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Commission Report
Nancy Howe, County Librarian
Announcing Silicon Valley Reads
2020
We are excited to announce that in
recognition of the 100th anniversary of
women's suffrage in the U.S., the theme for
Silicon Valley Reads 2020 will be "Women
Making It Happen."
Silicon Valley Reads 2020
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Five books — two for adults and teens and three for children — have been selected to give readers of
all ages the opportunity to learn about how women are breaking barriers to achieve excellence in
fields previously dominated by men:
Alpha Girls: The Women Upstarts Who Took on Silicon Valley's Male Culture and
Made the Deals of a Lifetime by Julian Guthrie. It tracks the careers and personal lives
of four entrepreneurial women in the Silicon Valley venture capital community who were
instrumental in the rise of such companies as Facebook, Imperva, Tesla, Trulia,
Salesforce and more. The best-selling book is being adapted for a television series.
The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung, a critically -acclaimed novel that focuses on a
fictional trailblazer -- an exceptional female mathematician who embarks on a quest to
conquer the Riemann hypothesis and discovers along the way her own mysterious family
history and secrets long buried during World War II.
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MGNIHCENT little girl who wants to build something magnificent. The book has been made into a
TOG short animated film featuring the narration of Whoopi Goldberg.
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Who Says Women Can't Be Computer Programmers?: The Story of Ada Lovelace a,
by Tanya Lee Stone. Ada Lovelace, the daughter of poet Lord Byron, lived in the 19th
century and had imaginative ideas about science and mathematics. Long before the
computer was invented, she envisioned its possibility and is credited as the first
computer programmer.
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Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone. Women
were not allowed to be astronauts when America created NASA in 1958, but 13 women
challenged the government and opened the potential for females to take their place in
the sky, piloting jets and commanding space capsules.
Silicon Valley Reads 2020 will kick off with a special event on Thursday evening, Jan. 23, at De Anza
College Visual & Performing Arts Center in Cupertino. More than 100 free programs for all ages will
follow in February and March including author visits, an art exhibit, films, panel discussions,
speakers, workshops and activities for children and teens. The complete calendar of events will be
posted to the SiliconValleyReads.org website at the end of December.
Silicon Valley Reads is an annual community engagement program presented by Santa Clara County
Library District, San Jose Public Library and Santa Clara County Office of Education. Follow Silicon
Valley Reads on Facebook and Twitter and watch for more details on the website
SiliconVal IeyReads.org.
Welcome Jennifer Weeks- New Deputy County Librarian of Strategic
Initiatives and Staff Development
The Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) is proud to
announce that, after an intensive nationwide search, Jennifer
Weeks has been appointed to the position of Deputy County
Librarian. Weeks is currently the Children's Services Manager with
SCCLD, where she focuses on library collections, services and
programming for children 0-12 and their families.
Weeks' notable accomplishments at SCCLD include conceiving ff Am
and implementing the student eAccount program, which created
90,000 eAccounts for students at 13 local school districts providing .:_.
access to the complete online library. She has also instituted the Lunch at the Library summer
program, which has served more than 16,000 meals to children in Gilroy, Morgan Hill and San Martin
who do not have access to subsidized meals outside of the school year. Weeks represents the
Library in the County Office of Education's Strong Start project, a coalition of early childhood leaders
and organizations, where she helped to develop their master plan.
Understanding the great community need for library services in parts of the County that are far away
from a public library, Weeks helped to expand the Bookmobile service to upward of 50 stops per
month and implemented a diverse collection of children's books available at 13 visitation centers for
foster children, two health clinics and one First 5 Family Resource Center in Santa Clara County.
Weeks officially starts her position on Monday, October 7, 2019, joining the Santa Clara County
Library District executive team.
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New Passport Acceptance Facility Opens at
Los Altos Library
Los Altos Library will begin offering U.S. passport services starting on
October 1. This marks the third SCCLD library to become an official
passport facility along with Cupertino and Milpitas Libraries.
The Passport Acceptance Facility will help people obtain first-time passports for adults and
children, renewals for passports issued before the applicant was 16 years of age, renewals for
expired passports issued more than 15 years ago, replacements for lost, stolen, or damaged
passports, and provide passport photo services. The service is available by appointment only.
Visit www.sccl.org/passport to select a time and location, find out what important documents you
will need to bring, and applicable fees. Los Altos Library began accepting online reservations on
Monday, September 16, 2019 with the first appointment on Tuesday, October 1, 2019.
Once submitted, passport applications typically take between four to six weeks to be processed,
with the option of paying a $60 expedite fee to cut that time down by two weeks. Passports will be
mailed directly to the applicant by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs.
"This is yet another good reason for people to visit the Los Altos Library," said Santa Clara County
Board of Supervisors President and Library Joint Powers Authority Board member Joe Simitian.
