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County’s Little Free Libraries Win Outstanding Achievement Award

May 24, 2023 | 2:13 PM

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San Diego County Library was among this year’s winners of the Little Free Library nonprofit organization Todd H. Bol Awards for Outstanding Achievement.

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Nora Varas with three girls in front of a Little Free Library Credit: Melissa Solis

Supervisor Vargas, Library Open County’s First Little Library in Chula Vista

Sep. 4, 2021 | 11:15 AM

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County Supervisor Nora Vargas, Chula Vista city officials, County Library officials and others opened a new library at Lauderbach Park in Chula Vista Saturday — a “Little Library” for local families, one of 40 the County plans to help install around the county in the coming months.

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Supervisors Approve Little Libraries Initiative

Mar. 16, 2021 | 5:33 PM

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County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to create a “little libraries” initiative to boost literacy in low-income and communities of color by giving the people and children living in them more opportunities to have books to read in their homes.

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County Libraries Move to Door-side Service

Dec. 8, 2020 | 1:42 PM

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With the state’s new COVID-19 Stay Home order in effect, the County of San Diego’s 33 libraries have moved to door-side service to help county residents practice social distancing and still enjoy all the library books, digital magazines, music, movies and other fare they love.

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County Libraries Move to Digital to Help Stop Coronavirus

Mar. 17, 2020 | 1:09 PM

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County library branches are going to curb-side pickup to help county residents practice social-distancing to stop the spread of coronavirus and still enjoy all the library books, digital magazines, music, movies and other fare they love.