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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Negotiations are still underway before the City of San Diego's final 2025-26 fiscal year budget is voted on June 10. It will not be finalized until signed by San Diego's Mayor Todd Gloria on June 15, 2025
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...
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.
November 30-December 7, 2013: SCFOL-Grossmont Barnes & Noble Bookfair:Pick up a voucher at the San Carlos Library or print one up from this website CLICK HERE for Barnes & Noble Vouchers, or order your books on line until December 11, and a portion of the proceeds from your purchase will benefit the San Carlos Branch Library.
January 9, 2014, will be the 40th Anniversary of the opening of the San Carlos Branch Library in San Diego, CA. We are planning... 
Lesley Frazier and her family moved to San Carlos in October of 1980. In the spring of 1982, then Managing Librarian Ruth Gardner decided that the San Carlos Branch Library, which opened on January 9, 1974, needed a Chapter of the Friends of the Library. She invited some of the branch’s regular patrons and volunteers to join. Lesley became a charter member and the first editor of the SCFOL Newsletter. Betty Sherman was the first President of SCFOL. One of the first activities... 
We asked if anyone in the Navajo Community knew the story of how, who, where and when the San Carlos Branch Library began. The call went out, and local Community Leader and author, Toni Noel, responded. Here is Toni’s story of how our Library’s site was chosen.
Toni tells us, "Late in 1969 or early in 1970 I was appointed Library Chairman of the San Carlos Community Council, which was the predecessor to the current community planning group. A local mother... 
HAPPY 40th ANNIVERSARY TO THE SAN CARLOS BRANCH LIBRARY
The Friends of the San Carlos Library see the occasion of the Branch’s 40th Anniversary as an opportunity to recommit themselves to the future and the building of a new Library and Community Center. I would like to take this opportunity to share with you the SCFOL’s vision for the future.
Recently, someone asked a group from the San Carlos library why the community has not been more visible in making its desire... 
The following Corporations or Individuals have donated funds or services to help offset the cost of the 40th Anniversary year celebrations:
Domusstudio Architecture: Principals Lew Dominy, AIA & David Pfeifer, AIA
Mission Publishing Group, LLC: Jim Madaffer, Publisher
Robert Hotz: RadioActive Media
Christopher Hotz & Jason Benesch: Website Design
Tom & April Boling: SCFOL Life Members
Margrette Carr: SCFOL Life Member
Michael A. Lugo, AIA, CCS, CSI
Anonymous Family: SCFOL Life Members & donors of Rutherford’s Children’s Area
Additional Donors: Copy-It Grossmont, COSTCO La Mesa, CVS San Carlos, Charlotte Germundson,... 