San Carlos Branch Library
Friends of the Library
San Carlos Branch Library
619-527-3430
7265 Jackson Dr
San Diego, CA 92119
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Library Book Club
The library book club meets monthly on the 3rd Thursday from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery. The current titles are on reserve at the front desk. Just ask the librarian for a copy and check it out. For more information, please call the library at 619-527-3430.
View Fall 2025 book list (September-December)
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THANK YOU for your Memberships and Donations
We wish to THANK everyone who has ever become a Member of the San Carlos Friends of the Library. We also express our appreciation and gratitude for those who have sent us donations in honor or memory of others. SCFOL funds are used to purchase new materials, programs, and equipment that enhance the patron experience at the current San Carlos Branch Library and that of the new proposed Branch.
All membership levels of the Friends of the San Diego Public Library,...
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David Ege Reviews 2022 @ SCBL
The SCFOL Board would like to thank our San Carlos Branch Library's outstanding staff, led by Managing Librarian David Ege, for keeping the Community engaged in all that our libraries have to offer during the last 3 years of COVID. Although life may never return to pre-COVID ways, we have all learned how to move forward invoking new and better methods.
David Ege's report describes the reopening, reinstated, and new programs which became available in 2022.
· January 2022
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NOVEMBER, 2022: New Branch Library Update
San Diego Councilmember Raul Camillo ,in his November District 7 Dispatch, announced that "The owner of the lot next to the San Carlos Library has finally notified the city that the land is ready to be purchased by the City. This means that City staff will bring forward a council action before February 2, (2023), to close escrow for the previously agreed upon price of $150,000 negotiated back in 1995. This would put the project entirely in the hands... Continue Reading >
DATABASE SPOTLIGHT: Ancestry.com, library edition
Interested in your family history? Next time you're at any of our SDPL locations, you can get started using the Ancestry Library Edition database on a computer workstation. This electronic resource has genealogical and historical research guides and more than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases! LEARN MORE Continue Reading >
SCFOL General Membership Meeting
This year’s Annual SCFOL General Membership Meeting will be held Wednesday, November 16, 4:00-5:30 pm, in the San Carlos Branch Library's Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery. The meeting’s agenda will include:
Branch updates by David Ege, Managing Librarian. A City representative will be in attendance to provide an update about the new building project.
SCFOL updates by President Joan Hayes and Treasurer Jerry Hotz
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OCTOBER, 2022: New Branch Library Update
The fences are down, remediation is complete, and the lot on the corner of Golfcrest and Jackson has been resurfaced. The lot is now available for purchase by the City of San Diego as the site of the new San Carlos Branch Library. Thirty years ago, the Library Commission acknowledged that the present SCBL was inadequate for the Community's needs, and on July 10, 1995, our City Councilmember Judy McCarty and SCFOL President Jack Winer, were instrumental in securing... Continue Reading >
Welcome to the San Carlos Friends of the Library Website. On this site you can find the schedule of current events to be held at the San Carlos Branch Library, how to become a member of SCFOL, or how to donate your time, talent, books, or money to the library. Read more »
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