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.
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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.
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2017: the NEW San Carlos Branch updates
FEBRUARY, 2017: The discussion at the Building Committee meeting this month centered on fund raising for the new library. We are anxiously awaiting the written reports on the status of the corner lot. A major fund raising campaign cannot begin until the EPA has given an all clear report to purchase the lot.
JANUARY, 2017: The NEW San Carlos Branch Library's design was presented to the Community by David Pfeifer, AIA, from Domusstudio Architecture, at the Navajo Community Planners' meeting held at... Continue Reading >
New Check-out System
The Library book and materials check-out system is being updated city-wide. The new system is called Radio Frequency Identification or RFID. It is pictured here. The RFID system, after its complete installation, will have many skills; the San Carlos Branch will be closed for two weeks in June to allow us to upgrade the system to its full potential. I will describe that in detail when the time comes.
For now however, the old automated self-check-out machines have been taken out... Continue Reading >
Wecome Sarah Hendy-Jackson
New to the San Carlos Branch Library, Hendy-Jackson was born in the beautiful Sierra Nevada Foothills town of Sonora, CA. In 2005, Hendy-Jackson enrolled at UCSD—majoring in Literature and Linguistics, and then continued her graduate studies there in English Literature. After discovering Library Science, she is rethinking her area of study. A part-time UCSD instructor of freshman literature and composition, Hendy-Jackson has added Library Assistant to her resume and David Ege has asked her to assist him with adult programing... Continue Reading >
2016-2017:The NEW San Carlos Branch Library updates
JANUARY, 2017: The NEW San Carlos Branch Library's design was presented to the Community by David Pfeifer, AIA, from Domusstudio Architecture, at the Navajo Community Planners' meeting held at the Tifereth Israel Synagogue on Wednesday, January 11 at 6:30 p.m. We thank all of those who attended.
The information given in that meeting is available below. It was also well covered by Doug Curlee in his front page article in the January 20 edition of the Mission Times Courier. We thank Doug... Continue Reading >
2017: Proposed San Carlos Branch Library design pictures
JANUARY, 2017: Please note that these are not final detailed designs of either the outside or inside of the proposed 25,000 sq.ft. new San Carlos Branch Library, but the working concepts of this project as it now stands. These pictures were supplied by David Pfeifer, Principal Architect of domusstudio, who is the design architect chosen for this project.
This shows the library as seen from Golfcrest. One-half of the parking spaces would be located on the open lot below the corner... Continue Reading >
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