On July 2, 2018 Santa Monica Public Library started a new initiative designed to encourage children and teens to use, or return to, the Library. The Fine Free program will......
The Fairview Branch will be presenting their first ever ‘Your Story’ Project this week as part of a Moth inspired storytelling night. Seating is limited and free tickets will be......
Santa Monica, California – For the seventh year in a row, the Santa Monica Public Library has earned top marks from Library Journal’s national rating of public libraries. The Library......
After ten years as a public librarian, I thought I knew what it meant to be outward. I’m a librarian and a civil servant. Connecting with members of the community......
I wanted to share with you a profile in LA Parent Magazine of Ocean Park Branch Youth Services Librarian Julia Casas. The writer was impressed by the efforts Julia makes......
It still feels like August in the Sahara Desert outside, but summer, and with it year two of our beachside pop-up library series, SMPL at the Beach, are officially over.......
Summer reading for adults is becoming a new tradition for the Library. This year, which was only the fourth year, 524 adults signed up for the “Exercise Your Mind”-themed summer......
The Library’s summer reading program has been an annual tradition for 86 years. Part fun, part lifelong learning, and part “summer slide” prevention, the 2016 program attracted 4,929 children and......
On Saturday, July 16th we had the grand re-opening celebration for the Fairview Branch Library. About 450 people came to this library throughout the day for a welcome ceremony with......
Reading-2-Go brings the library and its resources to young children in informal home care in three languages (English, Spanish, Amharic). These children are not in daycare or preschool so they......