Salinas Public Library News
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Starting the New Year "Illuminated"
January 23, 2018
The Salinas Public Library is pleased to announce that we received the Libraries Illuminated Grant Award in the amount of $29,930 from the Southern California Library Cooperative (SCLC). These new funds will facilitate the implementation of an Innovation Lab at the John Steinbeck Library, and help us build an educational platform for a variety of...
Saying Thanks!
January 10, 2018
We want to express our gratitude to PAL (Police Athletic League) and their partner organizations, the Hardin Foundation and The Salinas Firefighters Association, for making the holidays special for several hundred children this past December. They generously donated 350 toys to children participating in our library's literacy programs and homework centers. For more than five...
How do you spell "SNOW"?
December 21, 2017
We spell it "FUN"!
Yesterday was an exciting day at Cesar Chavez Library as we hosted our 5th Annual Snow Day. More than 850 children and families stopped by to play in the snow, and celebrate the holiday season with us by sipping hot chocolate and participating in edible craft-making.
Thank you to...
Library Receives 2017 PLP Library and Innovation Grant
November 29, 2017
We are happy to announce that Salinas Public Library is one of the ten recipients of the PLP Innovation and Technology Opportunity Grant for 2017/18 in the amount of $15,000. Each fiscal year, the Pacific Library Partnership, through a competitive process, awards grants to PLP libraries to support innovation and technology. These grants...
It's a Wrap-up! The Kinder Campaign Issues over 1400 new library cards!
November 29, 2017
What's cuter than a kindergartner getting a library card?
A kindergartner posing for a picture after winning a prize at our Family Date Night!
We're happy to report that we distributed over 4000 library card applications in a two week period to 132 kindergarten classrooms, and issued 1400 library cards. We gave...
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