California State Library

09/04/2026

The California State Library will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday, September 7, 2026.

09/04/2026

The State Library is currently experiencing a issue with our email system that may prevent messages from reaching State Library email accounts. If an email remains undelivered for 24 to 72 hours, senders may receive a delivery failure notice and will need to resend their message.

09/03/2026

Today we lost a feminist icon, Gloria Steinem. Here in our Sutro Library collections are some trade cards created by the Ms. Foundation, which was co-founded by Steinem. In 1993 it launched "Take Our Daughters to Work Day" to address self-esteem issues in young girls and expose them to diverse career paths. In the following year, the trading card was part of the promotional push during the event's massive initial surge in popularity. That year, the Ms. Foundation for Women introduced a unique educational tool called the "Women of Honor" trading cards. These cards were created specifically to be distributed as souvenirs and educational materials in conjunction with the foundation's national Take Our Daughters to Work Day initiative.

The set featured roughly 70 diverse, trailblazing women across various fields—ranging from literature and activism to science and politics—designed to provide young girls with real-life role models and inspire career confidence.

RIP Gloria Steinem

09/03/2026

Mark your calendars for the biggest archives event of the year- Archives Crawl! The 16th annual crawl is happening Saturday, October 17, from 10am to 4pm. Tour the four host archives, gather stamps in your passport, view treasures from dozens of archives and special collection libraries, visit with archivists, win prizes and go on special behind-the-scenes tours!

09/02/2026

“California's water depends on more than pipelines and treatment plants—it depends on the people who operate, maintain, regulate, and manage these systems.”

Learn more on Building California’s Water Workforce, a research-in-brief by Qi Bing, Kailey Gharavi, Changdeok Gim, Natalia Nagata, Spencer JaQuay, Steven Nguyen Kayla Ongun, Kayla Villon, Alyssa Young, and David L. Feldman released today by CRB Nexus: Where Policy Meets Research, an initiative of the California State Library's California Research Bureau: https://www.library.ca.gov/crb/nexus/briefs/water-workforce/

Questions? Contact CRB Nexus project director, Tonya D. Lindsey, Ph.D., [email protected]

09/01/2026

September is Library Card Sign Up Month! We hope you find everything you're looking for at the library!

09/01/2026

The forecast shows 1 day until our awesome weather virtual talk! Join Daniel Swain, Ph.D. and the State Library tomorrow at 5:30pm for a fascinating virtual talk on climate change and extreme weather in California, including the rapidly developing 2026 El Niño.

Register at https://libraryca.libcal.com/event/17421226

08/31/2026

Think you know your California places? Here's another photo from our collection where you can guess the decade and and location in CA. Let us know your answer in the comments!

08/31/2026

Congrats graduates!

These Career Online High School graduates crossed the stage at the annual commencement ceremony at the Fontana Lewis Library and Technology.

08/31/2026

This Shelf Life episode shares some eclectic items from our CA history section. The Nixon showerhead is a sight to behold.