The Montecito Library will be open Monday through Saturday 10 am to 5:30 pm, but will no longer be open Monday evenings. The Solvang Library will open 11 am to 7 pm Tuesday through Thursday, and 11 am to 5 pm on Friday and Saturday. The reduced hours of operation were necessitated by the decreased funding from both the County of Santa Barbara and State of California. Fortunately, further anticipated reductions were avoided due to an increase in financial support from Friends of the Library organizations in Carpinteria, Montecito, and Solvang, in addition to increased support from the City of Solvang.

In addition to the reductions, the Santa Ynez Library will be adjusting its hours of operation to 1 to 4 pm on Saturdays, instead of the current 2 to 5 pm.

The full listing of hours for all branches of the Santa Barbara Public Library System will be as follows, beginning July 11:

Carpinteria Library

Monday Closed

Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday 10 am – 5:30 pm

Wednesday 10 am – 7:30 pm

Saturday 10 am – 4 pm

Sunday Closed

Central Library

Monday Closed

Tuesday – Thursday 10 am – 8 pm

Friday & Saturday 10 am – 5:30 pm

Sunday 1 pm – 5 pm

Eastside Library

Monday Closed

Tuesday 10 am – 7:30 pm

Wednesday – Saturday 10 am – 5:30 pm

Sunday Closed

Goleta Library

Monday 12 pm – 6 pm

Tuesday – Thursday 10 am – 8 pm

Friday & Saturday 10 am – 5:30 pm

Sunday 1 pm – 5 pm

Los Olivos Library

Saturday 10 am – 1 pm

Montecito Library

Monday – Saturday 10 am – 5:30 pm

Sunday Closed

Santa Ynez Library

Saturday 1 pm – 4 pm

Solvang Library

Monday Closed

Tuesday – Thursday 11 am – 7 pm

Friday & Saturday 11 am – 5 pm

Sunday Closed

All libraries will be closed July 4 for the Independence Day holiday. Library hours are listed on the Santa Barbara Public Library System’s web site at www.SBPLibrary.org.

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