Welcome to the Library Reading Corner for August 2023!

A Note from Interim Library Director Diane Satchwell:

Dear Goleta and Santa Ynez Valley Library Users:

Let me introduce myself. I have been appointed as the Interim Library Director. I have already met many people and it is obvious the communities treasure their libraries. I look forward to getting to know the communities and working with all the various stakeholders.

I most recently served as Principal/Owner for Library Solutions, LLC, providing consulting services for staff development, facilitating management teams, strategic planning, and advocating for library services. Prior to this I served as Executive Director of the Southern California Library Cooperative managing five of the nine cooperatives in the State of California. My experience includes decades of work in direct high-level Library operations positions with the Merced County Library System, West Linn Public Library (WLPL) in Oregon, Oakland Public Library, San Diego County Library System, and City of Murrieta Public Library.

My role as Interim Library Director will include a number of different functions, including professional librarian development, print and digital collection development, program and service development, policy and procedure implementation, and special library projects, such as strategic planning.

I want to end on a local note and highlight how our Summer Reading Program has exceeded recent years. The program has come to a close for 2023, and we will be sure to share more detailed stories in the September newsletter. Please be sure to visit our website to see the various programs and services we offer our patrons.

We could not have had such an amazing Summer Reading Program without the generous and continued support of our local community donors and sponsors.

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Thank you to the Friends of the Goleta Valley Library, Friends of the Solvang Library, and the Friends of the Buellton Library for your continued and unwavering support year-round. Your support allows us to build a love of reading, one child at a time.

- Diane Satchwell,
Interim Library Director

Goleta & Santa Ynez Valley Libraries will be closed on Aug 24

The Goleta and Santa Ynez Valley Libraries, as well as the Isla Vista Bookvan will be closed on Thursday, August 24, 2023, for an all-staff training. The bookdrops will remain open at the libraries. Regular hours of operation will resume on Friday, August 25.

Library card holders have access to amazing online resources 24/7. Visit the e-Library to download and stream free online eBooks, audiobooks, music, TV shows, movies and more.

Visit www.GoletaValleyLibrary.org to see everything your library has to offer.

If you have questions, please call 805-964-7878.

Senior Happy Hour: Mini Art
Thurs, Aug 3, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Come join us for a fun social hour and easy crafts. We will be making mini art to display at the library or to take home and enjoy. This event is free and all supplies are provided. Senior Happy Hour takes place at the Goleta Valley Library on the first Thursday of every month.

Come check us out, all ages welcome!

Writer's Workshop
Sat, Aug 5, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

The Writers' Workshop is open to adults and teens who write in any genre, fiction or non-fiction. The workshop meets on the first Saturday of each month to share work, exchange feedback, offer mutual support and discuss the tools of the trade.

Back-to-School Scavenger Hunt
Aug 15 - 31

Join us for a fun scavenger hunt in the children’s area at the library! Search for back-to-school themed clues and bring your completed form to the front desk for a prize.

Second Annual Creek Week Art Contest

Entry Dates: Sept 1 - 8
Creek Week: Sept 23 - 30

We want to see your creativity! In honor of Creek Week (September 23-30) the Goleta Valley Library is hosting the Second Annual Creek Week Art Contest. Community members are invited to submit original artwork inspired by our creeks, watersheds, and ocean using this year’s theme, “Goleta the Goodland, Thriving Habitats.” Artwork may be submitted at the Goleta Valley Library (500 N. Fairview Avenue) September 1 – 8, during regular business hours.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/z5343sh2

All Goleta Events

Please note: Children’s classes such as crafts and storytimes will be on-pause from August 5th – 31st as we plan our fall programming. Storytime will resume Friday, September 1st.

Buellton Library

Buellton Library Story Time
Every Monday, 10:30 a.m.

Come and get your wiggles out at the Buellton Library for a storytime filled with singing, playing and reading.

All ages welcomed, no registration is required.

Tech Tutoring
Tuesdays, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Need help with your new laptop? Looking for more info about Goleta and Santa Ynez Libraries' online resources? Need assistance with your electronic or mobile device? Or various tech needs? Stop by or call the library at 805-688-3115 to make a 20-minute in-person appointment.

Buellton Bookworms
Fri, Aug 18, 1:00pm

Join in the conversation with the Buellton Bookworms! A book club that meets every third Friday of the month in the library to talk about a new book. The Whole Town's Talking by Fannie Flagg will be discussed this month. See you there!

Buellton Calendar of Events

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten PARTY!
Sat, Aug 5, 10:30 a.m.

Solvang Library would like to celebrate reading to children ages birth to 5 years! Whether you are currently participating in the "1,000 Books Before Kindergarten" program, have recently completed it, or want to learn more about it, you are welcome at our party! We'll have a short storytime, snacks, face painting and play space on the patio!

An RSVP is not necessary, but appreciated.

Acting Class for Adults
(at the SYV Grange Hall / Los Olivos Library)
Saturdays, Aug 5, 12, 19, and 26, 11:00am

Come explore the joys of acting! Whether you have a lot or a little theater experience (or none!), this workshop is for you. Over the course of 4 sessions (1 hour per week) we will learn acting techniques, get in touch with our playful sides, and meet others in the community with a passion for acting!

The free workshop is for ages 18 and over and is limited to 10 participants.

Instructor Anna Holman is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Theater and Dance at UCSB. She has taught acting for all ages and worked professionally as an actor, director, and everything in between.

Magpie Club
Sat, Aug 26, 4:00pm

A book club for the curious reader! All are welcome. This month we are reading Horse by Geraldine Brooks.

Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism. (-publisher)

Copies will be available at Solvang Library, or place a hold via the library catalogue.

Solvang Calendar of Events