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2024 Year in Review

December 19, 2024

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January 09, 2024

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Digital Materials @ the Library

December 29, 2023

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SBPL 2023 Year in Review

December 22, 2023

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Empowering Digital Literacy at Santa Barbara Public Library

December 08, 2023

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SBPL Teen Interns Learn about Entrepreneurship with Local Screen-printing Business Mind Garden

November 18, 2023

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SBPL Hosts its First Annual Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

October 24, 2023

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Celebrating 50 Years of SBPL’s Eastside Library

September 29, 2023

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SBPL’s Grant-Funded Parks Pass Project Helps Locals Explore Outdoors

August 22, 2023

Poet Laureate Melinda Palacio

SBPL Chats with Santa Barbara’s 10th Poet Laureate Melinda Palacio

August 10, 2023

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Meet Catalina, SBPL's Spanish Outreach Coordinator

July 26, 2023

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Overcoming Challenges and Pursuing Dreams: Veronica Carrillo's Inspiring Journey to Earning her Online High School Diploma

June 27, 2023

Local 1 Million Cups Chapter Supports Entrepreneurs and Business Owners with Networking and Learning Opportunities

June 13, 2023

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Santa Barbara Area Newspapers Now Digitized and Preserved!

May 12, 2023

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SBPL Supports Business and Entrepreneurs with Specialty Databases

March 28, 2023

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Meet Kundai Chikowero, Santa Barbara County’s First Youth Poet Laureate Ambassador

March 21, 2023

SBPL’s Guide to Requesting a Zip Book

March 16, 2023

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SBPL & the Mission Poetry Series Team Up to Host a Poetry Walk

February 15, 2023

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SBPL’s Guide to Suggesting Books and DVDs for Purchase

January 19, 2023

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Back to School Isn’t Just for Kids

October 19, 2022

Recovery Month Booth

SBPL Supports National Recovery Month Resource Fair

October 11, 2022

Summer Reading Kickoff at the park

Summer Reading 2022 Kick Off

July 14, 2022

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Santa Barbara Public Library Honors Juneteenth

July 14, 2022

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Despite Challenges of the Pandemic, SBPL Finds Creative Ways to Support Caregivers of Young Children

January 26, 2022

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SBPL’s Spanish Outreach Team Helps Shape Spanish-Language Programming

January 25, 2022

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