Salinas Public Library News
Below is a list of all Salinas Public Library website news articles, with the newest one at the top. To sign up for Salinas Public Library news by email, click here.
Hotspot Lending Program Expands to General Public
May 10, 2021
Since the start of the new year, the Salinas Public Library has been helping families connect to the Internet, or when needed, increase their broadband capacity to facilitate remote learning. By working with local schools to identify students in need of help, the library has been able to make an impact on the broader issues...
Celebrating our new Salinas Youth Poet Laureates
April 30, 2021
Salinas Public Library and the Friends of the Salinas Public Library (FOSPL) were pleased to acknowledge and present the prizes to the winners of the recent Salinas Youth Poet Laureate contest on Thursday, April 29th at the John Steinbeck Library.
Deputy Librarian, Mila Rianto and Ken Allen, President of FOSPL, presented the cash scholarship...
Announcing our winners in the Peeps Diorama Contest!
April 19, 2021
We are happy to announce that the first-placed winner of our Peeps Diorama contest is " Peep Paint ," a clever interpretation of the popular children's book Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh. The runner ups were " Dig, Dump, Roll , " based on the book by the same name,...
Introducing Salinas Youth Poet Laureate Kenya Burton
April 14, 2021
Meet our new Salinas Youth Poet Laureate, Kenya Burton! Kenya is a 20-year old Salinas native who has received multiple awards for her poetry and has made many public appearances reciting her poems. "Poetry is a huge part of my identity and who I am as a person. It has given me a way to...
Volunteers are essential!
April 6, 2021
While the pandemic has put many limitations on volunteering in the library and elsewhere, we want to take a moment to celebrate two of our active Literacy volunteers that are making a difference by helping other adults learn computer skills.
David decided to become a volunteer after taking the Beyond Basics computer class. Prior...
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