{"id":16940,"date":"2023-03-30T15:43:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T22:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=16940"},"modified":"2023-03-30T15:43:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T22:43:57","slug":"san-mateo-a-county-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/san-mateo-a-county-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"San Mateo County Library System Nominated for National Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bibliotecas-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bibliotecas-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bibliotecas-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bibliotecas-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bibliotecas-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bibliotecas-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bibliotecas-696x465.jpg 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bibliotecas-1068x713.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Tony Hicks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baycitynews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bay City News.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced this week that the San Mateo County Library system is among 30 finalists for the 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 13-library system said in a statement that \u201cthe medal is the nation\u2019s highest honor given to museums and libraries that demonstrate significant impact in their communities. For more than 25 years, the award has honored institutions that demonstrate excellence in service to their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt San Mateo County Libraries, we are champions of learning, growth and bright futures,\u201d Anne-Marie Despain, director of San Mateo County Libraries, said in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe strive to drive growth through transformative experiences, and we are thrilled to be recognized for our achievement through this national honor,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To celebrate the honor, IMLS encourages members of the San Mateo County Libraries community to share stories, memories, photos and videos on social media using the hashtags #ShareYourStory and #IMLSmedals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imls.gov\/our-work\/national-medal-museum-and-library-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.imls.gov\/our-work\/national-medal-museum-and-library-service<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Medal recipients will be announced in late May. Representatives of the winning institutions will be honored for their extraordinary contributions during an in-person National Medal Ceremony this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/1200-employees-per-tourist-season\/\">San Francisco hotel industry to hire 1,200 employees per tourist season<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Por Tony Hicks. Bay City News. El Instituto de Servicios de Museos y Bibliotecas \u2012IMLS, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s\u2012 anunci\u00f3 esta semana que el sistema de Bibliotecas del Condado de San Mateo se encuentra entre los 30 finalistas para la Medalla Nacional de 2023 para el Servicio de Museos y Bibliotecas. El sistema de [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14,11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover","9":"category-culture"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16940"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16950,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16940\/revisions\/16950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}