SD Libraries Will Lose Funding in 2026
Negotiations are still underway before the City of San Diego's final 2025-26 fiscal year budget is voted on June 10. As a result of previous City Council budget meetings, the San Diego Public Library system is scheduled to lose $8million in funding. As of July 1, 2025, this loss of funding may result in the closing of all 37 Branch Libraries on Sunday and Monday, but will allow programs and services to remain the same Tuesday-Saturday. Homework Help at...
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A quick reference for youth special events and recurring activities through the end of the year:
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 Book Club Flyer Summer 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.
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,...
July, 2017 Thank you for supporting City investments in your Library Dear Library Advocate, Now that the new City fiscal year 2018 budget is in place, we wanted to thank you for being an effective Library advocate. You make a real difference by attending public hearings and contacting the Mayor and Councilmembers to let them know how critical Library services are to you and your community. These efforts pay dividends. In a lean budget year for San Diego, this budget... 
Read books and win prizes in the 94th Annual Summer Reading Program! Open to children, teens and adults, the program runs from June 15 through August 15. This year's theme is Reading by Design. Click on 2017 Summer Reading Program for additional information about reading goals, prizes, and how to register. Registration began on June 15. Ask our staff for help if you need assistance registering or finding a book.
Click on Special Events to see all of the Wednesday @ 2:30... 
Temporary branch closure:
The branch will be CLOSED between Monday, June 12 and Friday, June 23 for the completion of the installation of the new radio frequency identification (RFID) system at the San Carlos Branch Library.
The branch will REOPEN on Saturday, June 24.
During the closure:
There will be NO programs or patron use of library materials at the San Carlos Branch between June 12-23.
You may continue to return your materials to our branch using the outside drop slots... 
City-wide winners of the 20th Annual "Writing for Literacy Essay Contest" were announced April 27, at the Balboa Park Club. Pershing Middle School student, Caroline Beail was one of the four City-wide 8th grade winners. Beail chose To Kill a Mockingbird, as the one book she would save if all other books in the world were to be destroyed. In 2013, as a fourth grader at Dailard Elementary, Beail was also a City-wide winner in that division. She appears here... 
The San Carlos Friends of the Library (SCFOL) wishes to thank the San Carlos Area Council (SCAC) for their generous contribution to the San Carlos Branch Library. The presentation was made at an April 26, 2017, SCAC Board of Directors meeting at the library. In the picture on the left, are SCFOL past-President and current Building Committee Chair Judy Williams, SCAC Director Rita Hartman presenting the check to SCFOL President Joan Hayes, and Branch Manager David Ege. Photos courtesy... 