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......

Who says kids should have all the fun?!  EXERCISE Your Mind by signing up for adult summer reading at any SMPL location.  You’ll receive a book bag, fitness journal (while......

Launch Pad is a way for library staff to try out new program ideas. Coming up: We are testing some staff designed programs that we think will connect you closer to......

As a taste of what’s to come the library held a Raspberry Pi workshop at the Pico Branch Library on April 18, 2016.  Mara Cabrera, Librarian, and a teen from......

On Friday, April 29, the Library helped kick off the second annual YALLWEST Young Adult Book Festival with a preview night event called Fierce Friday. The event featured a dozen......

In honor of National Pet Week, Library PALS (“Library Pets & Animal Lovers”) is hosting a pet supply drive to benefit the Santa Monica Animal Shelter.  During the month of May,......

What better way to embody the library as vibrant learning center than to become a site of interactive learning. As part of this year’s How-To Festival, each Santa Monica Public Library location hosts......

Over the past year, the Library has gone through a strategic planning process. A major focus was hearing from community members about their aspirations for the Library and Santa Monica.......