Salinas Public Library News
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Digital Arts Lab is Now Open at the El Gabilan Branch!

March 10, 2023
Salinas Public Library is happy to announce the opening of the Digital Arts Lab at the El Gabilan branch. Ask our friendly staff about the various tools that are available to you; from the Adobe Cloud Suite (including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and much more!) to our high definition scanner, you will find everything you...
New Library Card Designs are Released

February 22, 2023
New library cards are here! These new designs are created by winners of Salinas Public Library Card Design Contest 2022 , where more than 100 local artists of all ages showcased their creativity to describe the value of library in our community. Each winning artist provided theme that showcase the significance of...
Playgroups are Back!

February 3, 2023
Our popular playgroups are starting once again at all three of our libraries. These parent-child, 20-week playgroups are designed to help parents learn how they can become their children's first teacher while fostering early child development skills and positive relationships. Each playgroup provides sensory play and exploratory activities that develop speech and language, creative play,...
Join FOSPL for Sip & Paint Fundraiser!

January 26, 2023
Friends of the Salinas Public Library (FOSPL) is back with their 2nd annual fundraising event, Sip & Paint!
This year's Sip & Paint event will be held at Cesar Chavez Library on Saturday, February 25 at 6 pm. Join the library and FOSPL for this fun event where you can great creative and show...
Congratulations to the Library Card Design Contest Winners

December 14, 2022
The Salinas Public Library strives to serve, represent,and engage our community as best we can. For this reason, we wanted to allow our community of artists the opportunity to design our next set of Salinas Public Library cards. We’re happy to announce the winners of our Library Card Design Contest:
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