Following the recent successful kickoff of the I Love My Library campaign, Santa Barbara Public Library invites community members to share Valentine-themed messages of support from Feb. 1-14.
The messages will be used in ongoing advocacy efforts, with cards scanned, transcribed and displayed at the library during National Library Week in April.
There are collection boxes for the messages at more than 60 businesses, organizations, and schools throughout Santa Barbara. (See list below.)
Last week, the sold-out screening of documentary “The Librarians” presented in partnership with the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, sparked community conversation.
The film focuses on librarians nationwide who are standing up to censorship and defending intellectual freedom.
The Library on the Go van offered attendees book checkouts and library services, while members of the Library Foundation, Friends, and Library Board shared “I Love My Library” buttons and collected handwritten messages of support.
Director Kim A. Snyder described the film as a love letter to libraries and librarians, a sentiment that echoed the campaign’s goal of spreading community support for libraries.
Participating businesses, organizations, and schools include:
Alpha Resource Center
Art and Soul Gallery
Art From Scrap
Bnai Brith Congregation
Brass Bear
Carrillo Recreation Center
Catherdral Athletics SWELL
Chaucer’s Bookstore
Community Arts Workshop
Franklin Neighborhood Center
Friendship Center
Gallery 113
Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara
Grant House Sewing Center
Hope Elementary School
Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara
Laguna Blanca School
Lama Dog Tap Room + Bottle Shop
Louise Lowry Davis Center
MacKenzie Park Lawn Bowling
Maravilla Senior Living
Mesa Books
Monte Vista Elementary School
Montecito Public Library
Montecito Village Travel
Montectio Bank & Trust
Mosaic Locale
MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation
Roosevelt Elementary School
Rori’s Ice Cream
Sanmarkand Retirement Community
Santa Barbara Art Museum
Santa Barbara City Hall
Santa Barbara Eastside Library
Santa Barbara Public Library
Santa Barbara Visitor Center
Santa Barbara YMCA
SBCC School of Extended Learning
Shalhoub’s
Storyteller Children’s Center
Tecolote Book Shop
The Crafters Library
Trinity Espicopal Church
Unitarian Society
Vices and Spices Coffee
Vieja Valley Elementary School
Vista Del Monte