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  • Teen volunteers admire the SBPL Teen Section collection
    Teen Library Services Orientation!
    Join us for a fun and informative event that will introduce teens to everything the library has to offer including community service opportunities, special programs, resources.
    Library patron browses the stacks
    Take Our Survey!
    Santa Barbara Public Library is planning ahead, and we want you in the room. Take our community survey. Your voice will help guide the Library’s next chapter.
    Storytime in the children's area of the Central Library
    August Storytime Schedule
    What a summer! Young readers have explored new adventures and now they can pick up their prize packets. While Summer Reading is wrapping up, storytime schedules are adjusting.
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The profile of three librarians stand between the cover of a book. The title "The Librarians" Directed by Kim. A Synder sits in the foreground
The Librarians Film Screening
Library Support Groups and Santa Barbara International Film Festival present a screening of The Librarians on Thursday, January 29.
Alma Chaidez, Library Technician, 25 Years of Service
Alma Chaidez, 25 Years of Service
For the past twenty-five years, Alma Chaidez has been a calm, steady, and valued presence at the Santa Barbara Public Library, showing up each day with quiet generosity and dedication that is genuinely appreciated by her coworkers.
Library entrance with outdoor sign
Winter Holiday Hours
Santa Barbara Public Library will have a series of closures and adjusted hours during the winter holidays. Read on for all the details, and learn how to stay connected with us, even when we’re closed.
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Wrap-Up: Young Adult Clothing Swap
SBPL’s recent Young Adult Clothing Swap offered dozens of patrons a meaningful way to recycle clothing rather than toss them out.
Grocery bag filled with food with the text "Food 4 Fees" on its side
Food for Fees
From November 12, 2025 through January 16, 2026, library patrons can have fees removed from their accounts by bringing non-perishable food items to any location or the Library on the Go.
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As an original Carnegie Library SBPL receives $10,000
This $10,000 gift from the Carnegie Corporation of New York is in celebration of the United States’ 250th anniversary.
Two parents and two children smiling
Family Emergency Preparedness Workshop in Spanish
Join SBPL and Legal Aid Foundation for a Spanish Emergency Preparedness Workshop at Eastside Library.
A microphone on a stand in the foreground with the text “SB Speaks!” above on a transparent room background.
SB Speaks! Cultural Storytelling at Central Library
Join storytellers at the SB Reads themed “SB Speaks: Cultural Storytelling” on November 14.
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Eastside Library Receives a Colorful New Book Bench
Friends of the Santa Barbara Public Library have donated a joyful Book Bench to the Eastside Library, inspired by the children’s book Makana is a Gift and painted by a local artist.
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