Press Releases
California Celebrates National Arts and Humanities Month 2024
State Librarian Statement on Passage of California Freedom to Read Act
Sustainable California Libraries Projects Announced, Climate Action Guide Posted
Announcing the new Statewide Library Broadband Access Aggregator Partner
Free Pre-Schooler & Early Grade STEM Learning Tools Now Available in Public Schools and Libraries
More than $1.5 Million in California Civil Liberties Public Education Grants Now Available
Vast Arts Video and Audio Multimedia Collection Now Available for K-12 Schools, Local Libraries
California State Librarian Calls for Increase in Federal Support for Libraries
Sustainable California Libraries Climate-Focused Projects Take Root for Year Two of Grant
California State Library approves 22 project grants in the California Civil Liberties program
California State Library Awards Additional $8.1 Million in Grants to Ethnic Media Outlets
California launches statewide expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Report: Building Forward Library Facilities Improvement Program
$5 Million in State Funding Available to Ethnic Media Groups for Hate Crime Outreach
California Civil Liberties Grant Funds Available: Applications Due April 14th
PBS Video Collection Available for California K-12 Public Schools
California State Library approves 30 project grants in the California Civil Liberties program
California State Library Awards More than $5 Million in Grants to Ethnic Media Outlets
State Library Funds Creative, Green Mobile Library Solutions
More Students Using More State-Provided Online Homework and Research Tools
$750,000 Awarded for Preservation and Digital Accessibility of California’s LGBTQ+ History
California State Library Announces New High-Speed Broadband Access Program Partner
$5 Million in State Funding Available to Ethnic Media Groups for Hate Crime Outreach
State Funding Available to Address Infrastructure Needs at California Public Libraries
Major Budget Boost to Help Libraries Feed More Hungry California Kids During Summer Months
Governor’s Budget Plan Increases Access to Online Tools Aimed at Addressing the “Great Resignation”
California Students Get Access to Science & Technology Homework Help
New Youth-Centered Free Statewide eBook Library To Be Created
$1.875 Million Grant Awarded to Improve Californians’ Ability to Access the Internet from Home
Governor Newsom Appoints Tom Negrete as Director of California Research Bureau
Exhibit on Joe Rosenthal, Photographer at Iwo Jima, Opens at State Library
State Library Program Helps Close Opportunity Gap for California Students
Fiscal Year 2020-21 Closing Opportunity Gaps for California Students
$6.3 Million in Grants to Strengthen California Public Libraries
Request-for-Proposals Open for K-12 Online Content and/or Tools in STEAM Subjects
California Cultural Collection Protection Survey Results Dataset
California Library Literacy Services Legislative Report (FY 2019-2020)
Governor’s May Revision Brings Strong Support to California Libraries
State Library Announces Online Exhibit of 2017 Women’s March Posters
Libraries Bring $1.6 million in Chromebooks and WIFI Hotspots to Californians
California State Library Announces Early Findings from Cultural Collections Protection Survey
California Libraries to Assist COVID Recovery in Proposed Budget
Cultural Heritage Organizations Invited to Register for Collections Protection Survey
State Librarian Greg Lucas Issues Proclamation Relative to National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week
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Distance-learning Educational Content for K-12 Students Available in Public Libraries
CA Budget Provides Online STEM Resources to Students at Home
State Library Virtual Exhibit Focuses on Artifacts of Chinese Settlers in 1800s
COVID-19 Guidance for Restoring In-Person Services in California’s Libraries
California State Library Partners with Google Arts & Culture to Create Online Exhibits
California Libraries Provide Nearly 300,000 Meals Through “Lunch at the Library”
New report shows success of California’s K12 Online Content Project
Trainings offered to educators to maximize use of K-12 online content
California State Library Recommends Libraries Not Provide LinkedIn Learning Due to Privacy Concerns
New York Times Access Now Available for Free in All California Public Libraries
Volunteers Needed to Transcribe State Library’s World War I Collection
Rare Books Damaged by Water Leak Are Back in State Library’s Collection
State Capitol Photography Display Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Johnny Cash’s “At Folsom Prison”
