The Santa Barbara Independent

Lompoc Public Library Named Recipient of Carnegie Corporation Grant

The Lompoc Public Library System is pleased to announce its recent award of a distinguished $10,000 grant from the Carnegie ...
Los Angeles Magazine

Celebrating 100 Years of L.A.’s Central Library

Workers uncover a 1925 time capsule as Los Angeles Public Library celebrates 100 years of its iconic Central Library downtown ...
Los Angeles Times

Where can L.A. immigrants go for help under Trump? Try the public library

Among the bookshelves at the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles, Ramón Hernández sits in a cubicle a few days a week, holding hour after hour of consultations with immigrants who have questions ...
Comstock's magazine

A New Era of Library Architecture Is Taking Shape in Northern California

Valley Hi-North Laguna Library’s defining form grew from a simple sketch: an asymmetrical, wing-like roofline that captures ...
Orange County Register

California State Library’s federal aid cut retroactively without warning

On Wednesday, April 2, a California State Library spokesman said the institution had not been informed of any changes to its budget, but that changes in federal funding might be coming, perhaps in the ...
The Santa Barbara Independent

Santa Barbara Public Library and SBIFF Present Special Screening of ‘The Librarians’

The Santa Barbara Public Library and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) are proud to jointly present a special ...
Opinion
New UniversityOpinion

Public schools should automatically give students public library cards

According to a Scholastic and YouGov study, 95% of parents agree that every community needs a public library. However, the library’s computers, books and free internet are only available to those with ...