

News & Updates


Start 2025 Off With an Incredible Lineup of Online Author Talks!

Remembering a Library Foundation Director, Friend and Educator

A Love of Libraries: In Memory of Kathy Scott

Join us for Long Beach Gives 2024!

Press Release: Long Beach Public Library Foundation Welcomes New Board Member, Olga G. Chavez

July 2024 Development News

Library Giving Day and National Library Month: Three Ways to Support Your Libraries Today!

Long Beach Public Library Foundation Announces New Board of Directors President, Sean Reilly

Show Your Appreciation for Library Workers

April is National Library Month – Here’s How You Can Help

What’s happening in The Studio in March

Library Event: Virtual Author Talks

Long Beach Leaders are Readers Uduak-Joe Ntuk, Trustee President, Long Beach Community College District

Grape Expectations Gala Exceeds Expectations!

Long Beach Leaders are Readers M. Lissette Flores, Past President and Board Member

Take Action for More Library Open Hours and Materials

Long Beach Leaders are Readers — Mario Cordero, Port of Long Beach Executive Director

Announcing the Library Foundation’s 2022 Honorees – Celebrate at Grape Expectations

Welcoming Julia Huang to the Board of Directors

Welcoming Colleen Bentley to the Board of Directors

Welcoming Diane Anglin to the Board of Directors

Long Beach Leaders are Readers — Mayor Robert Garcia

Summer Reading Program Launches with Live Music Performances at all 12 Public Libraries

Celebrating Dictionary Days with Farmers & Merchants Bank and Long Beach Students

Long Beach Leaders are Readers — Anil Pandya

Save the Date for Grape Expectations

Billie Jean King Main Library KidSpace Dedicated to John & Helen Apostle in Honor of $1 Million Gift to Children’s Programming

All LBUSD 3rd Grade Students to Receive a New Dictionary/Thesaurus Thanks to Dictionary Days Sponsored by Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation

Long Beach Leaders are Readers — Ryan Ballard

More than 60% of Long Beach students read below grade level. Double your impact with a National Library Week donation!

Library Foundation Supported Programs in Lincoln Park

Family Learning Centers Resume In-person Guidance for Youth and Adult Learners

Long Beach Leaders are Readers — Margaret Durnin

President Lincoln Memorial Returns to Greet Library Visitors

Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners in the Long Beach Public Library’s Collection

Ryan Ballard, 2022 Board President

Educational Resources Funded in 2021 Thanks to Your Donations

LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION WELCOMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO VERONICA GARCIA DÁVALOS

Glenda Williams, Champion of Literacy & Education

2021 Newsletter

Library Launches CurioCity: STEAM & Beyond

The Library’s Mobile Studio Powered by Marathon Petroleum

Grape Expectations Exceeded with More than $215,000 Raised for the Library Foundation

Champion of Literacy, Vice Mayor Rex Richardson

Champion of Literacy, Joseph F. Prevratil, JD

Celebrate Latino Heritage Month with Vida Latina