State Librarian appoints Michael Liang of San Francisco Public Library to CENIC Board
World War One Armistice Centennial Exhibit Opens at State Library
Governor Brown’s May Revise Provides Funding for Digital Preservation
California to Provide Statewide K-12 Online Content for Schools
California State Library to take part in the 20th Annual Sacramento Museum Day
Governor Brown’s Budget Proposal Provides $9.5 Million for Public Libraries
- : California State Library Provides Aid to Libraries in Communities Hit Hard by 2017 Wildfires
- : Request-for-Proposals Open for K-12 Educational Online Content
- : After a fire or other disaster, find help and resources at your public library
- : Benetech Partners with California State Library to Bring Bookshare to Patrons who Read Differently
- : Night at the State Library Presents: A Way Across the Mountain with Scott Stine, Wednesday, August 9, 2017
- : State Library Hosts Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province, China, at public event on July 24
- : For the Joy of Doing, New Exhibit at the State Library
- : Jersey Gold: The Newark Overland Company’s Trek to California, 1849 – A Lunchtime Author Talk with Margaret Casterline Bowen, June 20 at noon
- : Virtual Reality Arrives in California Libraries
- : A Night at the State Library presents the 15th Annual Juneteenth Kick-off Reception, June 14, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
- : California Civil Liberties Projects Announced
- : National Library Week is April 9-15, 2017: Celebrate with the California State Library
- : The Important Role Women Play in Civic Engagement. Wednesday, March 15, 2017
- : “The Golden Age of Book Illustration” – new exhibit at CSUS Library Gallery features State Library collections
- : The California State Library Presents: Employment for California’s Adults with Autism in 2017, a Lunchtime Discussion with Michael Bernick and Dr. Louis A. Vismara, M.D.
- : Grant Program for Civil Liberties Projects Now Open
- : California State Library to take part in the 19th Annual Sacramento Museum Day Saturday, February 4, 2016, 10 am – 5 pm.
- : The Death of Dr. Kevin Starr, State Librarian Emeritus.
- : Braille and Talking Book Library Featured in Exhibit at the State Capitol, January 9-22, 2017.
- : California State Library provides funds for libraries hit hard by summer wildfires through federal Library Services and Technology Act.
- : State Library Hosts Forum On Caryl Chessman Case And Its Impact On The Death Penalty Debate.
- : Local Public Libraries Receive More Than $1 million in Innovation Grants from the State.
- : A Night at the State Library presents: Art and Architecture of the Golden Gate Bridge – An Insider’s View
- : Local Author Patricia Canterbury to Speak at California State Library’s Lunchtime Author Series.
- : California on the Move – Air, Land and Sea: State Library Exhibit at the California State Fair.
- : A Night at the State Library Presents: Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom Reception, Thursday, June 16.
- : Out of the Vault: Treasures from your California State Library – New Exhibit at the State Capitol Museum.
- : Prohibition in Sacramento: A Lunchtime Discussion with Local Author Annette Kassis.
- : A Night at the State Library presents: Homeless Youth – Challenges & Solutions.
- : New exhibit at State Library: From Oxcarts to Airplanes: the story of transportation in California.
- : The Maidu Museum and Historic Site, Wednesday, April 13, 2016.
- : The Maidu Museum and Historic Site, Wednesday, April 13, 2016.
- : The California State Library Presents: A Special Noontime Discussion with Author/Journalist Sasha Abramsky on his Latest Book, The House of Twenty Thousand Books
- : A Night at the State Library Presents: “San Francisco Lithographer: African American Artist Grafton Tyler Brown” by Dr. Robert Chandler
- : Special Collections Librarian Named Director of San Francisco’s Sutro Library
- : Yosemite Photography Exhibit Begins at the Public Policy Institute in San Francisco
- : “San Francisco Lithographer: African American Artist Grafton Tyler Brown” by Dr. Robert Chandler, Wednesday, February 10, 2016.
- : California, Nevada and Washington create ground-breaking initiative to increase open data access through local libraries.
- : California State Library to take part in the 18th Annual Sacramento Museum Day Saturday, February 6, 2016.
- : A Night at the State Library presents: Fortune to the Bold: How French Argonauts Struck it Rich in Gold Rush California, Wednesday, January 13.
