Awards
2009 California Library Association (CLA)
PR Excellence Award: New Organizational Identity
Ballot Measure Empowers
2009 Library Journal
Movers and Shakers awards: SFPL Chief of Branches;
Jill Bourne, SFPL Deputy City Librarian
2008 President's Award from the California Library Association (CLA)
Awarded to Friends' Executive Director Donna Bero for outstanding contribution to libraries
2008 Public Library Association (PLA)
PLA Advancement of Literacy Award: Project Read
2008 California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners (CALTAC)
Award for community organization making a significant financial or in-kind contribution to a library
2008 California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners (CALTAC)
Librarian for outstanding work with a Board of Trustees or Commission award: City Librarian Luis Herrera
2008 California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners (CALTAC)
California Library Support Organization of the Year: Friends of the SFPL
2008 San Francisco Green Business Award
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library is a recognized
Green Business Awarded for efforts to restore the Noe Valley/Sally Brunn Branch Library
Past Awards
California Library Association (CLA)
PR Excellence Awards-first place—2007, 2006
PRExcellence Award-second place—2008
America Library Association (ALA) Association of Library Trustees and Advocates Division
Major Benefactor Award—2007