"Our libraries are so much more than just the great books. While folks are there for passport
services, they can also find travel guides, use Rosetta Stone to learn another language, and
discover other materials to help plan their business trips and vacations."
An SCCLD library account is not required for the passport service, although one is recommended
to utilize all of the travel -related information available at each library and through the online
library.
Los Altos Library Passport Hours beginning Oct. 1:
Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday 10 a.m. — 5 p.m. (closed 1-2 p.m.)
Monday and Wednesday 1 p.m. — 8 p.m. (closed 4-5 p.m.)
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SCCLD Distinguished Author Series
Starting in October, SCCLD will host two of the three Distinguished Author events, featuring acclaimed
best-selling writers who have captivated us, challenged us and fostered curiosity. Sonia Nazario,
author of Enrique's Journey will be featured on Oct 22 at 7:00pm at the Morgan Hill Community and
Cultural Center. John Carreyrou, author of Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup will
speak on Oct 30 at 7:30pm at the De Anza Visual & Performing Arts Center. Hear from them firsthand
and gain a deeper insight into their stories, and how they crafted their works through meticulous and
detailed research and reporting. A Q&A and book signing will be available following their talks. All
events are free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first -come, first served basis.
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Sortie Ntizario SONIA NAZARIO has spent 20 years
Author of reporting social issues including hunger, drug
addiction and immigration. Her award -
winning bestseller, Enrique's Journey, tells the
October 22 story of a Honduran boy struggling to find
7:00 pm his mother in the U-S. A graduate of
Morgan Hill Williams College and UC Berkeley, Nazario
Community and got Fier start writing for the Wcrfl Street
Cultural Center !ournal and Las Angeles Tunes -
John Carreyrou JOHN CARREYROU is a two-time Pulitzer
Author of
Priae-winning investigative reporter at the
Bad Blood
Wall Street Journal_ He has won multipie
awards for his extensive coverage of
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There will be a $3 parking fee at De Anza for the John Carreyrou event
The next Library JPA Board meeting is set for Thursday, Oct 24 at 1:30pm.
The 17th Annual Friends, Foundations, Endowment & Commissioners Forum is set for
Saturday, February 1, 2020. You will be receiving a formal Save the Date invitation once we set the
theme and keynote speaker. We hope that you will be able to join us for this annual event where we
share our updates from the library, bring in a thoughtful keynote speaker and celebrate what makes
the Library so special —you.
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Family Literacy Concerts with MaryLee Sunseri
Talk, Sing and Play Together at the Library! Award -winning children's singer -songwriter MaryLee
Sunseri will lead a music concert for babies and their grown-ups. Specializing in young children's
music since 1985, MaryLee has won several national music awards including four Parents' Choice
Awards and two American Library Notable Children's Recordings. A lifelong traveling troubadour, her
performances are full of interactive, familiar songs and encourage everyone to get moving and sing
along!
Join us for fun music activities that build important early literacy skills for the littlest of learners.
CAMPBELL
77 Harrison Avenue, Campbell
CUPERTINO
10800 Torre Avenue, Cupertino
GILROY
350 W 6th St, Gilroy
LOS ALTOS
13 S. San Antonio Rd, Los Altos
MILPITAS
160 N. Main ST, Milpitas
MORGAN HILL
660 West Main Ave, Morgan Hill
SARATOGA
13650 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga
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Morgan Hill Library to Break Ground on Expansion
The City of Morgan Hill is about to break ground the week of October 14 on their library expansion
plans. The city has been building up their reserves to fund facility upgrades throughout the city. The
Morgan Hill Library will benefit from this long-term planning with a 2,500 sq. ft. expansion that will
include flexible space in the Children's area plus a second Community Room.
The construction is set to begin the week of October 14 with a completion date of Summer of 2020.
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CUPERTINO LIBRARY
SEPTEMBER 2019
CUPERTINO LIBRARY
MONTHLY REPOK I - SEPTEMBER 2u I y
Our Cupertino Library monthly report highlights the diverse collections, programs, and
outreach our staff provide to our Cupertino community. For more information, please
contact me at 408.446.1677 or at cvaresio@sccl.om. - Clare Varesio, Community Librarian
DID YOU KNOW?
Santa Clara County Library District has created "Tech Kits" for our
libraries to offer our communities STEAM programming. Designed to
inspire patrons ages 2 to adult, there are ten different kits including 3D
printers, 3D doodler pens, robots, keva planks, virtual reality, and stop
motion movie making. Let library staff know what you are interested in
seeing at Cupertino Library!
AUGUST 2019 CIRCULATION STATISTICS
2019
2018
NEW PATRONS
3,617
827
VISITORS
85,532
82,209
PASSPORT APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED
243
167
MEETING ROOM BOOKINGS
103
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ADULT & TEEN CIRCULATION
92,557
92,404
CHILDREN'S CIRCULATION
132,508
128,802
OVERDRIVE EBOOK CIRCULATION
12,577
7,651
TOTAL CIRCULATION
225,065
221,206
August was a month of increases! Totals for visitors, circulation,
and passport applications accepted all increased from August
2018. A new school year brought new student cards for CUSD and
FUHSD, creating an increase in new patrons as well.
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LIBRARY NEWS
Our new seating project is almost complete! With installation scheduled to end
October 1, we will be adding 42 additional seats to our library, and bringing in
new furnishings to offer standing work stations and more soft seating. Check
out what's new in our Children's Room and on our second floor!
SEPTEMBER 2019 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
ADULT PROGRAMS
TEEN PROGRAMS
PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS
SCHOOL AGE PROGRAMS
TOTAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS
ADULT PROGRAM ATTENDANCE
TEEN PROGRAM ATTENDANCE
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL AGE PROGRAM ATTENDANCE
TOTAL PROGRAM ATTENDANCE
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS
2019 2018
16
18
2
2
16
15
23
19
56
54
789
804
38
22
955
945
1,466
601
3,248
2,372
Book of the Month Club is back, and we already have over 220 kids signed up! Each month kids
can choose from a selection of titles and read their way towards a prize at the end of the school
year. September is also Hispanic Heritage Month, and we celebrated with the talented Nathalia
who shared music, dancing, and bubbles! Finally, we held our first Art in the Afternoon class for
parents and kids to learn watercolor together. We have two more dates in October!
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ADULT & TEEN PROGRAMS
Our Mandarin movie series
continued, with 24 people joining
us to see "Electric Shadows." We
also hosted two successful voter
registration tables for National
Voter Registration Day, to help
citizens be prepared to vote in not
just this November's election, but
also the Presidential primary in
March 2020. There were two
events for teens - a mental health
workshop by Kanesha Bayard, and
a Flex Prep workshop on college admissions. Other events included our new Mindfulness
Meditation monthly sessions, a Master Gardeners workshop on landscaping, and a Wellness
lecture on 215+ Century Nutrition with Dr. Ronesh Sinha. Video of that event is now available at
https://youtu.be/13YcPWp3oPs. Many thanks to the Friends of the Cupertino Library, and
Cupertino Library Foundation, for supporting our library programming!
SEPTEMBER 2019 LIBRARY OUTREACH
2019 2018
OUTREACH EVENTS 20 10
OUTREACH ATTENDANCE 1,451 385
TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS 319 * 730
Our Go Go Biblio visited the
IEW.6 J.-Ad Creekside Farmers' Market
twice this month, checking
_ out over 100 picture books
SL f (and some grown-up books
too). Children's librarians
visited a number of
Cupertino schools, bringing
students information about
homework help resources
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and more. Over 500
community members stopped by the library tablc . the Family Fall Festival. Library staff also
visited the Saratoga Chinese school at Saratoga High School, issuing 54 new cards and talking to
135 people about library services including passports, Kanopy and HyRead.
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We thank the Friends of the Cupertino Library and the Cupertino Library Foundation for their
generous support of our library events and programs! To view all upcoming events, visit
httips://www.sccl.orqILocationsICupertino.
WEDNESDAYS, October 2 & 9, 7:00 pm, Teen Group Study Room - Teen Poetry Slam Workshops
SATURDAYS, October 5 & 12, 3:30 pm, Library Story Room - Art in the Afternoon *
MONDAY, October 7, 6:00 pm, Library Story Room - Sue's Story: A Film About Lewy Body
Dementia
WEDNESDAYS, October 9, 16, 23 & 30, 7:00 pm, Library Story Room - SCORE: Start Your Small
Business *
THURSDAY, October 10, 7:00 pm, Community Hall - California Native Plant Society: Pruning Native
Perennials
MONDAY, October 14 - LIBRARY CLOSED (Columbus Day)
THURSDAY, October 17, 7:00 pm, Library Story Room - Adult Book Discussion Reads A Room with a
View
FRIDAY, October 18, 1 1:00 am, Parents' Corner- Bilingual English / Mandarin Storytime
MONDAY, October 21, 6:30 pm, Library Story Room - Wellness+: Mindfulness Meditation
WEDNESDAY, October 23, 7:00 pm, Community Hall - Teen Poetry Slam
SATURDAY, October 26, 10:30 am, Parents' Corner - Halloween Puppet Show and Costume
Parade
DON'T FORGET! Friends of the Cupertino Library Used Book Sale
Saturday 10/19 & Sunday, 10/20
* Registration Required
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