Library Information

Town School Library Mission

The Town School librarians...

HOW DO I GET A HOLD OF THE LIBRARIANS?

Email: library(at)townschool.com

Director of Library Services: Kim Stuart, stuart(at)townschool.com

Librarian: Julie Alonso, alonso(at)townschool.com

Phone: (415) 746-1127

WHAT ARE THE LIBRARY'S HOURS?

7:30AM - 4:00PM

Closed 11:25am - 11:55am for lunch

HOW DOES THE LIBRARY WORK?

HOW MANY BOOKS CAN I CHECK OUT AND HOW LONG CAN I KEEP THEM? 

Below are the borrowing limits for our community members: 

LOWER SCHOOL STUDENTS

UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS

PARENTS/GUARDIANS/CAREGIVERS  

TOWN EMPLOYEES 

WHAT HAPPENS IF I LOSE OR DAMAGE A BOOK?

WHO VISITS THE LIBRARY? 

WHAT ARE THE LIBRARY'S CLASSES? 

HOW IS THE TOWN LIBRARY ORGANIZED?

In 2014, the Town School Library moved to a more intuitive organization system for our young users by simplifying the Dewey Decimal System. You can find this system here. We recataloged and relabeled our 15,000+ books with eye-catching stickers using this new system based on Metis from the Ethical Culture School in NYC.  

In the nonfiction section we use words in place of decimal numbers. Sub-topics are shelved alphabetically and listed prominently on the spine of the book. Fiction is shelved by genre or topic. Authors' last names are the last word of the call number. 

The Town School Library Classification System has been a great success, empowering users, young and old, to easily find books in our library.

(Click here to see the entire Town School Library Classification System. We've strived to build a system that is intuitive and provides for fortuitous browsing. Please give us feedback on your experience, as we'd like to continue to improve the system.)

DOES THE TOWN LIBRARY HAVE EBOOKS?

We have access to Sora, an online collection of thousands of ebooks! Our Sora collection is located on https://soraapp.com/library/baislca. When signing into the website, choose Town School for Boys from the dropdown menu and sign in using your Destiny/Follett login. 

You also can download the Sora app. Search for Town School in the OverDrive app, and there will be a few steps before being able to browse your digital collection. Help with these steps (depending on the device being used) can be found here