We want to hear from you!

Join Director of Libraries, Yolande Wilburn, and President of the Friends of the Libraries, Janis O’Driscoll for a community discussion.

The Library is committed to innovating, iterating, and constantly exploring new ways to meet our community's changing needs, and the best way we can do that is to get regular feedback from community members. Come share your perspective, experiences, questions, and ideas!

Yolande Wilburn is the Director of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries, a joint powers authority library system that consists of 10 libraries that serve the cities of Capitola, Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz, and Santa Cruz County. Yolande has held various leadership positions in public, academic, rural, and urban libraries, including an international stint in Dubai. Yolande is a California Library Association’s Board of Directors member and serves on the Advocacy and Legislation Committee. As the first African American woman of color to lead Santa Cruz Public Libraries, Yolande has overseen the reopening of five library branches, with two additional locations set to open by the end of the year.

Ms. Wilburn received her master’s degree in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University and her bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies from the University of Illinois.

Janis O’Driscoll is the President of the Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries. Prior to joining the Friends, Janis was the Assistant Director of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries.