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sacramento public library wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history toggle history subsection 1 1 founding 1 2 1918 carnegie library building 1 3 county library service 1 4 fraud and grand jury investigation 1 5 development 2 branches 3 references toggle the table of contents sacramento public library add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 38 34 54 3 n 121 29 42 5 w 38 581750 n 121 495139 w 38 581750 121 495139 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia library system in sacramento california united states sacramento public library 38 34 54 3 n 121 29 42 5 w 38 581750 n 121 495139 w 38 581750 121 495139 location sacramento california united states established 1857 1 branches 28 1 collection size 2 million 1 access and use circulation 7 732 460 2 population served 1 4 million 2 members 720 073 2 other information budget 60 617 000 2 director peter coyl 3 employees 319 2 parent organization sacramento public library authority website saclibrary org sacramento public library is a public library system in sacramento california with nearly 2 million items it is the fourth largest library system in california 1 history edit founding edit the sacramento library association was established in october 1857 as a public subscription library and its first roster listed many prominent citizens including e b crocker c p huntington and leland stanford 4 in 1872 the association acquired a building on i street between 7th and 8th and furnished a library on the first floor 5 2 by 1879 the library association was facing financial difficulties and offered to transfer ownership to the city of sacramento on the condition that it be made free the proposal was brought to a vote in the march elections and passed 6 the sacramento free public library opened to the public on saturday june 14 1879 with a collection of 5 695 books 7 1918 carnegie library building edit by 1913 the sacramento city library collection had expanded to fill the 5 763 sq ft main library at 716 i street and the sacramento veteran knights of pythias applied to the carnegie corporation for the building of a new city library at the corner of 9th and i streets after some debate the carnegie corporation approved 100 000 toward a new building and the city of sacramento pitched in an additional 30 000 8 the library would be designed by san francisco architect loring p rixford whose plans for an italian renaissance edifice were chosen from among 56 drawings submitted by architects throughout the pacific coast region in a competition conducted under the rules of the american institute of architects 8 the new sacramento free public library opened to the public at 828 i street on april 23 1918 the building was added to the national register of historic places in 1992 county library service edit under the leadership of director lauren w ripley sacramento free public library reached an agreement with the board of supervisors of the county of sacramento in 1908 to become the first city library in the state of california to extend free service to county residents 9 the library established the first county deposit station in elk grove on october 19 1908 and by early 1909 had deposit stations at courtland fair oaks folsom galt oak park sutterville and vorden 10 a separate sacramento county library system was established in 1919 and the next year began serving all of sacramento county excepting city residents the two library systems would remain separate until a july 1966 agreement between the city and county of sacramento combined their service unifying them under the management of the city librarian henceforth known as the city county librarian as the sacramento city county library 11 on august 31 1993 the sacramento city council and sacramento county board of supervisors voted to initiate a joint powers authority to merge all operations of the sacramento city county library including budgeting and personnel 12 today the sacramento public library authority is governed by a joint exercise of powers agreement between the county of sacramento and the cities of citrus heights galt isleton elk grove rancho cordova and sacramento the purpose of the sacramento public library authority is to provide public library services that provide open access to diverse resources and ideas that inspire learning promote reading and enhance community life to all citizens in its member jurisdictions 13 fraud and grand jury investigation edit in 2008 a library employee his wife and a subcontractor successfully perpetuated a scheme to defraud the library in 650 000 from fraudulent billing 14 a subsequent grand jury investigation criticized how the board and the library administration handle supervision communication and accountability 15 and according to one report it recommended the library director be removed 16 subsequently the library director resigned with a payment of 25 000 and a promise not to pursue legal action 17 rivkah sass who had previously been named librarian of the year by the library journal in 2006 18 became library director on august 24 2009 19 development edit in 2011 u s congrsswoman doris matsui commented that the sacramento public library continues to establish itself as a leader in the region and as a model for other systems 20 later that year sacramento public library became one of 53 places in the world 21 to have an espresso book machine 22 as of 2015 the sacramento public library began to stock general materials that community members may need to borrow such as pots pans sewing machines and other similar items in order to offer better services to the community and to draw