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Writing about your collection or library
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Libraries and librarians

 * Joanna Cole (author) - magic school bus author and professional librarian - article is very stubby, and could use some more discussion of reception, publications, etc.
 * Library Journal - the journal is one of the biggest and olest journals about librarianship, but considerable gaps
 * Beatrice Aboyade - Nigerian Library pioneer, , ,.
 * Jorge Aguyo - Cuban library pioneer,, ,
 * Carlos_Victor_Penna - Argentine Library planner, considerable gaps in the article
 * J.M. Akita - first archivist of Ghana,, , ,
 * National_Archives_of_Ghana - national archive, little to no significant coverage as a topic in the article- sources: ,
 * Keitaro Amano
 * For more international topics of note, see World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services
 * Salvador Güereña
 * Revolting Librarians
 * Library Leadership and Management Association
 * Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship
 * Teen Read Week
 * Octavia Fellin Public Library
 * Rancho Cucamonga Public Library
 * Marshalltown Public Library
 * Long Island Children's Museum
 * Francis Jenkinson
 * Joseph Power
 * John Barnardiston
 * John Lodge (librarian)
 * John Stokes (1556-1568)
 * Richard Moodie (1581-?)
 * Henry Frogge
 * Gabriel Duckett
 * Isaac Dobson (1661-1668)
 * Robert Peachy (1667-1683)
 * John Laughton (1686-1712)
 * Thomas Macro (1718-1721)
 * Samuel Hadderton (1721-1731)
 * John Taylor (1732-1734)
 * Thomas Parne (1734-1751)
 * Stephen Whisson (1751-1783)
 * John Davies (1783–1817)
 * Edward Daniel Clarke (1817-1822)
 * John Lodge (1822-1845)
 * Bootheel Youth Museum
 * George S. Wagner, 1871—1875
 * George F. Dawson, 1875—1879
 * P. J. Pierce, 1879—1884
 * George M. Weston, 1884—1887
 * Alonzo W. Church, 1887—1901
 * Edward C. Goodwin, 1906—1921
 * Walter P. Scott, 1921—1923
 * Edward C. Goodwin, 1923—1930
 * James D. Preston, 1931—1935
 * Ruskin McArdle, 1935—1947
 * George W. Straubinger, 1947—1951
 * Richard D. Hupman, 1951—1953
 * Sterling Dean, 1953—1954
 * Gus J. Miller, 1954—1955
 * Richard D. Hupman, 1955—1973
 * Roger K. Haley, 1973—1997
 * Greg Harness, 1997—2008
 * Mary E. Cornaby, 2008—2009
 * Leona I. Faust, 2009–Present
 * John Carlo Bertot
 * Susan Hildreth

Awards and award winners

 * Dennis Thomison
 * Mary Niles Maack
 * Pamela Spence Richards
 * ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award for Best Book in Library Literature
 * Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
 * Amelia Bloomer Book List
 * Kathleen Horning
 * James Whitney
 * Fred Perkins
 * Greg Pizzoli

San Francisco and California Libraries

 * San Francisco Public Library - needs more sources, not well footnoted
 * Oakland Public Library - First public library under the Rogers Free Library Act- considerable gaps around the history and development of the library
 * Andrew_Smith_Hallidie - no mention of library advocacy found at San Francisco Public Library
 * Rogers Free Library Act - very stubby, not many sources
 * California Historical Society - stub, very poorly sourced

Notable San Fransisco

 * San_Francisco_Chamber_of_Commerce
 * Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation

San Francisco Bay Area connected historic biographies

 * Wallace Alexander
 * Walter Blair
 * H.J. Christensen
 * Bess Maddern London
 * Carrie Sterling

Other people

 * Artists: Norton Bush, William Keith (painter), William Marple, Bruce McGaw, William Birch McMurtrie, Frederick Schafer, James Weeks (painter), Thaddeus Welch, Raymond Dabb Yelland
 * Musicians: Will Shatter
 * Scientists: Lee Bonar, E. O. Essig, E. Gorton Linsley, William A. Setchell, Joseph Richard Slevin
 * Writers: Dan Totheroh
 * Oceanview, San Francisco, California

Marin county

 * Ring Mountain (Tiburon, California)
 * Big Rock Ridge
 * San Pedro Hill
 * Marin County Open Space District and/or Marin County Open Space
 * Mount Tamalpais Watershed
 * Panoramic Highway
 * John Thomas Reed marin personage

san mateo county

 * Sixteen-mile House
 * Pilarcitos Lake
 * Colma Canyon
 * Merced Valley
 * Point San Bruno
 * Peninsula Watershed
 * Millbrae Creek
 * Boreal Hill
 * Sierra Morena (California)
 * Broadway Street (Millbrae)

solano county

 * Solano Land Trust
 * Jepson Prairie Preserve

San Jose

 * Children's Musical Theater of San Jose ,
 * City Lights Theatre Company,
 * The Tabard Theatre Company,
 * San Jose Stage Company,
 * Broadway San Jose
 * Biblioteca Latinoamericana

Misc San Fransisco

 * Street art in the San Francisco Bay Area
 * The Lewd band
 * On Broadway (nightclub)

LGBT figures and advocacy
If you want to edit about the LGBT figures and advocacy as part of Pride month, see the task list for Wiki Loves Prides.

Other sources of potential topics include:
 * Requested articles for LGBT persons.