Libraries

2008 RESOURCE GUIDE
Section 2. Local and State Resources:
LIBRARIES
Agency Name & Address	Contact Information	Program Description
Institute for Health & Healing/Planetree Library 2040 Webster St. San Francisco, CA 94115	Tel: (415) 923-3680 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 673-2629	A medical library serving the needs of the general public for health information of all types, from mainstream allopathic treatments to alternative/complementary medicine.
E-mail: ihhlib@sirius.com Web site: N/A
Resources in Special Education (RISE) c/o Parents Helping Parents 3041 Olcott St. Santa Clara, CA 95054	Tel: (408) 727-5775 TDD: (408) 727-7655 Fax: (408) 727-0182	RISE provides information regarding special education in California; it maintains a special education library and publishes The Special Edge, a quarterly newsletter for parents and educators.
E-mail: N/A Web site: www.php.com
San Francisco Public Lib rary: Deaf Services Center 100 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA 94102	Tel: (415) 557-4434 TDD: (415) 557-4433 Fax: (415) 557-4424	Signed and captioned videos, books and other print materials about deafness, deaf culture, sign language, etc. Interpreter services or assistive listening devices for library programs upon request.
E-mail: N/A Web site: www.sfpl.lib.ca.us
San Francisco Public Library: Resource Collection for Learning Differences Civic Center Branch San Francisco, CA 94102	Tel: (415) 557-4540 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 437-4831	A collection of books, audio books, videos, newsletters and journals about learning differences. Assistive technology is available to enhance library accessibility to people with learning disabilities.
E-mail: N/A Web site: www.sfpl.lib.ca.us
Support for Families @ Open Gate 2601 Mission Street, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94110	Tel: (415) 920-5040 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 920-5099	Provides services to families of children with disabilities, including information and referral, parent-to-parent support, workshops and trainings, mental health counseling, special-education advocacy and support groups. Maintains a lending library with books, video and audio tapes; also operates a toy lending library.
E-mail: info@supportforfamilies.org Web site: www.supportforfamilies.org

The resource list above is for your information; it is not necessarily comprehensive and is not an endorsement of the services offered. If you find that any of the information is incorrect, if you would like to offer any feedback, or if you know of additional resources that may be helpful to include in the future, please let us know. You can call us at (415) 920-5040, e-mail us at info@supportforfamilies.org or write to us c/o Open Gate, 2601 Mission Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110. Thank you to all the agencies who completed our Request for Information form and thank you as well to community resource databases such as Helplink and the San Francisco Public Library Community Connection for lending valuable assistance.