Don't Miss the Book Den's Big Warehouse Sale!

You can find amazing deals at the Friends of the Sacramento Public Library’s Book Den!

Members can browse their warehouse sale on Friday, August 8, 2014 from 5 pm-8 pm. Not a member? You can join at the door for only $15! The big sale continues on Saturday, August 9 and Saturday, August 16 from 9 am-4 pm both days.

Books are priced from 50 cents to $2.00 each. Check out the outside sales area where books will be offered at $6 per bag.

The Book Den is located at 8250 Belvedere Ave., Ste. E, Sacramento, CA 95826. For more info, call 916-731-8493 or email fspl@att.net.

Friends of the Sacramento Public Library Book Sales

Warehouse Sale ~ Members Preview: Friday, December 6th, 5-8 pm (memberships available at door).

Warehouse Sale ~ Open to the Public: Saturday, December 7th, 9 am-4 pm and Saturday, December 14, 9 am-4 pm.

The Book Den is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 9 am to 2 pm. Gift certificates are available at the Book Den. They are accepted by the Book Den and the Warehouse.

The Book Den and the Friends Warehouse are located at 8250 Belvedere, Suite E, Sacramento. Please note there is NO parking allowed on the south side of Belvedere.

For more information, contact fspl@att.net or call (916) 731-8493.

To find out about Book Den/Warehouse volunteer openings, please contact (916) 731-8493 or splallfriends@gmail.com.

got books?

The Friends of the Sacramento Public Library is holding a Warehouse Book Sale:

• Friday, June 1st, 5 - 8 pm - Preview for Friends Members 
• Saturday, June 2nd, 9 am - 4 pm - Open to the public
• Saturday, June 9th, 9 am - 4 pm - Open to the public

Warehouse prices range from 50¢ to $2.00

There are a number of recently donated classical 78 vinyl records available at the June 1st sale together with extensive collections of books on CD'S, cassettes and board games. 

The Warehouse is located at:

8250 Belvedere Road, Suite E, Sacramento, CA 95826

(Off Highway 50 at Howe/Power Inn Road, between Power Inn Road and Florin-Perkins Road, 1 block south of 14th Avenue)

For more information, contact:  (916) 731-8493 or fspl@att.net 

As always, the Book Den store will be open during the Warehouse Sale and Preview. At the Book Den shoppers select from individually priced better books, including collectibles, and other materials, with most books priced at $3 and up. The Book Den is regularly open Thursday through Saturday from 9 am to 2 pm.

  

Dollars & Sense - College Financial Aid Workshops

Is your head spinning trying to make sense out of college financial aid programs and forms?
Don't stress - help is available! 

The Sacramento Public Library is hosting two FREE workshops that will explain the basics of grants, scholarships, work study and loans.  You will also learn about the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).  This is the one financial aid application form that ALL college-bound seniors should fill out.

The workshops will be presented by Marilyn Van Loben Sels, a certified college counselor with more than fifteen years experience.  The workshops will be held on Wednesday, January 11 at 6:30 pm and Wednesday, January 18 at 6:30 pm at the Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library, 7335 Gloria Drive in Sacramento.

Registration is required by calling the Sacramento Public Library at 916-264-2920 or by visiting http://www.saclibrary.org/

Funding Cuts = Reduced Hours at Sacto Libraries

Funding cuts have resulted in reduced hours at all of the Sacramento Public Library’s 28 branch locations, effective October 8, 2011. 

The new hours for The Martin Luther King, Jr. Library (7340 24^th Street Bypass, Sacramento):

Tuesday and Wednesday – 10 am to 6 pm
Thursday – noon to 8 pm
Friday – 1 pm to 6 pmSaturday – 10 am to 5 pm
Sunday and Monday – closed

The new hours for the Southgate Library (6132 66^th Avenue, Sacramento):

Tuesday and Wednesday – 10 am to 8 pm
Thursday – 10 am to 6 pm
Friday – 1 pm to 6 pmSaturday – 10 am to 5 pm
Sunday and Monday – closed

Library managers will monitor patron use during the next six months to evaluate the new schedules for possible adjustments.  Patrons can also visit the library’s website at www.saclibrary.org for 24/7 access to services such as catalog searches, book renewals, and payments of fines.

70,000 Books for Sale to Benefit Sac Public Library

The Friends of the Sacramento Public Library are holding a Warehouse Book Sale on Saturday, October 1 and Saturday, October 8 at 8250 Belvedere Avenue, Suite E, Sacramento.  This is between Power Inn Road and Florin-Perkins Road, just south of 14^th Avenue. 

Public sale hours will be noon to 4 pm on October 1 and 9 am to 4 pm on October 8.  A preview for Friends’ members will be from 9 am to noon on October 1.  Prospective members may join at the door for $15 and attend the preview. 

More than 70,000 paperback and hard-bound books, videos, and audio books will be sold at prices ranging from 50 cents to $2.00.  All proceeds, after expenses, benefit the Sacramento Public Library. 

The Book Den will also be open during the Warehouse Sale hours.  Individually priced “better” books, including collectibles, will be for sale for $3 and up. 

The Book Den is regularly open Thursday through Saturday from 9 am to 2 pm.  Book donations are welcome.   For more information, please call 916-731-8493 or email fspl@att.net.

Calling All Bookworms! June 11 Book Sale

The Friends of the Sacramento Public Library Warehouse Sale is this Saturday, June 11 from 9 am to 4 pm, at 8250 Belvedere Avenue, Suite E in Sacramento. 

Hundreds of books, including science fiction, medieval and Renaissance history, and United States history will be on sale at rock bottom prices.

This is your chance to stock up on your summer reading list!

For more information, please call 916-731-8493.

Online Homework Help from the Experts

How cool is this?  You can get live online homework help from a tutor, submit your writing and receive expert assistance, even get live help for your foreign language homework.  Wow, we wish this service was available when we were growing up! 

And it's so easy to use...just go to the Sacramento Public Library's website at http://www.saclibrary.org/?pageId=132. Then click on the Homework HelpNow! icon.  That will take you to the long-in screen where you need to type your library card number and accompanying pin code.  Don't have a pin code?  Not a problem!  You can get one through that webpage.

Now you have no excuses for not doing your homework!