Coffee & Conversations at Seattle Public Library's Ballard Branch started so library staff and patrons, including many experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity, could get to know one another. It's a showcase for the power of libraries to connect people: supportspl.org/2024/04/librar…

We stopped by the Seattle Public Library West Seattle Branch to talk to patrons and staff about what the historic library means to the community. Read more at supportspl.org/2024/03/what-o…

Photo of Buoy courtesy of Seattle Kraken, other photos by Anthony Martinez

You may have seen the news today about library branch closures due to staffing shortages during the citywide hiring freeze.

Take action for your library today: ask the Mayor and City Council to fully fund the library in the coming budget: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-th…

It's Take Action for Libraries Day! Two ways to act now:

- Sign up for alerts to protect and expand Seattle Public Library funding: actionnetwork.org/forms/seattle-…

- Commit to voting and spread voting resources through American Library Association's Reader. Voter. Ready. campaign: ala.org/advocacy/reade…

Today we celebrate how libraries reach patrons where they are. Your support for the Foundation helps Seattle Public Library provide books, technology, and services at preschools, older adult homes, tiny house villages, community events, and all across our city!

It's National Library Workers Day! We want to say a big thank you to every staff member at @SPLbuzz - we hear from the community every day about how much you mean to patrons and everyone in our city. We're so proud to support your work!

Happy National Library Week! Today is Right to Read Day, an important day of action for library supporters everywhere to stand up to censorship. Support the Books Unbanned program here: buff.ly/3J6ryzG and raise your voice against books bans here: buff.ly/41AaRUy

Happy #LibraryGivingDay !

Many libraries use this annual holiday, started by Seattle Public Library Foundation Seattle Public Library Foundation , to raise funds for their library.

Click to see if your library is participating! librarygivingday.org/find-library/

📣 TODAY is #LibraryGivingDay ! EVERYONE deserves the chance to learn and grow. Donate now to show you value free and fair access to knowledge and information: give.supportspl.org/give/381412/#!…

➡️Amazing news!⬅️Your gift will be MATCHED – up to $25,000 – today and tomorrow! #LibraryGivingDay is 24 hours away, but you don’t have to wait. Make your gift now and it will be DOUBLED! give.supportspl.org/give/381412/#!…

What do you LOVE about your library? The huge collection? Fun programs? Friendly librarians?

When you donate today, you’re giving back to the library that provides so much to you and so many in our community! buff.ly/3BQYp9a

Check out the great update from Nilu Jenks on the Global Reading Challenge, the beloved annual partnership between Seattle Public Library and Seattle Public Schools supported by Foundation donors. The Challenge concluded its 29th year with the citywide finals this week: d5seattle.org/global-reading…

Washington librarians hoping to turn the page against rising cost of e-books king5.com/article/tech/l…

💚💙💚💙 #LibraryGivingDay is April 3rd! Celebrate Seattle Public Library and show your support with a gift today. You help us go beyond what public funding provides to grow the amazing collections and programs we all love! 💚💙💚💙

give.supportspl.org/give/381412/#!…

Join the free author event at the Central Library tonight! spl.org/event-calendar…

This year’s Seattle Reads book, Octavia Butler's “Parable of the Sower,” is the program's first science fiction novel selection, and the first from an author who is no longer living. st.news/3veqkPw

Get excited for Seattle Reads!

This year's selection, Octavia Butler's classic 'Parable of the Sower,' is set in 2024, and is the first time Seattle Public Library has selected a science fiction novel.

We'll celebrate with community events this spring and summer: spl.org/programs-and-s…

Wondering why e-books are so expensive for public libraries - and why donor support for digital collections is so important?

⏱One week left to submit for the 2024 Stim Bullitt Civic Courage Scholarship!

Students can send essays on local civic leaders until 3/15 for the chance to win tuition support, study the past, and reflect on what civic courage means in the present.

supportspl.org/what-we-do/sch…

Art can serve as an outlet, an inspiration, and a source of strength – as demonstrated by the work in the Winter Visions exhibition from Path with Art, on display now in the Level 8 gallery at the Central Library.

Read more: supportspl.org/2024/02/progra…