Library News

Many working families are using a combination of friends, family, and neighbor caregivers to piece together care for their young children before they begin school. The pandemic has made the need for more childcare options for families even…

Santa Barbara Public Library invites local students ages 8 to 18 to submit science fair experiments or projects to be featured in the October 2022 Science Fair as part of Santa Barbara Reads programming. Eligible students must be able to…

Excavation in the center of Central Library is scheduled for the month of August. To protect staff and patrons from adverse effects of construction, especially high noise levels that will limit the ability to communicate, staff are…

SBPL invites local artists to submit works for October 2022 Art Show, Through Many Windows: A World Reimagined in conjunction with SB Reads programming. 

Santa Barbara Public Library is pleased to announce the selection of N.K. Jemisin’s award-winning speculative novel The Fifth Season as the featured title for Santa Barbara Reads 2022. 

SBPL kicked off Summer Reading 2022: Stories Unfold on Saturday, June 11, at Kids World Alameda Park. The event celebrated the beginning of summer with performances and hula lessons from a real-life circus performer, complimentary Kona Ice…

This summer, SBPL honored Juneteenth by highlighting our local Black community. Former Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Sojourner Kincaide Rolle shared her recently published picture book, Free At Last: A Juneteenth Poem, illustrated…

Santa Barbara Public Library is kicking off a major construction project! Beginning July 11, 2022, construction begins on 3 projects at Central Library: Library Plaza renovation, a new ADA-compliant elevator, and a lower level staff area…