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Writing about your collection or library
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Libraries and librarians
[edit]- Joanna Cole (author) - magic school bus author and professional librarian - article is very stubby, and could use some more discussion of reception, publications, etc.
- Library Journal - the journal is one of the biggest and olest journals about librarianship, but considerable gaps
- Beatrice Aboyade - Nigerian Library pioneer [1], [2], [3], [4].
- Jorge Aguyo - Cuban library pioneer, [5], [6], [7]
- Carlos_Victor_Penna - Argentine Library planner, considerable gaps in the article
- J.M. Akita - first archivist of Ghana, [8], [9], [10], [11]
- National_Archives_of_Ghana - national archive, little to no significant coverage as a topic in the article- sources: [12], [13]
- Keitaro Amano
- For more international topics of note, see World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services
- Salvador Güereña
- Revolting Librarians
- Library Leadership and Management Association
- Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship
- Teen Read Week
- Octavia Fellin Public Library
- Rancho Cucamonga Public Library
- Marshalltown Public Library
- Long Island Children's Museum
- Francis Jenkinson
- Joseph Power
- John Barnardiston
- John Lodge (librarian)
- John Stokes (1556-1568)
- Richard Moodie (1581-?)
- Henry Frogge
- Gabriel Duckett
- Isaac Dobson (1661-1668)
- Robert Peachy (1667-1683)
- John Laughton (1686-1712)
- Thomas Macro (1718-1721)
- Samuel Hadderton (1721-1731)
- John Taylor (1732-1734)
- Thomas Parne (1734-1751)
- Stephen Whisson (1751-1783)
- John Davies (1783–1817)
- Edward Daniel Clarke (1817-1822)
- John Lodge (1822-1845)
- Bootheel Youth Museum
- George S. Wagner, 1871—1875
- George F. Dawson, 1875—1879
- P. J. Pierce, 1879—1884
- George M. Weston, 1884—1887
- Alonzo W. Church, 1887—1901
- Edward C. Goodwin, 1906—1921
- Walter P. Scott, 1921—1923
- Edward C. Goodwin, 1923—1930
- James D. Preston, 1931—1935
- Ruskin McArdle, 1935—1947
- George W. Straubinger, 1947—1951
- Richard D. Hupman, 1951—1953
- Sterling Dean, 1953—1954
- Gus J. Miller, 1954—1955
- Richard D. Hupman, 1955—1973
- Roger K. Haley, 1973—1997
- Greg Harness, 1997—2008
- Mary E. Cornaby, 2008—2009
- Leona I. Faust, 2009–Present
- John Carlo Bertot
- Susan Hildreth
Awards and award winners
[edit]- Dennis Thomison
- Mary Niles Maack
- Pamela Spence Richards
- ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award for Best Book in Library Literature
- Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
- Amelia Bloomer Book List
- Kathleen Horning
- James Whitney
- Fred Perkins
- Greg Pizzoli
San Francisco and California Libraries
[edit]- San Francisco Public Library - needs more sources, not well footnoted
- Oakland Public Library - First public library under the Rogers Free Library Act- considerable gaps around the history and development of the library
- Andrew_Smith_Hallidie - no mention of library advocacy found at San Francisco Public Library
- Rogers Free Library Act - very stubby, not many sources
- California Historical Society - stub, very poorly sourced
Notable San Fransisco
[edit]San Francisco Bay Area connected historic biographies
[edit]Other people
[edit]- Artists: Norton Bush, William Keith (painter), William Marple, Bruce McGaw, William Birch McMurtrie, Frederick Schafer, James Weeks (painter), Thaddeus Welch, Raymond Dabb Yelland
- Musicians: Will Shatter
- Scientists: Lee Bonar, E. O. Essig, E. Gorton Linsley, William A. Setchell, Joseph Richard Slevin
- Writers: Dan Totheroh
- Oceanview, San Francisco, California
Marin county
[edit]- Ring Mountain (Tiburon, California)
- Big Rock Ridge
- San Pedro Hill
- Marin County Open Space District and/or Marin County Open Space
- Mount Tamalpais Watershed
- Panoramic Highway
- John Thomas Reed marin personage
san mateo county
[edit]- Sixteen-mile House
- Pilarcitos Lake
- Colma Canyon
- Merced Valley
- Point San Bruno
- Peninsula Watershed
- Millbrae Creek
- Boreal Hill
- Sierra Morena (California)
- Broadway Street (Millbrae)
solano county
[edit]San Jose
[edit]- Children's Musical Theater of San Jose[1],
- City Lights Theatre Company,
- The Tabard Theatre Company,
- San Jose Stage Company,
- Broadway San Jose
- Biblioteca Latinoamericana
Misc San Fransisco
[edit]LGBT figures and advocacy
[edit]If you want to edit about the LGBT figures and advocacy as part of Pride month, see the task list for Wiki Loves Prides.
Other sources of potential topics include: