Santa Cruz Public Libraries Downtown Branch is the main branch of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries. It is open the…More most frequently and has the largest collection of books of all of the branches. The library spans 44,000 square feet and offers several amenities including a homework center, computer terminal access for adults, meeting rooms and microfilm readers. A Friends of the Library store is also located inside the Central Library. Benches surround the outside of the building for readers to enjoy a book in the sun.</p> <p>For answers to reference questions, be sure to call 831-427-7713 or text the question to 66756 with SCPL in the message body. (Message rates may apply.)</p>

Branciforte Library is the east-side Santa Cruz branch of the Santa Cruz Public Library system. The library, located…More on Gault Street, is five days per week. While the library has limited hours, outside the library are several boxes of free books.</p> <p>The library has been at its current location since 1967. It encompasses more that 7,500 square feet and includes both an adult computer center and a teen homework center. Both centers are replete with five individual terminals with Internet access. The homework center also provides word processing programs, educational games and headphones.</p> <p>To reach the reference desk, call 831-427-7713.</p> <p>To renew a book over the phone, call 831-471-9750.</p>

The Garfield Park branch of the Santa Cruz Pubic Libraries has a rich history. The building, which still is…More fundamentally the same, was designed by William H. Weeks, who also designed Santa Cruz High School, Branciforte Elementary School, and the Palomar Hotel, and was paid for by a Carnegie Corporation grant, one of four awarded to build libraries in Santa Cruz in 1913. Garfield Park was completed in 1915. The branch offers a homework center for students 17 and younger, complete with nine computer terminals with Internet access, educational games and word processing programs. The library allows K-12 students to print 10 pages for free. In addition, an adult computer center is available with four terminals. Printing in that area cost 15 cents per page.</p> <p>The number for the reference desk is 831-427-7713.</p> <p>The email address is elibrary@santacruzpl.org</p>