Open letter to our users, supporters, and community: PlaneTree Health Library to close in 2024

It is with both sadness and a sense of accomplishment that we announce that the PlaneTree Health Library is closing in 2024, after 35 years.

We are proud of being able to provide information to so many over the years, assisting with their health-related questions and concerns. We are also proud of the ways that the health information PlaneTree Health Library provided has helped people advocate for their own needs and for the health of their families and communities.

We are also tremendously grateful for the support from so many donors, volunteers, grants, and partner agencies that allowed PlaneTree Health Library to serve the South Bay Area for so long while staying independent of corporate for-profit sponsorship.

However,  major changes in the landscape of health information (in addition to challenges that all non-profit organizations face) led to the Board of Directors’ decision that PlaneTree Health Library is not currently sustainable.

With deep appreciation for the support over the years that has allowed PlaneTree Health Library to do this work, and with best wishes for healthy and empowered people in our communities,

— Lise M. Dyckman, MA, MLIS, Executive Director

and the Board of Directors of PlaneTree Health Library