Library Events

Hey Kids! Goelta Valley Library is having their annual bookmark design contest! Bookmark Contest THEME:Dive into a Good Book!CONTEST RULES Entry DEADLINE: Sat, April 30th Open to all kids 12 and under One entry person, please Drop off your completed entry at the Goleta Valley LibraryWinning boo...read more

Our Spanish Book Club is Back!Join us for our virtual meetings over Microsoft Teams. Practice and improve your Spanish literacy skills while making friends and having fun!Space is limited. Prior registration is required.Best for Grades 3-6; for Spanish Readers.Book of the Month: Wonder (La...read more

The Goleta Valley Library Writers' Workshop welcomes guest author Scott Phillips for a discussion on the craft of fiction.Scott Phillips is the author of eight novels and a collection of short stories. His first novel, The Ice Harvest, won the California Book Award silver medal for Best First Fi...read more

Isla Vista Community Services District Community Center

Are you looking for more information about GVL's online resources? Do you need assistance with your electronic or mobile device?All you have to do is fill out this form and one of our friendly staff will reach out to meet your needs!You will be contacted by a staff member to schedule a...read more

Kindergarten - 8th grade students can now receive free, one-on-one help with their homework after school at the library. Service is provided on a drop-in basis, so no appointment is needed ahead of time. Our background-checked volunteer homework coaches are excited to help our local students finish ...read more

Are you looking for more information about GVL's online resources? Do you need assistance with your electronic or mobile device?All you have to do is fill out this form and one of our friendly staff will reach out to meet your needs!You will be contacted by a staff member to schedule a...read more

Kindergarten - 6th grade students can receive free, one-on-one help with their homework after school at the library. Tutoring is provided on a drop-in basis, no appointment needed. Our volunteer tutors are excited to help our local students reach their academic goals this school year! 

Bring your "pest-free" succulent cuttings to share and exchange with other succulent lovers!Event will be on the Library patio.

Helping individual investors since 1995, the Investors’ Roundtable welcomes both novice and veteran investors to informal presentations and discussions on the second Saturday of each month.   The June topic includes a look at Merck & co as a study stock, as well as a di...read more

Join us for an online discussion of Ted Chiang's second short story collection, Exhalation.From the publisher:Ted Chiang's fiction has won four Hugo, four Nebula, and four Locus awards and has been featured in The Best American Short Stories. His debut collection, Stories of Your Life and Ot...read more

Join us for an online book discussion of the UCSB Reads 2022 selection, Exhalation by Ted Chiang. We’ll examine Chiang’s latest collection of short stories.

Join us for Storytime on Wiggly Wednesdays with Miss Nicole!Best for ages 15 months-5 years old. We'll do a short story, songs, a dance party and bubbles.Please join us in the Multipurpose Room!

For readers 8-12 years old.  Join us to explore some great new books! The group meets online twice a month for half an hour: Wed. April 13 and Wed. April 27 at 4:00 pm.:  Please REGISTER to receive the links for the club meetings! And, this month we are adding an o...read more

Join in the conversation via Zoom with our monthly bookclub!This month we will be talking about This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger. The unforgettable story of four orphans who travel the Mississippi River on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression. You can request a copy online thr...read more

Our Spanish Book Club is Back!Join us for our virtual meetings over Microsoft Teams. Practice and improve your Spanish literacy skills while making friends and having fun!Space is limited. Prior registration is required.Best for Grades 3-6; for Spanish Readers.Book of the Month: El único...read more

Alexandra Birch discusses the composer’s violin music and performs excerpts of his sonatas with a special emphasis on the famous 9th sonata, better known as the Kreutzer sonata. She will play the complete set of Beethoven’s violin sonatas at Congregation B’nai Brith on April 24, 25...read more

Estero Park

Come browse for treasures:  our sale features books, media and more!  Held on the lawn in front of the library.

The Goleta Valley Library's Mystery Book Club will be meeting in person this month to discuss Attica Locke's Heaven, My Home:Heaven, My HomeAttica LockeMulholland Books/Little, Brown2019304 pagesThe redoubtable Locke follows up her Edgar-winning Bluebird, Bluebird (2017) with an even knottie...read more

Join us for Lego Make and Take a Away!Create fun Lego structures and keep whatever you create.While supplies last. Ages 12 and under

CANCELLED - please look for resheduled in-person meeting in June!This Book club is for readers 8-12 years old.  Join us to explore some great new books!  This month, in addition to two online dates, we are adding an optional in-person meet-up on Saturday April 30, at 3 ...read more