SDSU Library
The official account of the San Diego State University Library. Your space for research, collaboration and creativity.
Visit our website for resources, events, and news about the library: https://library.sdsu.edu
- Save the Date - February 12 - for two exciting lectures at the library! Learn more about SDSU in the 1960s and Building Community Through Skateboarding.
- A chance to save lives! Donate blood tomorrow between 9 and 3! Make an appointment or just drop in.
- Check out all the library has to offer! Study space, research help, books, ebooks, streaming video, build IT creator's space, podcasting studios and so much more! Explore the website (library.sdsu.edu) to find even more!
- The University Library is closed for MLK, Jr. Day, but while the building may be closed, all of our digital content and the 24/7 chat are always available!
- Enjoy your break! And if you're around campus, be sure to check the library website for holiday hours. Wherever you are, all our ebooks and digital content is always available through the website.
- Before you leave for Winter Break, please remember to return borrowed books and technology to the library.
- Before you go home for the holidays, why not pick up a “fun read” from the Gateway Collection and reconnect with everything you loved about reading when you were growing up!
- The SDSU Library wants to help you stay healthy during finals! Stop by to visit with Luna (the SDSU therapy dog), get health tips from the Well-Being & Health Promotion Team, and take a study break. All in the Research Services Area (Dome 1st floor), starting next Monday!
- All the library all the time! Starting today, the entire library will be open around the clock through 12/18. We wish you the best of luck on your finals and are here to help if you need it.
- Save the Dates for a visit with Luna! December 8, 3 - 4 pm December 11, 4-5 pm The Well-being & Health Promotion Team will also be on hand on December 8 with tips for a healthy finals season!
- Everyone at the SDSU Library wishes you a happy Thanksgiving!
- It's break time so be sure to check the website (library.sdsu.edu) before visiting. But even if the building is closed, all of our online resources are still available, so you can still chat with a librarian, stream a video, or check out an ebook!
- 🚩 Save the date! December 3, 2025 Celebrate the launch of Poetry International, Issue 29! Contributors and editors will share their work and answer questions from attendees.
- 🚩 Save the date! November 19, 2025 The fall 2025 Okuma Author, Molly Olguín, will share excerpts from her debut short story collection, “The Sea Gives Up the Dead,” applauded as “Witty, witchy, darkly brilliant.” This event is presented on Zoom, advanced registration is required.
- In honor of Veterans Day, the SDSU Library will be closed today, but all of our digital collections and services are available.
- 🚩 Save the date! 11/13/ 25 Explore mental health through art! Drop in and create a zine (small hand-made publication) about mental health. This is a companion activity to the National Library of Medicine Exhibit Care & Custody. You can visit the exhibit on the second floor of Love Library.
- 🚩 Save the date! 11/12/25 Come hear Elaine Sexton read from her most recent collection of poetry, “Site Specific: New & Selected Poems.” Sexton’s work has been described as “…furious and unstoppable...with such love and exquisite tenderness.”
- 🚩 Save the Date! 11/5/25 Come hear María Dolores Águila read from her debut novel-in-verse, “A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez,” which has been celebrated as “…sharp, evocative, and …a marvelous testament to barrio-based might.”
- 🤓 Come take a look at a new exhibit in the library Care & Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health The exhibit will be in the library from October 20 to November 25 on the second floor of Love Library.
- 🚩 SAVE THE DATE! October 29, 2025 Come hear award-winning author Aaron John Curtis read from his debut novel, “Old School Indian,” which has been described as “A gorgeous exploration of the restorative bonds of kin, the wages of history, and the stories that break and remake us.”
- 🚩 SAVE THE DATE! We Want to Pick Your Brains (and Give You Pizza!) If you give us a few minutes of your time, we’ll give you lunch!
- Thanks to student feedback and campus collaboration, 24/7 After-Hours Study Area access will be restored for around-the-clock access beginning today! Students made clear how important late-night and early-morning study spaces are for their success, and the university listened.
- Get a SD Public Library Card and access books, ebooks, videos, the Idea Lab and free admission to SD attractions! Tuesday, October 2, 11 am - 2 pm, North Library Walkway
- Next Monday, join other SDSU students, staff, and faculty to show your support for the right to read and to oppose censorship and book bans.
- Stop by and learn more about important climate action, collaborations and biodiversity conservation. Thursday, October 2, Noon - 2 p.m. SDSU North Library Walkway Sponsored by the SDSU Library, SDSU Climate Center, and Collaborative of Native Nations for Climate Transformation and Stewardship.
- Welcome to the Fall Semester! We're excited to have you back in the library! Visit library.sdsu.edu/hours for our hours 🎒📓✏️📖
- Are you attending Comic-Con this weekend? Check out one of the many events co-led by our Comic Arts Librarian, Pamela Jackson! 💥
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- Wishing you a happy and safe Fourth of July! 🎆 The University Library will be closed tomorrow.
- Join us for the next Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series featuring The Laurie Okuma Memorial Reading acclaimed author, Janie Kim! Kim will share excerpts from her debut novel, "We Carry the Sea In Our Hands." The reading will be held on April 30th at 7 p.m. in the Leon Williams Room (LL 430).
- The next Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series will feature poet, editor, and translator, CD Eskilson! Eskilson will read from their debut collection of poetry, "Scream/Queen." Join us on today, April 23rd, in the Leon Williams Room (LL 430) at 7 p.m.!
- Happy Earth Day! 🌍 ♻️ 🌱 Be sure to stop by the Citizen Science SD City Nature Challenge this Thursday at 12 p.m. at the North Library Patio to learn about documenting San Diego County's abundant and unique biodiversity!
- The next Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series will feature award-winning Poet, Lynne Thompson. Thompson will read from her latest collection of poetry, "Blue on a Blue Palette." Join us on April 16th in the Leon Williams Room (LL 430) at 7 p.m.!
- April is Citizen Science Month! ✨🔬 Focusing on the SDSU Biodiversity Project and the San Diego City Nature Challenge, drop by to learn about the natural history of the SDSU and San Diego County's abundant and unique biodiversity. Join us for workshops starting at 12 p.m. in the North Library Patio!
- Happy National Library Week! 📚 This year's theme is "whatever draws you in, the library has something for everyone." We offer various services, including study spaces, collections, research help, and so much more. Plus you can express your creativity in our makerspace! What draws you to our library?
- Enjoy your Spring Break! ✨🌷☀️ The library will be closed March 29th - 31st! Visit library.sdsu.edu/hours for the library hours during spring break.
- It's Disability Celebration Month and our Health Sciences Librarian has put together a resourceful libguide of book recommendations at libguides.sdsu.edu/disabilitypr.... Check it out!
- Introducing The Gateway Collection, a new popular reading collection for our campus community! 📚 The collection is located in research services (1st floor of the Library Addition). Visit library.sdsu.edu/news/gateway... for more information and to take a survey to submit your book recommendations!
- Join us on March 20th and March 27th for a Digital Declutter workshop! 🌐 It will be led by our Science and Sustainability Librarian, Sarah Tribelhorn and the Library Green Team! Bring your phones and laptops between the hours of 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. on the 1st floor of the Dome (Library Addition).📱💻
- Today is Day of Giving! ✨ The University Library is featuring two special funds during SDSU's annual Day of Giving: The Dean's Excellence Fund and The Special Collections Support Fund. Give today! bit.ly/3FlNYyh
- The next Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series will be on March 12 in the Leon Williams Room (LL 430) at 7 p.m. Matthew Zapruder will read from his most recent collection of poetry, "I Love Hearing Your Dreams," which has been lauded as “…a work of remarkable wit & disciplined emotional attentiveness.”
- Leon Williams became an icon in San Diego history for his many contributions. The library has a dedicated room in Leon Williams' name. Learn more about Williams by reading his papers (archives.sdsu.edu/repositories...) & listening to his oral history (digitalcollections.sdsu.edu/do/31d678db-...).
- Join us for the first event of the Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series on February 26th at 7 p.m. in the Leon Williams Room (LL 430). Jim Miller will read from his recent publications including his poetry collection, "Into the Bardo," which has been described as “full of wonder and wisdom.”
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- We are celebrating Black History Month! Stay tuned for events and announcements in the library!✨
- It's Love Data Week!❣️📈 We are kicking it off with several workshops coming up soon! The first one is Citizen Science on Feb 3rd in LA 78 at 2 p.m. Citizen or participatory science projects generate invaluable data that enriches our understanding of the world around us. See you there!
- Happy Lunar New Year! ✨🧧🐍 We have a variety of books from our Children's and Young Adult Collection. "Lunar New Year", "Two New Years", "Lunar New Year Love Story" and "Chloe's Lunar New Year" are all available to check out!
- The library is hiring students for the Spring Semester! Apply here: bit.ly/4hcHMa9 ✨
- Welcome to the start of the Spring 2025 semester! 🎒🌻📚 We're excited to see you in the library! For our hours this semester visit library.sdsu.edu/hours
- Wishing you all a wonderful and restful winter break! ☕🧣⛸️ The University Library will be closed from December 20th - 30th. Please visit library.sdsu.edu/hours for more information.
- Don’t forget to return your library books before the end of the semester! 📚 Look for the red bins around campus and be sure it’s only library books and not Bookstore rentals. Bookstore rentals are returned only through the bookstore.
