Library Shop
We are open Monday-Saturday Mon/Tues (11:30am-5:30pm) & Wed-Sat (10:30am-5:30pm).Plus we're currently offering $5.95 Flat Visit the Library Shop this season for all your holiday gifts.
The Library Shop is not just a well-curated gift and book shop.
The Library Shop is a non-profit book & gift store located in the courtyard of the Downtown Central Library sponsored by the FSDPL and the SDPL Foundation. As the plans for Downtown Central Library were being developed, space was set aside for a Library... Continue Reading >
Join us on Friday, April 19th from 2-3 pm at the SCBL to learn how to make your garden Earth-friendly. Niki Vollrath, representing the Master Gardener Association of San Diego County, will teach us about sustainable landscapes, Earth-friendly principles and practices, and how we can garden in ways that are not harmful to ourselves, native plants, animals, and the environment. Earth Day is just around the corner. It's the perfect time to discover how a few changes made in your... 
Join local author Jim Kempton at the SCBL, April 26, 2-3 pm, as he tells us about the details of his latest book, Women on Waves. Kempton is the award-winning former editor-in-chief of Surfer magazine and is the current President of the California Surf Museum. His new book brings readers a captivating cultural history of surfing with a focus on women and how they have made their mark on the sport and our wider culture. Filled with phenomenal athletic performance, breakthrough female achievements, and plenty of... 
We welcome all SCFOL members to consider volunteering and assisting us in making our monthly USED BOOK SALES bigger and better than ever. Revenue from SCFOL book sales is the major source of funds needed to purchase books, programs and equipment for our branch library. In 2023, SCFOL Volunteers donated 4760 hours to the San Carlos Branch Library! We thank them one and all.
Contact SCFOL Volunteer Chair Sue Dennis at 
SCFOL annually donates funds, matched by the City of San Diego, to support the SDPL system. The source of SCFOL funds is revenue from your memberships, donations and SCFOL Used Book Sale purchases. These funds return to our Branch and allow for the purchase of materials, programs, and equipment.
ANNUAL Memberships are a real bargain: $5 for Seniors or Youth; $10 for one adult; $20 for a Family (dual adult). Sponsor, Contributor and Patron membership levels are always appreciated. ... 