Creative Santa Fe embarked on a shared initiative with the Santa Fe Public Library to raise the visibility of its rich and varied community resources, and to strengthen its well-deserved reputation as a center for community enrichment.

So much more than quiet vaults or archives for media, today’s libraries are among the last civic spaces that truly serve everyone — homeless teens, homeschoolers, seniors, job-seekers, teachers, artists, entrepreneurs, tourists, and many more. In Santa Fe, a little under half of the county’s 150,000 residents currently hold library cards.

But even library patrons are unaware of the depth and breadth of resources the library offers: an entrepreneur rents a downtown space for an important conference, unaware that they can freely reserve an expansive library meeting room through the santafelibrary.org website. A traveler purchases a pricey Spanish course, unaware that the library offers online and app-based language learning systems for more than 70 languages. A senior goes to a big box store to buy a computer, unaware that the library rents out laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots, and that librarians teach one-on-one technology tutoring sessions.

Through its growing digital and in-person offerings, the Santa Fe Library is keeping pace with the 21st century, as it empowers members of our community to thrive throughout their lives. CrSF is increasing public engagement with these offerings by supporting communications campaigns to raise awareness.

In 2022, CrSF co-sponsored a countywide 7-week reading festival – Santa Fe Reads – to foster community building through the joy of reading. We designed the festival’s promotional materials around the year’s theme of Indigenous cultural reclamation, in collaboration with more than 30 of the library’s community partners, from The Food Depot to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. We hope that this annual event will become a super-connector for Santa Fe citizens and the organizations that serve them – centered, of course, at the Santa Fe Public Library.

We are excited to renew the Santa Fe Reads partnership in 2024, when the Santa Fe Library will welcome Madeline Miller, award-winning author of Circe, for the festival’s finale.

At a time when libraries around the nation face de-funding, censorship, and even threats of violence, our work could not be more important. We must bring the community together to support the institution that connects and enriches us all.

About This Project

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Summer Reading Project

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