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It’s Library Card Sign-Up Month. Check out our new Marketing page for libraries and raise awareness of your library’s services and programs with these resources.

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California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline

The California State Library and the California Center for the Book Present: A Conversation with California Against the Sea author Rosanna Xia! Join us on September 24 from 12:00–1:00 pm.

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