2018: the NEW San Carlos Branch Library update
The San Carlos Library remains in a hurry up and wait mode. A request for a “Case Closure” for the project was submitted to the County Department of Environmental Services by the mitigation consultant, Santec. DES reviewed the comments and has sent a request for addition information. So we continue to wait for the County Department of Environmental Services to receive further information in hopes it will satisfy their issues and they will be willing to allow the City of... Continue Reading >
Save Saturday, October 13 for the fifth annual Celebration Under the Dome. Don't miss this incredible event--great people, exceptional music and memorable experiences. Your participation strengthens our community by supporting innovative programs in all 36 San Diego Public Libraries.
For sponsorship and host committee information, contact Natalie Ganz at 619-238-6643 and to see pictures from 2017's celebration or for more information on this year's celebration, click on Supportmylibrary
Honorary Chairs: Joan and Irwin Jacobs Event Co-chairs: Leslie Devaney and Marlee Ehrenfeld
Each year, the Friends of the San Diego Public Library takes time out to recognize up to 4 special Volunteers from each of the San Diego Branch Library Friends chapters, and to THANK each and every person who shares their time and talents by volunteering in some capacity, somewhere within the San Diego Public Library system. This year's Volunteer honoring program will be held on September 8, in the Neil Morgan Auditorium located at the Central Library. Festivities will begin... 
The companion 2018, "One Book" chosen for kids is "Blue Sky, White Stars." It is a picture book written by Sarvinder Naberhaus and illustrated by New York Times bestselling and Caldecott-honor winning artist Kadir Nelson. "Deceptively simple verses pair with richly evocative images of American history, landscape, and people."
One Book, One San Diego is our region's premiere literary program, presented in partnership between KPBS and over 80 public libraries, service organizations and educational institutions. Now in its 12th year, the purpose is... 
August 25, at the San Diego Union-Tribune sponsored Festival of Books, the 2018, “One Book, One San Diego,” selection was announced. It is March: Book One.” This graphic memoir is the first of a trilogy,written by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell. "March: Book One, is a vivid first-hand account of the early life of the Civil Rights icon, John Lewis, including meeting Martin Luther King, Jr. and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement. John Lewis and other... 