Library Closed on Memorial Day

The libraries in San Rafael will be closed Monday, May 28th for Memorial Day. But the Digital Branch is always open!

Download eBooks and eAudioBooks from home!

Have a Kindle, Nook, iPad, iPhone, or Android phone or tablet?  You can download thousands of popular eBooks and eAudioBooks from the library, for free with your library card!

Check out our Downloads page for more info, new user's guides for your specific devices, and links to all of our eBooks.

And if you have any questions about how to use our eBooks, feel free to email library@cityofsanrafael.org or drop by one of our eBook help sessions, every Thursday from 2-3pm at the Downtown Library!

Highlighted Events for May

We've got tons going on every single week at our two libraries!  Each week we have around a dozen different events for all ages -- story times, classes, cultural events, and lots more.  Here are just a few highlights for April!  For a complete list of our upcoming events, see our calendar.

• Conversation Club in Spanish for Adults / Club de Conversacion en espanol - Thursdays May 10th and May 24th, 1-2:30pm, Pickleweed Library
• Sing-Along with Sara Sonnet - Every Friday from 10:30-11am, Downtown Library Meeting Room
• Family Storytime / Cuentos para la familia - Every Tuesday from  7-7:30pm, Pickleweed Library
• Introduction to Bit Torrent and File Sharing - Thursday, May 17, 4-5pm, Downtown Library Meeting Room
• Full Dewey Book Club: Professor and the Madman - Thursday, May 17, 7-8pm, Downtown Library Meeting Room
• READ with Bumps (storytime with Bumps the dog!) - Sunday, May 20, 2-4pm, Downtown Library Meeting Room

Spanish Conversation Club

Want to improve your Spanish skills? 

The Pickleweed Library has a conversation club in Spanish and is always looking for new members!  This program is for adults who are looking for opportunities to practice and improve their conversation skills in Spanish.  

The club meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month, from 1pm-2:30 pm in the Pickleweed Teen Room.

Legal self-help books online

Ever need a little bit of help walking through a tough legal issue?  Perhaps it's setting up a living trust, or writing a will, starting a business, getting a patent, or getting a divorce?  

The Library offers hundreds of online legal self-help books from Nolo (the leading publisher of legal reference books). The best part is that you can access all of them from home with your library card!  Just go to the Library's Downloads page, and click on the link to the Legal Information Reference Center.

Here is a sampling of the popular titles you can access:

• Every Tenant's Legal Guide
• Plan Your Estate
• Your Rights in the Workplace
• U.S. Immigration Made Easy
• Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home
• Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce
• Living Wills and Power of Attorney for California
• Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business
• Copyright Handbook

We also have many of these titles in print format if you prefer that.  And if you have any questions or aren't finding what you need, give us a call or an email!