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    Wild About Reading Library Card Design Contest Winners
    Celebrate the Zoo and the Library with your Library Card! Three new Library Card Designs, inspired by animals and reading will be available at all Santa Barbara Public Library locations and Library on the Go beginning Monday, September 28.
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    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.
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    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.
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Central Library Closed December 8th Due to Construction Activity
Central Library will be temporarily closed on Friday, December 8th due to the ongoing construction projects. Central Library is expected to reopen on Saturday, December 9th. The Library on the Go van will make a special stop on the 1100…
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SBPL Teen Interns Learn about Entrepreneurship with Local Screen-printing Business Mind Garden
Santa Barbara Public Library’s grant-funded teen intern program provides local teens the opportunity to develop job skills as well as explore future careers in either library services or entrepreneurship. Interns had the chance to support…
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SBPL Invites You to Our Local Author Book Fair
Santa Barbara Public Library will be hosting local authors, particularly independent authors, to participate in this year’s Local Author Book Fair, taking place in the Faulkner Gallery at the Santa Barbara Central Library on…
Trail Talks Open Mic Night
Trail Talks Open Mic: Tales from the Wild
 To close out the year, we are handing the mic to you for a special Trail Talks Open Mic event on Thursday, December 14, 6:30-7:30 PM! 
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SBPL Hosts its First Annual Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Wikipedia had 25 billion pageviews in the month of September, that’s over 34 million pageviews per hour! Wikipedia also ranked #7 in a list of the most visited websites for September. Whether you are a…
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SBPL Celebrates the Freedom to Read for Banned Books Week
Santa Barbara Public Library invites the community to celebrate the freedom to read this October with special events and book giveaways as part of Banned Books Week.
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Celebrating 50 Years of SBPL’s Eastside Library
Though the Eastside Library opened its doors in May 1973, this story begins in 1967.In 1967, a Santa Barbara County Master Plan for library services was published. The plan included looking at population trends in various neighborhoods…
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The Library Expands Hours on Evenings and Weekends
The Library received additional funding for staffing from City Council during the FY24 budget process in order to restore open hours on evenings and weekends. After recruitment, hiring, and training, SBPL will we implementing expanded…
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SBPL Distributes Free Eclipse Glasses and Hosts Related Programming
In preparation for the Solar Eclipse on the morning of October 14th, Santa Barbara Public Library will be giving out 4000 eclipse glasses and hosting educational events to help the community of Santa Barbara observe this celestial…
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