in larger populations from the area 23 24 in 2019 the sacramento public library was awarded that years jerry kline community impact prize awarded by library journal and the gerald m kline family foundation 25 two years later it was an honorable mention for the library of the year award by gale cengage and library journal 26 after a 12 year career rivkah sass hired in 2009 who is widely credited with transforming the region s library system from a dysfunctional organization under investigation by the sacramento county grand jury to one of the nation s finest retired 17 her replacement announced on december 10 2022 was peter coyl a sacramento native who received his first library card at the arcade branch library in the 1980s 27 branches edit sacramento public library has 28 branches 28 arcade library arden dimick library carmichael library central library colonial heights library belle cooledge library courtland library del paso heights library elk grove library fair oaks library franklin library galt marian o lawrence library isleton library martin luther king jr library ella k mcclatchy library mckinley library north highland antelope library north natomas library north sacramento hagginwood library orangevale library rancho cordova library rio linda library robbie waters pocket greenhaven library south natomas library southgate library sylvan oaks library valley hi north laguna library walnut grove library references edit 1 2 3 4 about us sacramento public library retrieved july 19 2013 1 2 3 4 5 annual report fy 2022 2023 sacramento public library retrieved february 24 2024 permanent dead link peter coyl named sacramento public library director and ceo sacramento public library december 9 2021 retrieved january 22 2022 wenzel caroline october 1923 sacramento city free library progress of the city sacramento daily union april 24 1872 davis win j 1890 history of sacramento county the lewis publishing company p 150 retrieved december 21 2015 the free library opening of the institution saturday evening sacramento daily union june 16 1879 1 2 loring p rixford wins sacramento library competition architect and engineer 94 november 15 1915 ripley lauren w october 1908 county free library extension the sacramento plan news notes of california libraries 3 4 303 4 retrieved november 18 2015 california libraries news notes of california libraries 4 56 1909 retrieved november 18 2015 california libraries annual statistics continued news notes of california libraries 63 64 29 n 4 1968 retrieved november 18 2015 council agenda 8 31 1993 item 9 1 creation of the sacramento public library authority about the authority board sacramento trio indicted in billing and bribery scam american libraries april 14 2008 retrieved january 14 2024 sacramento library board weighs response to scathing grand jury report american libraries may 24 2008 retrieved january 14 2024 sacramento library board leans toward rejecting grand jury report library journal july 25 2008 retrieved january 14 2024 1 2 stanton sam may 19 2021 years after turning around scandal plagued sacramento library director is retiring the sacramento bee retrieved january 14 2024 schmidt bob march 1 2020 sacramento public library ceo rivkah sass sactown magazine retrieved february 24 2024 schmidt bob july 19 2009 newsmaker rivkah sass sacramento business journal retrieved february 24 2024 lee mara april 11 2011 congresswoman matsui celebrates national library week doris matsui retrieved july 20 2013 ebm locations list view ondemandbooks com archived from the original on april 22 2012 retrieved july 19 2013 schwartz john november 7 2011 sacramento library to offer independent book printing cbs retrieved july 19 2013 garrison ellen february 2 2015 borrow a sewing machine sacramento public library to start loaning more than books associated press retrieved july 28 2013 brown patricia september 15 2015 bthese public libraries are for snowshoes and ukuleles new york timesdate 14 september 2015 retrieved february 24 2024 schwartz meredith october 29 2019 driven by civic goals sacramento public library wins jerry kline community impact prize library journal retrieved october 8 2023 2021 library of the year honorable mention retrieved january 14 2024 sacramento library taps new jersey director to replace retiring rivkah sass the sacramento bee december 10 2021 retrieved january 14 2024 sacramento public library hours locations sacramento public library september 1 2012 archived from the original on july 11 2013 retrieved july 19 2013 v t e public libraries in california city county san francisco county alameda contra costa fresno kern los angeles marin san diego san mateo santa clara solano ventura yuba city alameda berkeley beverly hills camarillo carlsbad cerritos escondido fullerton hemet huntington beach long beach los angeles oakland oxnard pleasanton riverside sacramento san diego san josé santa barbara santa clara santa monica sausalito south san francisco sunnyvale thousand oaks district buena park placentia see also internet archive electronic peninsula library system inter library system organization authority control databases international isni viaf national united states other idref yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title sacramento_public_library oldid 1356321303 categories carnegie libraries in california county library systems in california libraries on the national register of historic places in california libraries in sacramento county california education in sacramento california link libraries national register of historic places in sacramento california 1857 establishments in california 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