By Shauni Lyles, County of San Diego Communications Office
May 24, 2023 | 2:13 PM
San Diego County Library was among this year’s winners of the Little Free Library nonprofit organization Todd H. Bol Awards for Outstanding Achievement.
The award announcement came during the celebration of Little Free Library Week, which ran from May 14-20.
Little libraries are mailbox-like structures put up in communities to create neighborhood book exchanges where people can freely borrow or leave books for others to read. They can be found all around San Diego County.
In 2021, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to create a “little libraries” initiative to boost literacy in low-income and communities of color by giving the people and children living in them more opportunities to have books to read in their homes. San Diego County Library (SDCL) currently has 45 Little Free Libraries installed across the region and 56 more on their way.
SDCL is working in partnership with the San Diego Council on Literacy, other public library jurisdictions in the region, collective Friends of the Library groups, and local non-profits and volunteer groups to implement Little Free Libraries throughout the county.
SDCL Little Free Libraries are now open at the following locations
Sweetwater Community Garden
Felicita County Park
742 Clarence Lane, Escondido, CA 92029
Live Oak County Park
2746 Reche Road, Fallbrook, CA 92028
Guajome Regional Park
3000 Guajome Lake Road, Oceanside, CA 92057
Pauma Valley Community Center
16650 Highway 76, Pauma Valley, CA 92061
San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians Education Department
16152 Kumeyaay Way, Valley Center, CA 92082
Luz Duran Park
340 Townsite Drive, Vista, CA 92084
Rancho Guajome Adobe
2210 N. Santa Fe Ave., Vista, CA 92083
For more Little Free Library locations, please visit www.littlefreelibrary.org.
Shauni Lyles is a communications specialist with the County of San Diego Communications Office.
