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.
New approaches to family literacy win the day!
May 13, 2020
Last Spring our Family Reading Circle program had lots of "points of contact." There were children's games played on the outdoor patio at Cesar Chavez Library, chairs huddled together in half circles with parents practicing their 'reading out loud skills,' and songs with fun rhymes sung over-and-over-again to the delight of the smallest children....
New virtual programming for families and youth!
May 7, 2020
Salinas Public Library has been busy creating new programs for the community to view online during the current COVID-19 closure. Parents can engage online in storytime and songs with their children in programs like the following:
Literacy team ZOOMS ahead with instruction!
April 23, 2020
Isolation and uncertainty are commonplace these days, and add to the challenge for those working to learn new literacy and language skills. Many adult learners are especially impacted, as they too navigate the transition to virtual learning. The Literacy staff are making most of the current classes and individual tutoring programs virtual, and in response...
Celebrating National Bookmobile Day with an exciting announcement!
April 22, 2020
For the past several years, our KinderMobile has faithfully traveled to local public elementary schools throughout Salinas, bringing story time and books for check-out to kindergarten classrooms, and showing up for parent night and other special events.
Today, on National Bookmobile Day, we are announcing an award from the California State Library that will...
Salinas Public Library responds to COVID-19 Coronavirus
March 13, 2020
April 3, 2020 update:
Salinas Public Library will be closed until at least May 3, 2020. Due dates will be extended for all currently borrowed library materials, with no overdue fines. Expiration dates for requested/holds items will also be extended until the library reopen.
Library services are still available through our digital...
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