Sanibel Public Library News Blog
Sanibel Public Library is a 2020 Travelers’ Choice winner from TripAdvisor
Thanks to reviewers, Sanibel Public Library is a 2020 Travelers' Choice winner from TripAdvisor! The Library has won a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence every year since 2014, earning Hall of Fame status. Certificate of Excellence honorees are now celebrated on...
August: Sanibel Public Library Open for Summer Hours Plus Contactless Curbside Service
August 2020: Library is open to the Public Sanibel Public Public Library users can browse bookshelves, use computers, read magazines, connect to WiFi and more as the SPL is open for summer hours. Patrons have access to the full collection of books, movies, and...
meeScan Self Check Out at Sanibel Public Library
Patrons who want to social distance are encouraged to try the Library’s meeScan app. MeeScan is a self-checkout service with two different ways to self-checkout. One option is use your smartphone or tablet along with the Library’s WiFi. Using meeScan app, library...
Playaways & Launchpad for Kids
June 2020: Launchpad - Playaways for Kids Something new is in the Children’s Area at the Sanibel Public Library. With a gift from Hans and Leslie Fleischner, the Library has added learning tablets, audiobooks, and audio-enhanced books. Launchpad, Playaway’s popular...
June is Pride Month
Pride Month is celebrated annually in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots, and works to achieve equal justice and equal opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ+) Americans. Resources, books, films, eBooks Hover your...
Racism and Social Justice
Reading lists, eBooks, films, documentaries and more on Racism and Social Justice. Click images and links below for films and documentaries can borrow or stream with your Library card:Click here for eBooks, films, audiobooks, comics and more, you can...
Sanibel Public Library Open for Summer Hours Plus Contactless Curbside Service
June 2020: SPL Reopens to the Public Hover your cursor to use the clickable links: Sanibel Public Public Library users once again have the opportunity to browse bookshelves, use computers, read magazines, connect to WiFi and more as SPL reopened to the...
Sanibel Public Library staff recommendations – fiction, movies, cookbooks to borrow!
Recommended by Candy, Melissa, and Betty - Book & Movie Recommendations! As always, you can call the Sanibel Public Library (weekdays) for book recommendations and other help. Here's a few, click links for complete lists: "Knives Out" (DVD) "A tribute to mystery...
How to Use Freegal Music
Sanibel Public Library's very own Beth walks you through using Freegal Music. The Freegal music app offers access to about 15 million songs, including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists. To login to your account from home, using your Sanibel Public Library...
How to Place a Hold Online
Sanibel Public Library's very own Beth walks you through placing a hold. Place a hold to request books, DVDs, CDs, magazines, kits, or board games from the Library. To login to your account from home, using your Sanibel Public Library card, go to: https://sanlib.org/...
Regrowing Veggies from Food Scraps – Plus RB Digital app, April 2020
Did you know that you can actually grow new plants from common food scraps that are usually destined for the trash or compost bin? The stems and scraps from many vegetables can be turned into a fresh new plant using soil, water, and sunlight. Sanibel Public Library's...
Beth of Sanibel Public Library talks about some hot new fiction.
Beth, a Librarian at Sanibel Public Library, talks about some hot new books. You can download these books using OverDrive Libby app: The Glass Hotel: A Novel by Emily St. John Mandel In Five Years by Rebecca Serle The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley Oona Out of...