Meeting Rooms

Meeting rooms are available to local non-profit and for-profit organizations located within the service area of the Central Library and branches of the Santa Barbara Public Library System. Meeting rooms are available in the Central Library, Goleta Branch Library, Carpinteria Branch Library, and Eastside Branch Library. To inquire about meeting room availability, please telephone the Library where the room is located.

• Rules of Use
   

Meeting Room Facts:

Central Library

• Before filling out a Room Reservation application for the Central Library please be sure to check the availability of the meeting room by looking at our Event Calendar
• If the room you are requesting is available click here for the Room Application for the Central Library
• Once the application is completed please mail the application and your check to:

Santa Barbara Public Library System
Attn: Administration
40 E. Anapamu St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

• Once we have received your application with an enclosed check for the amount of the booking, it will take approximately 24 hours for you to view your booking online
• If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at 564-5608

Faulkner Gallery
(805) 564-5608

• Capacity – 180
• Available seven days per week, 8am to 11pm
• Wheelchair accessible
• Screen, chairs, tables, lectern
• Kitchen facilities (preparation counter, sink)

Faulkner West Gallery or Faulkner East Gallery
(805) 564-5608

• Capacity – 12
• Available seven days per week, 8am to 11pm
• Wheelchair accessible
• Chairs, table

Townley Room
(805) 564-5608

• Capacity – 60
• Available during Library public hours
• Wheelchair accessible
• Screen, chairs, tables, lectern

 
Eastside Branch Library

Martin Luther King, Jr. Wing
(805) 963-3727

• Capacity – 60
• Available seven days per week, 8am to 11pm
• Wheelchair accessible
• Chairs, tables

 
Carpinteria Branch Library

Multi-purpose Room
(805) 684-4314

• Capacity – 60
• Available seven days per week, 8am to 11pm
• Wheelchair accessible
• Screen, chairs, table

Goleta Branch Library

• Before filling out a Room Reservation application for the Goleta Library please be sure to check the availability of the meeting room by looking at our Event Calendar and confirming by calling the Goleta Library at 964-7878.
• If the room you are requesting is available click here for the Room Application for the Goleta Library
• Once the application is completed please mail the application and your check to:

Goleta Public Library
500 North Fairview Avenue 
Goleta, CA 93117 

Multi-Purpose Room
(805) 964-7878

• Capacity – 133
• Available seven days per week, 8am to 11pm
• Wheelchair accessible
• Screen, chairs, table
• Kitchen facilities (preparation counter, sink)

Conference Room
(805) 964-7878

• Capacity – 12
• Available seven days per week, 8am to 11 pm
• Chairs, table

 
Charges for meeting rooms:

A. Meeting room use by non-profit organizations:

B. Meeting room use by for-profit organizations:

 
C. Additional charges for serving refreshments in Library Meeting Rooms:

• Central Library/Faulkner Gallery - $75.00 per event
• Central Library/Faulkner Gallery East, Faulkner Gallery West, Townley Room, Eastside Branch Library Martin Luther King, Jr. Wing, or Goleta Branch Library Conference Room - $30.00 per event