This collection consists of edited research materials and compilations produced from both primary and secondary sources pertaining to the Fillipino American experience.
Alex S. Fabros Jr. is a former Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, there he...
Using money donated by the Gates Foundation and the California State Library, as well as money from the library budget, public Internet access arrives. In July the library orientation for the public begins. Population in Salinas is officially 151,060.
2003
John Steinbeck Library Homework Center opens.
2004
Budget difficulties close the three libraries on Mondays. On November 4, 2004, tax Measures A, B, C fail; and the Salinas City Council votes to close the library system between January and June of 2004.
Highlights 1990 - 1999
1991
Julia Orozco appointed Library Director. The population of Salinas is over 100,000.
1992
Santa Lucia Library dedicates the Chicano Cultural Resource Center, thanks to the tireless efforts of senior librarian Patricia Oliverez.