Salinas Public Library
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John Steinbeck Library Computer Lab
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Click to visit the City of Salinas Public Library website.
The Salinas Public Library has three branches:
John Steinbeck Library,
350 Lincoln Avenue, Salinas, CA 93901 • (831) 758-7311
Cesar Chavez Library,
615 Williams Road, Salinas, CA 93905 • (831) 758-7345
El Gabilan Public Library,
1400 North Main Street, Salinas, CA 93906 • (831) 758-7302
Library Hours Schedule:
| Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday |
1:00pm - 6:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm 12:00pm - 8:00pm 12:00pm - 6:00pm 12:00pm - 8:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm |
The Koha Integrated Online Catalog of materials includes an “Amazon-style” look with photos of new books and the ability for each person to design their own “library shelf.” Check your account online, put items on hold, extend your checkout times, or find out about an authors work. Whether you’re at home or online Koha is available to everyone, anytime day or night!
What's Happening for Salinas Public Library
Get Inspired! Get Going! Help Design Our Next Cards!
We have extended the deadline for submissions to August 25, 2017 to give more people an opportunity to submit their entries.
The Library and Community Services Department values community input and engagement, and we want your help in designing six new cards for users of our libraries and recreation centers. Our goal is to have TWO card designs selected in each category: kids, teen, and adult. The kids and teens cards will double as library cards and recreation cards.
We're looking for designs that express how libraries and recreation centers make your...
Choose Your Favorite Library & Recreation Card Designs
September 1, 2017
We've received over 150 entries, and are ready for the community to vote on their favorites. We're looking for the top 20 entries in each category, so please go to Facebook and "Like" your favorites, or go to Instagram. Community voting will end September 6, and after that, a panel of judges will select the two best designs in each category. Winners will be announced September 8. Click here to view Kids entries.
Click here to view Teens entries.
Click here to view Adult...
Community Survey Results
September 1, 2017
On August 9th the Library & Community Services Commission received a presentation regarding the community survey results on the three conceptual design models for the new El Gabilan Library and discussed the options with the Library and Community Services Director, Cary Ann Siegfried and the architects from Anderson Brule Architects, ABA ( watch the discussion here(link is external) ). At this stage, the final design is a few months away, but you can see the conceptual design that the community and the commissioners favored most below. Over the next two months the architects...
What didn't we see on Monday morning in Salinas?
August 22, 2017
Monday morning's cloud cover concealed the Great American Eclipse from those of us in Monterey County, but it didn't stop people from coming out to the Library & Community Services' Solar Eclipse Viewing Party at Sherwood Park. We may not have been able to see much, but we did give away 100 solar eclipse glasses.
On Thursday, August 17, we had more than 50 adults come to Dr. Bruce Weaver's lecture on the solar eclipse and astronomy at the Recreation Center. Dr. Weaver, the Director of the Monterey Institute for Astronomy, presented interesting and...
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Library
Contact Email:
Street Address: 350 Lincoln Ave Salinas
library [at] ci.salinas.ca.us
Regular Hours:
Contact Phone Number: Phone:
(831) 758-7311
Fax:
(831) 758-7336
Organization Chart:
Library And Community Services Org Chart (PDF)
Director of Libraries & Community Services
Cary Ann Siegfried
Cary Ann Siegfried
