Go Diego Go Books
Martta Borromeo
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The San Diego Public Library (SDPL) is an officially designated Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) that is part of a nationwide library network maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
The Patent and Trademark Resource Center is located on the 3rd floor of the Central Library. You do not need to visit SDPL in-person to access search tools, but the library provides certain resources (e.g. a current collection of full-color Plant patents, and legal reference books) that are only accessible in-person.
The books in our libraries are an extension of who we are. They open our eyes to different perspectives. They allow us to expand our horizons and our understanding of a complex, always-shifting world. They connect us to a shared history.
And San Diego is not immune to these potential threats.
These book bans are a slippery slope to censorship and the stifling of diverse views in our cultural, community, and educational spaces. Intellectual freedom and representation of diverse perspectives are strengths that we should be celebrating, not stamping out.
In response to increasingly aggressive threats to intellectual freedom, the Library Foundation SD joined the San Diego Public Library and partners to launch Books Unbanned in San Diego.
Note: Young adults who live in California, own property in the City of San Diego, or serve in the Armed Forces and are stationed in San Diego County do not need a Books Unbanned card. They can apply for a San Diego Public Library card to access this collection and other resources.
The Research Library contains more than 2,500 reference books related to all aspects of San Diego history as well as the history of California and the Baja region, many written by local authors. Categories include religion, the social and natural sciences, politics, economics, education, the military, transportation, water, arts and recreation, architecture and biography. The books are an excellent secondary resource providing historical context for our archival materials.
No. I must pick and choose the books which have value to me and give cash based on 10% of the cover price. Then when I am done if you want to leave the rest of the books behind that is fine.
I accept all books as donations.
The library has joined its counterparts in Los Angeles, Seattle and Boston to participate in Books Unbanned. Brooklyn Public Library started the program in 2022 to provide access to scores of books that have been removed from public and school library shelves in nearly two dozen states. Many of those states had organized book banning campaigns.
In the first eight months of this year, the American Library Association (ALA) reported challenges to 1,915 books, a 20% increase over the same period in 2022. The objections were mostly over books dealing with race or LGBTQ themes.
She said that about 470 people from states in the Midwest and South have accessed the program. She believes Books Unbanned goes beyond making a wide range of material available to people who want to read them.
In the last year, Jones herself has had to contend with local efforts to ban certain books. In June, two people checked out all the books on display to commemorate Pride month at the Rancho Penasquitos library branch. Jones said the pair threatened to never return the books unless the library promised to remove them from the shelves permanently. When word of the threat spread, local residents bought all the books that had been checked out and donated them to the library.
The San Diego Book Crawl is back for its 7th year with 13 participating bookstores! The Book Crawl lasts three days and stretches from Coronado to Del Mar, starting Saturday April 27, in conjunction with Independent Bookstore Day.
Bay Books: www.baybookscoronado.com
Bluestocking Books: www.bluestockingbooks.com
DIESEL: www.dieselbookstore.com
Joyride Bookshop: www.joyridebookshop.indielite.org
La Playa Books: www.laplayabooks.com
Liblula Books & Co: IG @libelula_books_co
The Library Shop: www.libraryshopsd.org
Meet Cute: www.meetcutebookshop.com
Mysterious Galaxy: www.mystgalaxy.com
The Book Catapult: www.thebookcatapult.com
UC San Diego Bookstore: www.ucsandiegobookstore.com [closed Sunday]
Verbatim Books: www.verbatim-books.com
Warwick's: www.warwicks.com
San Diego City College Library offers you access to thousands of electronic books (e-books). Most of the e-book collection is licensed from EBSCO, the same vendor as our article databases, so you may notice these have a similar look and feel in their layout. The second large e-book collection is licensed from Gale, which includes encyclopedia sets and other reference books. E-books from different vendors differ by layout (interface) and download capabilities.
Note: Some of our other databases, like JSTOR, also include e-books. If a database contains e-books, it usually has a menu option (like a checkbox) to narrow your results to the e-book format.
