 Welcome to the Library Reading Corner for January 2024
Happy New Year! We hope you are doing well and 2024 brings you all joy and happiness. With our amazing staff, dedicated Friends of the Library volunteers, and of course our wonderful patrons, we are getting ready for another year of great experiences!
We are thrilled to announce the return of our ever-popular Zip Book Program! There are some updates to the program, so please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the updates here, or by reaching out to our knowledgeable library team for any questions.
Dive into the new year with a world of new stories with the return of our all-ages Winter Reading Program on January 2! We’ll have new books coming soon so make sure you register for the program and stop by to check out all our new titles.
A Note from Interim Library Director Diane Satchwell:
As a reminder, all Goleta & Santa Ynez Valley Library Locations will be closed on Sunday, December 31 and Monday, January 1 for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, and on Monday, January 15th in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday.
Happy New Year to all our wonderful patrons!
-Diane Satchwell,
Interim Library Director
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The Goleta Valley Library will receive much-needed facility improvements thanks to a $4.278 million dollar California State Library grant. The Goleta City Council officially authorized the City to accept the grant at the December 19, 2023, Goleta City Council meeting. The funding will be used to improve the library’s facility at 500 N. Fairview Avenue where it has called home for more than 50 years. The remaining $1.069 million of the $5.348 million project is funded by a gracious donation of $250,000 from Friends of the Goleta Valley Library, County Library Per Capita funds, Library Special Tax Funds, and the City’s General Fund.
Learn more here.
Congratulations to our former Goleta and Santa Ynez Valley Library Director Allison Gray, who was recognized with a Goleta’s Finest Award on her birthday. A formal celebration was held at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara in December to honor remarkable individuals whose contributions have enhanced the Goleta community.
At the awards ceremony Allison was recognized for her remarkable 37-year career in library services, 15 of those which were served at the Goleta Valley Library.
Learn more here.
Tuesday, January 2 – Friday, February 23
Community members of all ages are invited to participate in the library’s 12th annual Winter Reading Program! The 2024 theme is “Warm Up with a Good Book!” and encourages our local patrons to read their way through the winter months with the library’s collection of print and digital titles.
How it works:
As in years past, participants will complete one entry slip for every book they read during the program and enter them into prize drawing boxes at their local branch for a chance to win exciting prizes in our weekly drawings. Plus, all the tickets submitted during the program will be entered into a grand prize drawing for everyone who participated! Entry boxes for each age group will be available at the Goleta Valley Library, Bookvan, Solvang Library, and Buellton Library.
Participants can read in whatever format they like best, including print books, graphic novels, eBooks, and audiobooks. We are adding new books to our collection each week, so there has never been a better time to visit your library and discover your next great read!
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