SDSU Library

Save the Date for the Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series
February 18, 7 p.m.
Virtual Event - register in advance

This month's feature topic from the Gateway Collection is music! Stop by and find your next book to read for fun.

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! 💥