![]() ![]() McKellar has blogged about the items on the Oakland Public Library’s website for years, but it wasn’t until November of last year, when the agency launched a new website, that she was able to neatly categorize the collection for people to browse through online. ![]() Over the past 10 years, librarian Sharon McKellar has collected and digitally archived the items, which provide a tiny window into the lives of those who left them behind - sometimes routine, but sometimes funny, charming, poignant or downright baffling. Brontë Wittpenn/The Chronicle Show More Show LessĪ decade’s worth of love notes, photographs, scribbled lists and other ephemera left behind in the pages of books returned to the Oakland Public Library have been carefully curated for an exhibition opening this week. Brontë Wittpenn/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 5 of5Ī decade’s worth of love notes, photographs, scribblings and other ephemera left behind in the pages of books returned to the Oakland Public Library have been carefully curated for an exhibition opening this week. Signs for librarian Sharon McKellar’s lost and found project near a display case at the Oakland Public Library. Brontë Wittpenn/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of5 A decade’s worth of love notes, photographs, scribblings and other ephemera left behind in the pages of books returned to the Oakland Public Library have been carefully curated for an exhibition opening this week. Librarian Sharon McKellar sorts through photos near a display case at the Oakland Public Library. Brontë Wittpenn/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of5 Brontë Wittpenn/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of5Ī decade’s worth of love notes, photographs, scribblings and other ephemera left behind in the pages of books returned to the Oakland Public Library have been carefully curated for an exhibition opening this week. ![]() The items, which have been found in the pages of returned books, are now on display. Librarian Sharon McKellar hangs receipts, ticket stubs and other travel-related items in a display case at the Oakland Public Library on Monday. ![]()
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