Salinas Public Library

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Salinas Public Library Calendar

El Gabilan Library and John Steinbeck Library: Monday & Friday from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., and Tuesday thru Thursday from 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Library: Tuesday thru Thursday from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m., and Friday & Saturday from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Current Curbside Service Schedule:

El Gabilan Library and John Steinbeck Library: Monday & Friday from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., and Tuesday thru Thursday from 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Library: Tuesday thru Thursday from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m., and Friday & Saturday from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Visit us at one of our three library locations:

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

At the Salinas Public Library, we are committed to helping every member of our community achieve their educational and vocational goals, as well as providing safe and inclusive spaces for residents to meet, learn and connect with one another. The Salinas Public Library has proudly served the community since 1909 when it first opened its doors as a Carnegie Public Library. Today, there are three branch libraries, John Steinbeck Library, Cesar Chavez Library, and El Gabilan Library, that provides hundreds of thousands educational and entertaining books, audiobooks, DVDs, Blu-rays, music CDs, newspapers and magazines, for free community borrowing with a library card. Our Digital Library available 24/7 to provide research resources along with digital downloads and streaming services. Library programs are available year-round for all ages and with various themes that meets the needs of Salinas community.

Summer Reading Challenge 2021

June 7, 2021

Our Summer Learning Challenge begins June 14th and continues thru July 31st. Join us for fun and engaging free activities all summer long. A variety of drop-in and registration-based programs will be offered throughout the summer to promote learning and exploration.

Our Summer Learning Challenge includes:

7-week reading adventures
Virtual programs
Weekly take-home kits
Book prizes

Signups begin June 14th but you can learn more by clicking here !

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Family Reading Circle Begins Successfully

May 24, 2021

This year's Family Reading Circle program got underway last week with 23 adults and 40 children participating. The theme for the first week's activities was "Let's Go Camping" and included a special story time by Librarian Cristela who joined the group in her homemade campsite, and encouraged children to share their own camping stories. Artist and California State University Monterey Bay professor, Enid Baxter Ryce led the group in a painting demonstration where children learned to mix colors. Each of the children made a beautiful, colorful canvas that they...

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The Friends Corner Bookstore Reopens!

May 17, 2021

The Friends of the Salinas Public Library (FOSPL) welcome the public back to their Friends Corner Bookstore located in the John Steinbeck Library. Browse a collection of best sellers, mysteries, classics, cookbooks, self-help books and much more.

The community can help support library programs by shopping at the Friends Corner Bookstore where proceeds from book sales support many of the library's programs, including the Summer Reading Program and the Kinder Boot Camp which helps Pre-K children get ready for their first day of Kindergarten. FOSPL has also helped fund he Outdoor...

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