Library exhibitions are about you, the CCSF community. We look at issues that affect all of us—issues that challenge us and bring us joy—health, gentrification, holiday celebrations, immigration, neighborhood histories, and more. Like the library itself we explore ideas from multiple perspectives. Every subject we address in these exhibitions can be researched in the library and we’ll help you do it. Come in, email us or IM us.
At City College of San Francisco, library exhibitions are generally interpretive exhibitions that explore ideas and themes. Like the Library’s collection, they reflect multiple perspectives across a wide variety of subjects. Text plays an important role in these exhibitions alongside the visual elements. The Library staff curate many of the exhibitions. Our aim is to offer exhibitions that have an intimate connection to the CCSF community and at the same time express ideas and concerns of interest to the larger community.
Exhibition viewers at CCSF have very different backgrounds and bodies of knowledge and experience, so exhibitions often include didactic panels that explain the curator’s or the artists’ presentation in detail. Exhibitions are designed to serve as a catalyst for further exploration in the Library, so bibliographies, webliographies or collections of periodical articles are developed for each project.
The exhibition program supports the library’s mission to contribute to the college’s curricular goals by providing programs and exhibitions and by publicizing available resources and activities (City College of San Francisco Mission Statement).
If you would like further information, please contact Kate Connell, Library Exhibtions Curator City College Library kconnell@ccsf.edu 415-452-5546
