Youth Fine Free Library Cards
On July 2, 2018 Santa Monica Public Library started a new initiative designed to encourage children and[…]
Story Slam in Santa Monica
The Fairview Branch will be presenting their first ever ‘Your Story’ Project this week as part of[…]
Santa Monica Public Library Earns a Top, Five-Star Rating
Santa Monica, California – For the seventh year in a row, the Santa Monica Public Library has[…]
Santa Monica Public Library Turns Outward
After ten years as a public librarian, I thought I knew what it meant to be outward.[…]
Profile of Youth Services Librarian Julia Casas
I wanted to share with you a profile in LA Parent Magazine of Ocean Park Branch Youth[…]
SMPL at the Beach 2016
It still feels like August in the Sahara Desert outside, but summer, and with it year two[…]
Adult Summer Reading: Adults Won Prizes Too!
Summer reading for adults is becoming a new tradition for the Library. This year, which was only[…]
Kids and Teens “Read for the Win”!
The Library’s summer reading program has been an annual tradition for 86 years. Part fun, part lifelong[…]
Aloha, Fairview!
On Saturday, July 16th we had the grand re-opening celebration for the Fairview Branch Library. About 450[…]
The Reading-2-Go Project
Reading-2-Go brings the library and its resources to young children in informal home care in three languages[…]