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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
May 19
The CA State Library now offers online subject guides through the LibGuides platform! 🎉

Additional guides will continue to be added periodically.
Explore the subject guides at libraryca.libguides.com
On a dark blue back ground, side by side photos, one a screenshot of the LibGuides homepage with the first 4 libguides in alphabetical order. on the right an image of a person at the reference desk in Gillis hall handing something to staff sitting behind the desk at a computer. the text title at the top reads "Libguides" and underneath the photos, the text reads "curated resources, recommended databases and guidance."
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Nov 6
"Into the highlands of the mind, let me go" welcomes visitors to the historic building of the CA State Library. From 1922-28, sculptor Edward Field Sanford, Jr. designed the 17 allegorical figures carved in the granite pediment. The figures are a representation of CA history
collage of 5 photos of a granite pediment, light gray, with figures that are 14 feet tall, but hard to tell since the angle is from the ground looking up, but zoomed in. there's a decorative border in the triangle. Wording reads "into the highlands of the mind"
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Nov 5
If things get too heated during your game this International Games Month, take a break with this read, Parlett's History of Board Games!
Parlett's History of Board Games book displayed on a wooden bookshelf. the cover is an illustration that shows 4 people, 3 women and 1 man, two sitting at a table playing a board game and two standing over the man and looking at the game.
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Nov 5
Children’s Book Week is coming Nov. 9-15! Celebrate with a book from your local public library. everychildareader.net/cbw/

Need a recommendation? Find some of our favorites in the First Partner’s Book Club Greatest Hits booklist! library.ca.gov/summer-reading/
Poster image for “Children’s Book Week 2026, Books: Get Curious. Celebrating the joy of reading children’s books every year since 1919.” Illustrated image of three children and a dog sitting and reading a book in front of a dragon statue in a park. The image is framed by two tall stacks of books.
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Nov 4
Mobilizing Black Voters in California and Beyond: An Evidence-Based Case for Black Voter Engagement research-in-brief released today by CRB Nexus: Where Policy Meets Research, an initiative of the California State Library's California Research Bureau library.ca.gov/crb/nexus/brie… #Vote
Black man with gray hair in blue polo shirt smiles in front of a brick walled voting center
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Nov 3
Dino-vember is here! You can get into the dino spirit with this 1980s map of Dinosaur National Monument from our Government Publications section.
Folded up map on its side balanced on a wooden book display holder on a wooden table in Gillis Hall, with bookshelves and murals visible in the background. The cover of the map shows a group in a raft floating down a brown water river with trees and steep cliffs rising up next to them.unfolded map showing a drawings of a stegosaurs, apatosaurus, Camptosaurus and an allosaurus under a block of text. under the drawings are color photos from the monument, left to right, the Quarry visitor center set in brown hills, sunlight colors on Split mountain, yellow arrowleaf balsamroot field, a brown sage grouse by tall green grass, and a tree lizard on a log.
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Oct 29
Think you know your California places? Here's a Halloween inspired photo from our collection where you guess the decade and and location in CA. Let us know your answer in the comments!
Black and white photo of a woman woman wearing clown makeup, wig, and hat holding a brown paper bag in her left arm. she is wearing pants and a sweatshirt that says "best friend on earth" standing in front of a window and a concrete column of a building.
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Nov 2
Replying to @CAStateLibrary
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Nov 2
November is Native American Heritage month! Here we highlight some titles from our CA history section.
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Nov 2
The California State Library recognizes November as Native American Heritage Month!
on a black background, in the center text reads "Native American Heritage Month" in beige, teal and brown. surrounding the text are arrow designs and cross designs in those colors.
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Nov 1
¡Feliz Día de los Muertos! Día de los Muertos is a popular celebration in México, taking place on November 1 & 2. It's a time to honor & remember the dead, w/ ofrendas (altars), calaveras (skulls), parties & more. Pictured is Sutro Library's 1933 skull binding of the Hamlet.
Against of background of orange marigolds, the photo a brown skull with book in the center being held up by hands. In an arc above the photo in white text with black background it reads "dia de los muertos."
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Oct 31
Slasher films not your thing? Try the bone-chilling terrors of immensity of outer space with our collection of NASA’s “Galaxy of Horrors” posters and other cosmically cool publications.
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Oct 30
Government documents may seem scary but they can help protect people from dangerous situations, like a zombie pandemic.
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Oct 30
If you’re not a reader, you’re not a leader: John Adams
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Oct 28
Haunting the library always turns up some frightfully good finds, especially these spooky staff picks from our CA History Section's special collections.
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Oct 27
Still deciding what to serve at your Halloween party or potluck? From eerie hotels to horrifying homes, this book will be sure to offer up killer recipes.
"Food to Die For: Recipes & Stories from America's most legendary haunted places" By Amy Bruni propped up to see the entire cover featuring a table spread with grapes, apples, flowers in a vase, a bundt cake on a cake stand, a skull, a red wax dripping candle, a martini glass and a fish on a platter.
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Oct 26
Thank you all for a record breaking Archives Crawl attendance! We can’t wait to see you again next year!
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Oct 26
Feel the thrills and chills of Shelf Life this week with horror poetry book “All my Friends are Creeps” by Count D and illustrated by Julia Yakovleva and “The Halloween Tree” by Ray Bradbury.
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Oct 25
In California, October 25 is recognized as "Larry Itliong Day." Itliong was born in the Philippines and immigrated to the USA. He became a labor leader whose union members began the Delano Grape Strike on Sept. 8, 1965.
on a blue background, two black and white photos of Itliong side by side. on the left, he stands at a podium with microphone and an American flag hanging behind him. On the right, he's wearing a jacket and looking off to the left, smiling. the text reads "during Filipino-American Heritage Month, California celebrates the trailblazing labor leader and civil rights champion Larry Itliong. Born on this day in 1913 in a province of the Philippines, Larry Itliong immigrated to the United States as a teenager, where he soon began his life's work of empowering others."
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CA State Library@CAStateLibrary
Oct 23
Welcome Scorpio! This water sign zodiac was a scorpion guarding the netherworlds gates in ancient Babylonia, a scorpion related to the death of Orion in Ancient Greek culture, and a fishing hook related to Maui's hook in Polynesian culture.
Black and white illustration of a scorpion with the word "scorpii" to the right of it's tail. It's in a diamond shaped frame with a dark purple border and pale yellow moons, stars, and hands. The CSL logo is in the bottom left and the Sutro logo is in the bottom right.
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