California State Library
banner
castatelibrary.bsky.social
California State Library
@castatelibrary.bsky.social
94 followers 72 following 130 posts
A leader, innovator, champion, and important source of trusted information to Californians and their libraries since 1850. We like books.
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Pinned
Attention California Educators and Students!

Thanks to our partnership with PebbleGo, every student and teacher already has free access to their site with hundreds of science resources, available in both English and Spanish!

Learn how to set up access for your school:
pebblego.com/resources/he...
California Statewide Access
pebblego.com
We started offering an in-person public on Tuesdays at 10am at our downtown Sacramento location! Join us for a house tour! And you can come in any time we’re open for a self guided tour #housetour #libraries
Join the California History Section for a live webinar on Palabra: A Conversation with Comadre Warriors of the Chicano Movement on Thursday, October 30, at 4pm. Visit our Events page for more information and to register.

Register at libraryca.libcal.com/event/15492272
Our manual moving shelves wanted some love, so here’s a compilation video of some of our different ones!
What do Robert’s Rules of Order, John Coltrane, Tow Trucks and Girl Scouts have in common? They all had resolutions passed in their honor. Take an in depth look at the Witkin State Law Library’s second Archives Crawl table to learn more! #libraries #resolutions
Another addition to the Archives Crawl display recap! This one from our Preservation section shows tools and equipment the staff uses to repair and clean. #preservation #archives #libraries
Newly cataloged at our Sutro Library, a copper etching of Chiswick House in London from circa 1760 shows the beautiful gardens and buildings that attracted the upper class of London society #libraries #archives
Our BTBL wishes you a Wonderful #WhiteCaneDay! October 15 was established as White Cane Day in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson in an effort to raise awareness of people who carry a white cane.
Guess Who?! In addition to academic journals and more than four million physical books, the State Library has on-site access to a vast collection of yearbooks through Ancestry. com. Can you recognize this well-known Californian politico? Let us know who you think it is!
Tomorrow, join the Witkin State Law Library for a live webinar "Trial and Error: What Popular Media Gets Wrong About Trials" Discuss some of the major myths in popular culture about trials & the true practice of law. Hopefully you can handle the truth. Register at libraryca.libcal.com/event/15008812
The Viola Tricolor in Picture and Rhyme is whimsical and a little uncanny. From the 1880s, it’s printed in chromolithography, a method for making multiple color prints in lithography. The author, Count Franz von Pocci, was a writer & illustrator of books for children and had a career in puppetry.
Indigenous Peoples' Day is celebrated on the second Monday of October, the same day as Columbus Day. Indigenous Peoples' Day uplifts and recognizes the history and contributions of Indigenous People and the Tribal Nations.
If you're looking for some thrills and chills, dare to explore the Ghost File collection at www.library.ca.gov/collections/... #spooktober
Just because the Archives Crawl is over doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy all our behind-the-scenes treasures! Take a closer look at artists’ books from our CA History Section’s display. You can see them in person until Dec. 2025 in our CA History Section reading room.
Our button maker is hard at work getting ready for the CA Library Conference Oct. 23-25.
Be sure to check out Governor Newsom's Proclamation in both English and Braille declaring October 2025 as “Disability Employment Awareness Month.” This is the first time in the history of the state that a proclamation has been issued in Braille.  www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/07/g...
Governor Newsom proclaims Disability Employment Awareness Month | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
It’s #bannedbooks week and this year’s theme is: “Censorship is so 1984. Read for your Rights.” You can read your rights with our copies of 1984 by George Orwell in Polish, French and Finnish.
They came, they saw, they crawled! Thank you to everyone who came to visit us for the Archives Crawl, a whopping 630 of you made it out. If you missed it, we’ll be posting for a few of the displays we had. See you next year! #archives #libraries
Archives Crawl is in full swing at the State Library! If you want to need out about history come to the crawl until 4pm.
It’s finally #spookyseason but the library is ready all year long, with our spooky automatic shelves in our closed stacks. Keep a look out for more thrills and chills to come!
Attention California Educators and Students!

Thanks to our partnership with PebbleGo, every student and teacher already has free access to their site with hundreds of science resources, available in both English and Spanish!

Learn how to set up access for your school:
pebblego.com/resources/he...
California Statewide Access
pebblego.com
All that fame from her library card post- it’s gone straight to her toe beans. Move over Taylor—this kitty’s in her Showcat Era #lifeofashowgirl #cats
Check out our new YouTube playlist: Out of the Vault from the CA History Collection. CSL Staff member Alex spotlights 6 items from CA history. Watch it at: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Here are the major steps taken to repair this damaged paperback book. #preservation #libraries #bookrepair