/MothersDay
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Watch our Resilience Corps Associates (RCAs) take a deep dive into professional growth at the Apple campus! 🎢✨ Shoutout to the incredible Apple volunteers for sharing their career journeys and showing us the power of owning your story. 💻🍎 #SJPLF #SJPL #ResilienceCorps
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Happy Earth Day! The Alviso Branch just expanded their Seed Library thanks to a generous grant we received from the Legacy San José Alviso Youth Foundation! Stop by to pick up your seeds and celebrate National Garden Month with us by planting something new.
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National Library Week continues! 📚✨ Our Staff and Board went on a mission to say thanks to the incredible people who make @sanjoselibrary shine, delivering care packages to all 25 branch locations across San José! #SJPLF #SJPL #NLWD #NationalLibraryWeek
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Our favorite week of the year starts TOMORROW! 📖✨ National Library Week's theme this year is "Find Your Joy" so to celebrate, we’re sharing a some love letters from our community that made us smile, cry, and feel all the feels.
📅 National Library Week is April 19-25
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The Alviso Branch just expanded their Seed Library thanks to a generous grant we received from the Legacy San José Alviso Youth Foundation! 🌱
Check out the photos: flickr.com/photos/sjplf/albu…
#SJPLF #SJPL #SeedLibrary
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San José lags significantly behind our Bay Area peers in library spending, investing just a third of what cities like San Francisco and Berkeley provide per resident. #LibraryGivingDay may have passed, but our mission to close this gap hasn't. Donate now: sjplf.org/LibraryGivingDay
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We had the opportunity to bring our 2025–26 Resilience Corps cohort to HP for an incredible behind the scenes visit. A big thank you to our SJPLF Board Member Orit Keinan-Nahon, Chief of Staff to the CEO at HP, for helping host and make this experience possible.
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During a recent STEM Sunday, students dove into the world of 3D modeling to design their very own custom chess pieces. This level of technical training is made possible by @Microsoft, whose generous grant provided the laptops and tablets students use to create.
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