The schedule has now been posted for the upcoming season of Poetry Slam:

Poetry slam 2010 – 2011

First slam will be October 15 at the Northwest Library at Coddingtown in Santa Rosa.

Need to build your resume or find a job?
Try the Job & Career Accelerator!

Explore detailed information on occupations,  and look for career matches based on your interests and skills.

Search national job postings, create resumes and cover letters .. and more.  This new resource is available from your home computer, or come into the library to use it on our Internet PCs or research stations.

The Library Director and the Library Commission presented a response to the Sonoma County Grand Jury Final Report. Please see the Library Governance page for more on the Director and the Commission.

Summer reading may be over, but there's still someone who wants to hear kids read.  Each week, reading teams bring friendly dogs to over half a dozen library branches around the county.  Dogs love to listen patiently to even the youngest reader!

Upcoming Read to a Dog events

Drop by the library in the afternoon, check out a book, and soak up some art! 

The Guerneville Library hosts an art show featuring the work of six Sonoma County artists.  This show runs August 2 – 28, Mondays through Saturdays from 1 – 6 p.m.

The Rohnert Park-Cotati Library will have a photography show August 17 – 28, Mondays through Saturdays from noon – 6 p.m.

Get ready for children's Summer Reading Club and summer Teen Read! 

Starting June 7, sign up at your local library.  Read books each week and enter to win cool prizes!

Storytimes and amazing shows for kids! 
Summer Reading Club special events

Henna art, T-shirt crafts, and more for teens! 
Teen Read special events

You can pick up a free copy of the California Secretary of State voter guide and the Easy Voter Guide at your local library. 

Find your polling place, sample ballot, and latest election information through the links on our handy elections page.

Here are just a few previews of the book covers in our current NextReads newsletters.

The free NextReads newsletters showcase the newest titles plus overlooked gems in fiction, history, biography, home & garden, business, books for teens, children’s books and more.

If you’re a reader looking for the next good read, this is an email newsletter that’s actually useful! Books selected by librarians, no advertising, no spam, and it’s only sent out monthly.  Click on the links in the email to find out which branch has each title.

Check out the samples and subscribe here.

On the trail of Sonoma County history?  Are you researching a building, a family, or a town?  Track down original County records in the Archives.  Our new Guides to Archives can help you identify the records you need for the time period you’re researching — in some cases back to the 1870s or earlier.

The Sonoma County Archives are under the care and oversight of the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library.

Visit the Guides to Sonoma County Archives

Meet the authors!  From Kid Beowulf to Juicy Tomatoes, authors of all kinds of books are coming to the library.

• Alexis Fajardo, creator of the Kid Beowulf graphic novels
• Local authors of books on falconry, ranching, and horses
• Susan Swartz, author of the Juicy Tomatoes books

Upcoming April and May author events at the Library