San Carlos Branch Library
619-527-3430
7265 Jackson Dr
San Diego, CA 92119
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.
2026 book list (May - August)
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Odi the Coyote, the San Diego Public Library mascot, is hiding somewhere inside all 37 library branches*. How many Odis can you find? Find the miniature Odi hiding here in the San Carlos Library to get a commemorative button! Each library has a different button design. Program runs for the entire month of July.
Pick up your passport at the front desk to participate!
* The Scripps Miramar Ranch Library is currently closed for maintenance, but their Odi can be found at... Continue Reading >
June 30 - September 1, we will feature artwork by Rossitza Todorova in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery of the San Carlos Branch Library. Join us in welcoming Rossitza at her Artist Reception on Saturday 7/18, noon - 2:00 p.m.
From the artist: "These paintings explore fleeting atmospheric phenomena across the Great Basin and beyond: rainbows, halos, moonrises, shifting clouds, and moments when the landscape feels suspended between observation and memory."
Come meet her at her Artist’s Reception on... Continue Reading >
Manzanar: The Relocation of 120,000 Japanese Americans During WWII Friday, July 17th • 2 pm Rudy Shappee, U.S. Navy Veteran and Local Historian
In 1942, the United States ordered the internment of more than 110,000 Japanese men, women, and children in remote, military-style camps. Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World War II. Learn why Japanese citizens, Nisei, and Sansei were forced to leave their homes and... Continue Reading >
The newest books that our librarians have added to the San Carlos Branch Library collection for this month:
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May 5 - June 30, we will feature artwork by Laura Allen in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery of the San Carlos Branch Library. Join us in welcoming Laura at her Artist Reception on Saturday 5/16, noon - 2:00 p.m.
Artist, Laura Allen, will be displaying her mixed media paintings from May 5 to June 30 in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery. Through wax and paint, Allen illustrates the human experience of loss and brokenness,... Continue Reading >
Welcome to the San Carlos Friends of the Library Website. On this site you can find the schedule of current events to be held at the San Carlos Branch Library, how to become a member of SCFOL, or how to donate your time, talent, books, or money to the library. Read more »