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01/17/2023 - 4:48pm

Beta testers needed for new catalog!

The Mechanics’ Institute Library has plans to upgrade and improve our online catalog, providing members with a new and better way to find the materials they seek. Our current catalog allows one to search by author, title, and subject, but trying to "fine tune" a search has proven difficult to figure out and use. This new version will address those challenges by allowing users to narrow their search interactively and intuitively. Or so we hope. Before we introduce this as the primary way to fi...

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01/04/2023 - 5:54pm

The Pioneers, Yosemite, and Eadweard (and Carleton too!)

On November 5th, I hosted a tour for Mechanics’ members to the Society of California Pioneers in the Presidio to see their exhibit Generations to Come: Recent Conservation and Digitization Projects.

The morning of our tour, I ran into Mechanics’ member Anita Denz who happened to be on the tour before ours with her friend, noted photographer Ron Henggeler. Running into Mechanics’ Institute members “off site” is a specia...

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12/16/2022 - 10:30am

Mechanics' Institute Member Spotlight

The Mechanics' Institute is delighted to share the news that one of our members has received a commendation from Library Journal. Lyzette Wanzer’s Trauma, Tresses, & Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narrative (2022) has been listed as one of the ten best social science books of 2022.

Lyzette Wanzer has been involved...

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12/02/2022 - 1:32pm

New eAudiobooks for November 2022

E-AUDIOBOOKS
Douglas Adams Dirk Gently, two BBC Radio full-cast dramas : Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency and the long dark tea-time of the soul
Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Original Albums : Two Full-cast Audio Dramatisations
Last chance to see : the ori...

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12/02/2022 - 1:30pm

New eBooks for November 2022

EBOOKS
Deborah Crombie A bitter feast : a novel
Deborah Crombie Garden of Lamentations
Deborah Crombie In a dark house
Deborah Crombie Necessary as blood
Deborah Crombie...

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12/02/2022 - 1:28pm

New Print Non-Fiction for November 2022

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NON-FICTION

Applied Sciences
Lina Zeldovich The other dark matter : the science and business of turning waste into wealth and health 628.3 Z376
Horse girls : recovering, aspiring, and devoted riders redefine the iconic bond 636.1 H787

Arts, Architecture & Crafts...

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12/02/2022 - 1:23pm

New Print Fiction for November 2022

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FICTION
Stephanie LaCava I fear my pain interests you
Elizabeth McCracken The hero of this book
Celeste Ng Our missing hearts
Fredrik Backman The winners
James Hannaham...

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11/07/2022 - 3:23pm

New eBooks for October 2022

EBOOKS
Terry Pratchett The shepherd's crown
Terry Pratchett Carpe jugulum : a novel of Discworld
Terry Pratchett The color of magic : a Discworld novel
Terry Pratchett Equal rites : a Discworld novel
Terry Pratchet...

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11/07/2022 - 3:18pm

New eAudiobooks for October 2022

E-AUDIOBOOKS
Terry Pratchett Going postal
Terry Pratchett Making money
Terry Pratchett The shepherd's crown
Terry Pratchett Snuff
Terry Pratchett Thud!...

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11/07/2022 - 3:16pm

New Print Non-Fiction for October 2022

PRINT BOOKS

NON-FICTION

Applied Sciences
Bryan Appleyard The car : the rise and fall of the machine that made the modern world 629.222 Ap57

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Jo Bradford Smart phone smart photography : simple techniques for taking incredible pictures with iPhone and A...

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