July 4 - Library Closed for Independence Day

The Library will be closed for Independence Day on July 4.
We will be open at the usual times on July 3 and July 5.

Library Closed for Memorial Day Holiday

Monday May 30, 2011, all branches of San Francisco Public Library will be closed in observance of Memorial Day. Excelsior Branch will be open as usual on Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm and Tuesday, 10:00 am to 9:00 pm

Congress on Your Corner

If you are having problems with a federal agency or obtaining your Social Security, Medicare, veterans or other federal benefits, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi’s office may be able to help. Congresswoman Pelosi’s office will hold Community Office Hours on Wednesday June 8th from 4pm to 7pm at the Excelsior Branch, Wednesday June 22nd from 4pm to 7pm at the Main Library – Stong Meeting Room (1st Floor) and Friday July 8th from 2pm to 5pm at the Glen Park Branch.

Staff will be available to answer questions about federal agencies, programs and benefits, and to offer any possible assistance. For more information about Congresswoman Pelosi’s constituent services, please visit www.house.gov/pelosi.

Wednesday June 8, 4:00-7:00 pm

Bike to Work Day

Today is Bike to Work Day in San Francisco.

To search for all things bicycles and bicycling, make a KEYWORD search for words in the SUBJECT HEADING using tag s: for subject, like this:

KEYWORD s:bicycl*

The asterisk is a wildcard representing the end letters in bicycle, bicycling, bicycles
(you can also use d: for "descriptor")

Click here for results of that search.

To find the list of Subjects available at SFPL in this area, make a SUBJECT search for bicycle:

SUBJECT bicycleClick here for the resultant list of subjects.

You can limit your search by location by changing from View Entire Collection to the name of a branch. You can limit your results to only items available by checking that box. By clicking on the "Limit/Sort Search" or "Modify Search" button you can narrow your search by language or by media type (book or DVD etc).

New Editor for the Blog

The Excelsior blog has a new editor. We apologize for any recent gaps in service and hope to be up to date and running as usual from now on. Thank you for your patience!
- Jane

LIBRARY CLOSED - Thanksgiving

The Excelsior Branch and all SFPL branches will be closed Wednesday through Friday, November 24-25-26 for Thanksgiving.

Parking Enforcement

MUNI information

BART holiday schedule

Have a great Holiday!

LIBRARY CLOSED - November 11th - Veterans Day

The Excelsior Branch and all SFPL branches will be closed on Thursday, November 11, 2010 in observance of Veterans Day.

Parking Enforcement
MUNI information
BART holiday schedule

Parkside Grand Reopening Celebration

Welcome back to a beloved neighborhood treasure, the newly renovated Parkside Branch Library.

Saturday, November , 1-6pm

LIBRARY CLOSED - October 11th - Columbus Day

The Excelsior Branch and all SFPL branches will be closed on Monday October 11, 2010 in observance of Columbus Day.

Parking Enforcement

MUNI information

BART holiday schedule

Have a great holiday!

Excelsior Branch News - Branch Manager Presentation at the Library of Congress

On Friday, May 7th, the Excelsior Branch Library manager will be participating in a Symposium on the First White House Library at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Elizabeth Thacker-Estrada (Liz) will be presenting her research on Abigail Powers Fillmore who established the first official library in the Executive Mansion. Those of you who attended Liz's presentation at the March Arts & Culture Salon got a preview of her talk at the Library of Congress. Click here for the Library of Congress website with more information about the Symposium. Liz also contributed a chapter to The First White House Library: A History and Annotated Catalogue, published by Penn State University Press.

Congratulations Liz!