Given the recent article about leadership at the Santa Barbara Public Library , it’s important for the public to know that the library continues to be open seven days a week, staffed by an incredible team of skilled librarians who are, as always, ready and able to serve the community’s needs.
Over the last three years, I have been privileged to serve on the Library Advisory Board. Currently, I serve as the Chair of the Board but am not writing in this capacity.
Instead, I write as an individual who has had a special opportunity to see at close range all the wonderful things that the library does for our community, despite numerous challenges such as the pandemic and annual budgetary cuts.