Press Releases

2017, Sep. 12 pdf Benetech Partners with California State Library to Bring Bookshare to Patrons who Read Differently
2017, July 24 pdf Night at the State Library Presents: A Way Across the Mountain with Scott Stine, Wednesday, August 9, 2017
2017, July 17 pdf State Library Hosts Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province, China, at public event on July 24
2017, June 15 pdf For the Joy of Doing, New Exhibit at the State Library
2017, June 12 pdf Jersey Gold: The Newark Overland Company’s Trek to California, 1849 – A Lunchtime Author Talk with Margaret Casterline Bowen, June 20 at noon
2017, June 7 pdf Virtual Reality Arrives in California Libraries
2017, May 31 pdf A Night at the State Library presents the 15th Annual Juneteenth Kick-off Reception, June 14, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
2017, May 2 pdf California Civil Liberties Projects Announced.
2017, Apr. 7 pdf National Library Week is April 9-15, 2017: Celebrate with the California State Library.
2017, Mar. 7 pdf The Important Role Women Play in Civic Engagement. Wednesday, March 15, 2017.
2017, Feb. 14 pdf "The Golden Age of Book Illustration" – new exhibit at CSUS Library Gallery features State Library collections
2017, Feb. 13 pdf 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.
2017, Feb. 2 pdf Grant Program for Civil Liberties Projects Now Open
2017, Jan. 27 pdf California State Library to take part in the 19th Annual Sacramento Museum Day Saturday, February 4, 2016, 10 am – 5 pm.
2017, Jan. 15 pdf The Death of Dr. Kevin Starr, State Librarian Emeritus.
2017, Jan. 5 pdf Braille and Talking Book Library Featured in Exhibit at the State Capitol, January 9-22, 2017.
2016, Nov. 28 pdf California State Library provides funds for libraries hit hard by summer wildfires through federal Library Services and Technology Act.
2016, Oct. 5 pdf State Library Hosts Forum On Caryl Chessman Case And Its Impact On The Death Penalty Debate.
2016, Oct. 3 pdf Local Public Libraries Receive More Than $1 million in Innovation Grants from the State.
2016, Sep. 14 pdf A Night at the State Library presents: Art and Architecture of the Golden Gate Bridge – An Insider's View
2016, Aug. 9 pdf Local Author Patricia Canterbury to Speak at California State Library's Lunchtime Author Series.
2016, July 6 pdf California on the Move – Air, Land and Sea: State Library Exhibit at the California State Fair.
2016, June 2 pdf A Night at the State Library Presents: Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom Reception, Thursday, June 16.
2016, May 27 pdf Out of the Vault: Treasures from your California State Library – New Exhibit at the State Capitol Museum.
2016, May 23 pdf Prohibition in Sacramento: A Lunchtime Discussion with Local Author Annette Kassis.
2016, May 13 pdf A Night at the State Library presents: Homeless Youth – Challenges & Solutions.
2016, Apr. 18 pdf New exhibit at State Library: From Oxcarts to Airplanes: the story of transportation in California.
2016, Apr. 4 pdf The Maidu Museum and Historic Site, Wednesday, April 13, 2016.
2016, Mar. 30 pdf Governor Brown Appoints Brandy Rose Buenafe to California Library Services Board.
2016, Mar. 8 pdf The California State Library Presents: A Special Noontime Discussion with Author/Journalist Sasha Abramsky on his Latest Book, The House of Twenty Thousand Books
2016, Feb. 10 pdf A Night at the State Library Presents: "San Francisco Lithographer: African American Artist Grafton Tyler Brown" by Dr. Robert Chandler
2016, Feb. 8 pdf Special Collections Librarian Named Director of San Francisco's Sutro Library.
2016, Feb. 5 pdf Yosemite Photography Exhibit Begins at the Public Policy Institute in San Francisco.
2016, Feb. 3 pdf "San Francisco Lithographer: African American Artist Grafton Tyler Brown" by Dr. Robert Chandler, Wednesday, February 10, 2016.
2016, Jan. 26 pdf California, Nevada and Washington create ground-breaking initiative to increase open data access through local libraries.
2016, Jan. 15 pdf California State Library to take part in the 18th Annual Sacramento Museum Day Saturday, February 6, 2016.
2016, Jan. 4 pdf A Night at the State Library presents: Fortune to the Bold: How French Argonauts Struck it Rich in Gold Rush California, Wednesday, January 13.

Special Collections Librarian Named Director of San Francisco’s Sutro Library

2015, Nov. 6 pdf A Night at the State Library presents: Called to Action: California's Role in WWII, a joint program with the State Capitol Museum, Wednesday, November 18.
2015, Sep. 25 pdf A Night at the State Library presents an evening with printmaker Tom Killion, October 14, 2015.
2015, Sep. 25 pdf State Library Treasures On View at Annual Archives Crawl, October 3.
2015, Aug. 12 pdf Joe D'Ambrosio: The Book as an Art Form – New Exhibit at the State Library.
2015, June 8 pdf A Night at the State Library presents: Sacramento's 14th Annual Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom Kick-off Reception.
2015, May 28 pdf Lighting Up Libraries: High-speed Broadband in California Public Libraries.
2015, Mar. 6 pdf A Night at the State Library Presents Hidden Histories: Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. Civil War, March 11, 2015.
2015, Feb. 19 pdf CalVet and the California State Library Announce Tulare Public Library Veteran Resource Center Opening.
2015, Feb. 4 pdf The California State Library in collaboration with First 5 California presents a Special Night at the State Library: The Raising of America: Early Childhood and the Future of Our Nation.
2015, Jan. 9 pdf A Night at the State Library presents Building the Central Pacific Railroad: A Photographic Journey.
2015, Jan. 7 pdf "Governor Culbert Levy Olson – Past, Present and Future: A Statesman Ahead of His Time" –
A Special Appreciation By His Granddaughter, Debra Deanne Olson.