(EBSCO) EXPANDED COVERAGE: Over 90,000 full text electronic books from EBSCO. Now includes 60,000 titles from the EBSCO Community College e-Book Collection. See help guide: Using e-Books: EBSCO
(Oxford) Reference materials on general and specific subjects. Includes illustrations, maps, biographies, encyclopedias, dictionaries and more. Dictionary and encyclopedia entries, quotes, etc. Some full text. See help guide: Using e-Books: Oxford .
There are three basic ways to find e-books @ SDCC Library: OneSearch, SDCCD Books+, and the A-Z Databases list. This video will quickly show you each method. If you view it on YouTube, a descriptive transcript below the screen will give more detail.
Because all three colleges share the same SDCCD Books+ catalog, you will see e-books owned by all three libraries. Due to licensing agreements, access to e-books may be restricted to users registered at a particular college. However, if you were teaching or taking classes at City AND Mesa, for example, you have access to both colleges' e-books.
Another San Diego connection resulted in Dessa Rose, originally a novella by Sherley Anne Williams, first published in Black-Eyed Susans. In 1984, I suggested to Sherley Anne, then a UCSD literature professor, that she consider expanding it into a novel. Now a classic in African-American Studies across the country, it also became a Lincoln Center play, though Sherley Anne never lived to see that, sadly.
I love school because the many things I learn seem to turn on a light in the little room in my mind. I can see a lot of things I have never seen before. I can read many interesting books by myself now. I love to read. My father takes me to the library every two weeks, and I check five or six books out at a time. These books seem to open many windows in my little room. I can see many wonderful things outside. I always look forward to go to the library.
The 11th annual Independent Bookstore Day is April 27, 2024. In celebration of this special day, indie bookstores around San Diego have teamed up to encourage readers to visit as many participating bookstores as possible in one weekend. Visit the participating San Diego independent bookstores from Saturday, April 27 to Monday, April 29 to collect exclusive prizes (while supplies last). You can visit one or all 13, but the more bookstores you visit, the more prizes you can earn!
In 2023, FHCSD sent home more than 10,000 colorful, new books in 10 different languages that our patients speak at home. In addition, we were able to share hundreds of donated used books in our waiting rooms. Learn what makes this program so important from chief of pediatrics, Dr. Marsha Spitzer, here.
The Rancho Peasquitos protest ratchets up the usual backlash San Diego library branches experience when they create Pride exhibits or host events like drag queen story times, said head librarian Misty Jones.
The protesters, Peasquitos residents Amy Vance and Martha Martin, said libraries are open, public spaces for children that should be free of references to gender identity and how adults experience sexual attraction.
Jones said in a June 21 response email that the Pride display was appropriate because public libraries serve as inclusive spaces for communities that promote intellectual freedom, access to information and diverse perspectives.
Human Rights Campaign issued a national state of emergency for queer and transgender Americans this spring. At some Target stores this spring, customers knocked over Pride displays in protest and confronted workers.
Councilmember Marni von Wilpert, whose district includes Rancho Peasquitos, said she is working with nonprofit and civic groups to raise enough money to quickly replace the 14 books the protesters checked out.
They include The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli, Rainbow Parade by Emily Neilson, Gay Rights by Tina Kafka, Goldenboy by Michael Nava, Wild Things by Karin Kallmaker and Pride: An Inspirational History of the LGBTQ+ Movement by Stella Caldwell.
Jones said no immediate action is being taken against the protesters because the books are not yet due back at the branch. The city library system also gives patrons five automatic renewals, unless someone else has requested the book they have out.
Little Diego loves his grandfather, but they don't see each other often because Pap Diego lives in Mexico and Little Diego lives in Texas across the border. One day Little Diego's father gives him a pile of comic books that his father had when he was growing up. In those comic books Little Diego discovers Superman. Maybe if he was like Superman, then he could fly off to see his grandfather in Mexico! So Little Diego tells his mother that he wants a Superman outfit for his birthday. His parents buy him one, but, of course, Little Diego cannot fly. He's heart-broken. Still, because he has had the daring to imagine, a wonderful event occurs and he enjoys one of his happiest birthdays ever! Each illustration in Pap Diego was built out of terra cotta clay and painted with acrylic paints. This gives the illustrations a 3 dimensional quality which kids will love!