CityofGoleta
Program Expands Access to Books at the Goleta & Santa Ynez Valley Libraries
Your local library staff are excited to welcome back the popular Zip Books program, which allows patrons with a Goleta & Santa Ynez Valley Libraries card in good standing to request books or audiobooks to be mailed directly to their home from Amazon. Zip Books are purchased with grant funds made available through the California State Library. For the 2023/2024 fiscal year period, the City of Goleta’s Library Services Division was awarded $17,607 in California Library Services Act funds to purchase books and an Amazon Prime membership.
Sharon Nigh, Library Assistant and Zip Books Coordinator, said, “The Zip Books program is a wonderful resource. It allows patrons access to the books they want for free even if they are not currently owned by the library.”
To be eligible for the Zip Books Program, requests must meet these criteria:
- Title is not already owned by the Goleta Valley Library, Solvang Library, Buellton Library, Bookvan, or other Black Gold Cooperative member libraries.
- Title must be available from Amazon or an Amazon bookseller for less than $50 in Print or Large Print formats, or less than $75 in Book on CD format.
- Requests are limited to two books per household per month.
- If the requested title is already in the Black Gold system, a courtesy hold will be placed on the item.
A change to this year’s program is that Zip Books now have a due date. They are due back three months from the date they are requested. When you’re finished with your Zip Books, simply return them to your home library in-person at the circulation desk so that they can be checked in. Please note that Zip Books returned in the book drops will not be checked in, and the full cost of unreturned Zip Books will be charged to borrowers’ accounts. The library is also accepting returned Zip Books from prior program years.
The Zip Books Request Form is available on the Library website at www.GoletaValleyLibrary.org/ZipBooks. Questions may be sent to zipbooks@cityofgoleta.org.
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This Project is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.
