Our Picks have just been updated! These lists of good fiction have something for almost every reader: topics from from Buddhist Themes to Road Trips to Vampires. Catch up on the latest good reads in your favorite genre!

Holiday movies, puppet shows, family nights and storytimes, and drop-in holiday crafts! Take the whole family for a fun visit to the Library. Mid-December schedule of events

P.S. For winter fun at home, we’ve added a link to Make a Snowflake on our Kids’ Fun and Games page.

The Library will be closed Thursday, December 11 for a staff development day. During this day we will also be performing a computer system upgrade. The library catalog and SuperSearch will be unavailable, but you will still be able to use most databases and downloadable audiobooks.

The Library will close at 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 26 and will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 27 – 28.

Come to your local library to meet authors including noted local novelist Jean Hegland, a panel from the Romance Writers of America, and author Stephen Elias of the new Nolo Press title The Foreclosure Survival Guide.

All author events in the calendar

The Library will be closed November 11 for Veterans’ Day and will offer limited services Wednesday, November 12 due to major computer maintenance.  During this maintenance, November 11-12, you will not be able to search the library catalog, reserve or renew materials online.  Checking items out may take a bit longer all day Wednesday; thank you for your patience!

We will also be holding a staff development day on Thursday, December 11.  All branches will be closed that day.  Please see the Library Closed Days page for a complete list of upcoming holiday and other closures.

BOO! Wear your costume. Halloween fun for everyone! Preschool storytimes, family storytimes, Winnie the Witch puppet shows. Teens can enter a pumpkin carving contest, and school-age kids can even read to a dog wearing its own Halloween costume. Different events at different library branches.
All Halloween events in the Library event calendar

Northwest Library celebrates its 40th anniversary on October 14

Healdsburg Library celebrates its 20th Anniversary on November 8

Sonoma Valley Library celebrates its 30th anniversary on November 19

We have a newly updated page of handy election links. From our home page, click Browse web sites by subject and then click the Elections quick link at the top left.

The Elections page now includes links to political fact-check websites and to some top picks of online databases for tracking issues in the news. Also, the County Registrar’s Office has updated their database of polling places and sample ballots, and you can now find your sample ballot for the November election. Look under Sonoma County Registrar of Voters for a list of quick links into specific Registrar pages.

sonomalibrary.org/2008

Saturday, October 11 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Sonoma County Genealogical Society and the Local History and Genealogy Library present a tour and orientation to genealogical research. Meet at the Forum Room, Central Library.

Flyer with details