Libraries are the hearts of communities across the nation, standing as a symbol of education, community, and gathering. National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the crucial role ...

FRESH LOOK: After two years of construction and chain link fences, Santa Barbara Public Library is back with a brand new community plaza. | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom The doors to the Faulkner Gallery at ...

Picture a group of preschoolers gathered in a storytime circle at a Santa Barbara park while parents check out books, charge their devices, and connect to free Wi-Fi. That vision is about to become ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Santa Barbara Library will open its long awaited Michael Towbes Library Plaza with a festive event November 3. An insider preview look is taking place Friday. Santa Barbara ...

Santa Barbara Public Library invites children, teens and adults to celebrate reading this summer by participating in the annual Summer Reading Challenge, Treasured Tales. Starting June 6, community ...

Insects often exist on the periphery of our experiences. They blend into the landscape and soundscape, rarely the objects of our attention. But an exhibition at the UC Santa Barbara Library draws our ...

A hand-colored volume of 13th-century Persian poetry, a rare photographic record of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and a family photo album from the Qajar dynasty (1789–1925) form a deeply personal and ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Santa Barbara Public Library is celebrating National Library Week from April 6th to 12th. Managers of the library are hoping the community will share in the excitement of ...