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,...
The Annual Meeting of the Membership of the Friends of the San Diego Public Library will be held at the Central Library on Saturday, September 10, from 9:30-noon. A social "hour"starts at 9:30 a.m. and the program begins at 10 a.m.. Since parking is scarce, carpooling is suggested.
The program will include:
Introductions and an overview of the year's activities by the FSDPL President
The honoring of this year's outstanding Friend's volunteers from each Friend's Chapter.
Election of FSDPL Officers
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The 2016 One Book One San Diego selection is Waiting for Snow in Havana by National Book Award-winning author, Carlos Eire.
Waiting for Snow in Havana is Carlos Eire’s beautiful, nostalgia-laced memoir of his childhood in Cuba, the country he left in 1962 at age 11. Using humor, magical realism and lyrical language, Eire paints a portrait of a childhood shattered forever by the Cuban Revolution. He was one of 14,000 Cuban children brought to the U.S. without their parents as... 
This rendition of the new San Carlos Branch library is currently appearing on the sign on the corner of Golfcrest and Jackson. It was created by the Domusstudio Architects. They are the design architects for the new library. Their latest concept is similar to the one shown: a one story 25,000 sq. ft. building covering both the current and corner lots, with approximately seventy parking spaces split between the upper current lot and under the building on the corner lot. ... 
We are busy at the San Carlos Branch Library! Our Friends of the Library sponsored programs are becoming more and more popular. To mention a few: children’s programs such as the KIDS' SCIENCE Challenge Island are by reservation only! We had a full house for Scott Farrell, our Shakespeare First Folio speaker. There are more special authors/speakers coming in the next months. The Summer Reading Program for all ages begins June 15. Read about all of our activities at the... 