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    McHenry Library

    4.2 (15 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    Santa Cruz Public Libraries: Downtown Branch - Santa Cruz Public Library Home

    Santa Cruz Public Libraries: Downtown Branch

    3.6(35 reviews)
    2.2 mi

    My second home I absolutely love looking forward to the new addition. Yay. I would love to…read morevolunteer. I'm gonna sign up online I suppose.

    My adult daughter lives in Santa Cruz, CA and this is the go-to library for she and her family…read more They're voracious readers, with a lot of interests, and regularly check-out large numbers of books across a wide variety of subject areas. They also utilize inter-library loan for holdings not carried by the local library branch. My husband and I were visiting Santa Cruz (June-August, 2024) and went into the library at least three times. I was immediately drawn to a display of recent releases, and borrowed the New York Times Bestseller "On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Health", by Anthony Fauci. This book explored Fauci's work not only in guiding the US response to the COVID pandemic, but also his role in researching and addressing other major infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, Ebola, SARS, West Nile, and anthrax. My husband was drawn to the large display of magazines, and literally spent hours browsing and reading through the most recent editions of some of his favorites. The librarians were very helpful. The library has many computers, with WiFi access. It also allowed me to print out some legal documents that I needed to get notarized (elsewhere). You can also charge your electronics here. There are also clean restrooms. One thing that I didn't find at the library was an area with resources and offerings for the local community. For instance, I unsuccessfully searched for information on local child care options.

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    Santa Cruz Public Libraries: Downtown Branch
    Santa Cruz Public Libraries: Downtown Branch
    Santa Cruz Public Libraries: Downtown Branch - Santa Cruz's downtown main library. They need a new library!

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    Santa Cruz's downtown main library. They need a new library!

    Porter Memorial Public Library - Photo in the historical room of Soquel Historical Library.

    Porter Memorial Public Library

    5.0(2 reviews)
    5.6 mi

    This is such a cute library. From the wonderful volunteers to the awesome historic collection it…read morereally has something for everyone. I've always passed it going up and down Old San Jose, but I had time to stop in and I got a library card the second that I could. Everything is by the books and you won't find a computer to save your life. I think that is what gives it the unique charm that most libraries don't have. 10/10

    Soquel Porter Memorial Library is an all-volunteer effort to provide library services to the…read morecommunity. It was begun by pioneer descendants in 1912 and has been kept open (except in times of flooding) ever since. When it was ordered closed after passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, the people of Soquel fought to keep it open. It functions like a regular library under the guidance of several (retired) volunteer librarians who are highly skilled. Volunteers accept books and must decide which are suitable for cataloging in the collection. Volunteers deal with county regulations. Volunteers sweep the floors. Volunteers keep the doors open on a regular schedule. Sometimes volunteers get grouchy, but they perform a tremendous service for the town of Soquel. It is the little library that could.

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    Porter Memorial Public Library - Photo in the historical room of Soquel Historical Library. This is a photo if a family member.

    Photo in the historical room of Soquel Historical Library. This is a photo if a family member.

    Porter Memorial Public Library - Photo in the historical room of Soquel Historical Library.

    Photo in the historical room of Soquel Historical Library.

    Porter Memorial Public Library - Historical library hours. Remember cars have to be parked around back.

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    Historical library hours. Remember cars have to be parked around back.

    UCSC Science and Engineering Library - 3D Lab in Basement

    UCSC Science and Engineering Library

    3.6(11 reviews)
    0.3 mi

    This is a great library with lots of resources. You can borrow books and laptops or use a computer…read morein the computer lab. There's computers on every floor so you're almost guaranteed to find an open one! There's a quiet floor upstairs and a less quiet main floor. There's also a bottom floor that's best for group studying and is the least quiet. You can also reserve study rooms on the top and bottom floors. My favorite place to study is the back room of the main floor. Since this place seriously lacks outlets, this room is perfect because there's like, 8 outlets per table. However, it's really hard to find a table. I think it's everyone's favorite place :b

    I'm sitting in this concrete block as I'm typing up this review. Generally the library treats me…read morereally well, providing me with cozy chairs that I can construct into a bed for napping time in between classes, plenty of computers available if I am too lazy to tote my laptop around all day and most of the time the textbooks on reserve are actually available for check-out when I need them. However, it is finals week and this place has turned into a hell hole. UGH! All of a sudden you notice that this library with its 3 small levels just cannot house all the students on campus. Granted, we have another library, but that one is partially under construction and way out there in the woods. It's too dark on campus to stumble my way over there! So here I am trying to find a spot that has not only a chair in front of it, but also an available - READ AVAILABLE - outlet for my laptop. Impossible. Finally I cram myself into a group of 6 people at a table that is meant for 4. And hallelujah, one of the students was awesome enough to bring a power strip. There is power for everyone's primary study tools! Yay! Except for he just left... Crap. Time to stop yelping and looking at the books instead. Get some more outlets and chairs, we pay enough to come here!

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    Basement decor

    UCSC Science and Engineering Library - 3D Lab in Basement

    3D Lab in Basement

    UCSC Science and Engineering Library - Basement study area

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