Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have a rich heritage thousands of years old and have both shaped the history of the United States and have had a huge cultural impact here in San Diego. The Library Shop has put together a Shop curated reading list featuring some of the best books of the last few years written by Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders. Check out our curated list and purchase directly from our Bookshop.org site and 30% of your purchase will support the San Diego Public Library System. Continue Reading >
Did you know the San Diego Public Library has written and published its own children's book? Written by Hunter Hackett and illustrated by SDPL’s own Anisi Baigude, a Library Assistant at the North Clairemont Branch, Odi’s Library Day is a bilingual board book perfect for parents and their emerging little readers to build a lifelong connection to libraries and books. In the story, ODI (Opportunity, Discovery, Inspiration) the Coyote visits Central Library for the first time with their parent. During Odi’s visit they receive their first library card, attend a story time where they learn all about kites, discover the Innovation... 
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Odi's Library Day – A Children's book, is now available
Did you know the San Diego Public Library has written and published its own children's book? Written by Hunter Hackett and illustrated by SDPL’s own Anisi Baigude, a Library Assistant at the North Clairemont Branch, Odi’s Library Day is a bilingual board book... 
Dear Library Advocate,
April 15, 2012, Mayor Todd Gloria released the Fiscal Year 2022 Proposed Budget. Included in the budget were significant and worrisome cuts, in addition to welcome and long-overdue investments in programs and materials.
As anticipated, recent economic challenges presented by the COVID-19 crisis have negatively impacted Library Department funding. In total, slightly more than $5.5 million in proposed cuts have been recommended, or a 10% overall reduction in department resources.
We are working to assess all service impacts. However, the proposed budget:
Eliminates Sunday hours at locations previously open on Sundays, eliminates Monday hours at all 36 Library branch locations,... 
Robotics Showcase: The local robotics teams have been hard at work preparing for their virtual competitions so we put together a video of their robots in action. Unfortunately, we have to postpone our Robotics Showcase Extravaganza 2021. We hope to have a community event later this year. For now, you can watch the Wizalos and the Dapper Robo-Noodles run their robots through the FTC qualifying course, which will be posted on the San Carlos Branch Library Facebook page on Saturday, April 17, at 1:00 p.m. Click on: https://www.facebook.com/SanCarlosBranchLibrary
Families can pick up a ROBOT CRAFT from our Contactless Pick Up Service... 