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Image contains: Patrick Stewart and Scott Ehrig-Burgess at the old Mission Hills branch of the San Diego public library, which will be converted into a bookstore.

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The world needs more independent bookstores’: Mission Hills bookshop plans to fill a void

Library Foundation SD opens San Diego’s newest neighborhood independent bookstore, Library Shop Mission Hills, at the old Mission Hills branch library.

November 26, 2025

Image contains: Three interns participating in the Media Arts Workforce Development Initiative @ The Library, a work readiness program created through a partnership with the Media Arts Center San Diego (MACSD).

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Our fall Impact Update is out!

November 21, 2025

Dec 01

Event

Library Shop Mission Hills: Grand Opening

Dec 1–7, 2025

Dec 03

Event

Color + Sip with Swil Arts

December 3, 2025 | 6:00 pm, 5:40 pm check-in

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The Library Shop is a well-curated nonprofit book & gift shop catering to librarians, library lovers, literary obsessives and book nerds inside the Downtown Central Library. Proceeds support the entire San Diego Public Library System.

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“Investment in our libraries is a value statement about what we believe is important and about the tools we hope to provide our children as they seek lives of independence in a civic-minded democracy.”

San Diego City Council Member Raul Campillo and Library Foundation SD CEO Patrick Stewart Op-Ed

Building stronger communities

The world needs more independent bookstores’: Mission Hills bookshop plans to fill a void

Our fall Impact Update is out!

Library Shop Mission Hills: Grand Opening

Color + Sip with Swil Arts

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We strengthen communities by supporting and advocating for San Diego Public Libraries

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Education & Lifelong Learning

Digital Learning & Access

Economic & Workforce Development

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“Investment in our libraries is a value statement about what we believe is important and about the tools we hope to provide our children as they seek lives of independence in a civic-minded democracy.”

Library Foundation SD

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Library Foundation SD

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