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What's New

• Furlough Closure: To comply with the Governor's furlough order, the California State Library will close its offices and public service desks in Sacramento and San Francisco the second, third, and fourth Fridays of each month, beginning August 20, 2010. For a list of scheduled furlough Fridays, please visit Furlough Program.
• Press Release: On Wednesday, September 15, Food for Thought presents Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.
• Finding Health and Wellness @ the Library: A Consumer Health Toolkit for Library Staff is now available online. A free orientation webinar will be offered on Thursday, September 9, from noon to 1 p.m. PDT.
• A revised version of California Library Laws 2010 is now available online. 

• Press Release: Grant Recipients Announced for California's Family Place Library Program

• Digital Literacy Pathways in California, a new report and action plan, has been posted online by California’s Chief Information Officer, along with a news release outlining plans for advancing digital literacy for all state residents. Libraries in California actively support and provide resources for digital literacy.

• Press Release: Newly discovered Lincoln document traveled with Donner Party to California

Visit Us

Full information services for the State Library are available at Library & Courts Building II, 900 N Street, during renovation of the Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building.

Information Services, Government Publications, and the Law Library are now located inside the Braille & Talking Book Library on the first floor at 900 N Street. Online resources and frequently-used print resources are readily available; other materials may need to be paged from offsite. The California History Room continues to provide history and genealogy information services in Room 200 on the second floor.

Visitors are always welcome. For service hours, directions, and contact information, visit Locations and Hours. For renovation information, see Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building Renovation.