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Both Salem Public Library locations are currently closed due to COVID-19. No contact, by-appointment-only curbside service is available to Salem Public Library cardholders at Salem Public Library at Broadway Patrons are asked to keep materials at home until reopening. No fines will be charged. Staff are still available for you. Learn More about how to reach us and virtual services that are available 24/7. Check the City's COVID-19 information center for all City service impacts.

Access your Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS) account to renew items, check on holds and fines or find out if the item you want is available.

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Do you have holds listed as available for pick up at SPL at Broadway or West Salem?

​Make a no-contact Curbside Service appointment

What’s happening
Aug. 11
Visit Salem PL Island in Animal Crossing4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.On Facebook - @spl.oregon

Hey, Salem! We've been busy building a Salem Public Library Island and would love a visit from you! We'll open the gates to our Salem PL Island from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, August 11. Come visit!! Liv the Librarian will be on hand to answer IRL reference questions. You can take your picture in our virtual library, swap in-game recipes, and just have a look around.

Check on our Facebookpage.

We'll post your Dodo code to join at 4 p.m. Tuesday, August 11. ¡Hola, Salem! ¡Hemos estado ocupados construyendo una Isla de la Biblioteca Pública de Salem y nos encantaría una visita! Abriremos las puertas de nuestra isla Salem PL desde las 4-6 p.m. el martes 11 de agosto. ¡Ven visitarnos! Liv, la bibliotecaria, estará disponible para responder a las preguntas de referencia del mundo real. Puede tomarse una foto en nuestra biblioteca virtual, intercambiar recetas del juego y echarnos un vistazo.

Visite nuestra página de Facebookpage.

Publicaremos el código Dodo para unirnos a las el martes 11 de agosto.

Phone: 503-588-6315

Aug. 12
Quaran-Teen Book Chat3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.Digital Meeting

This casual chat group focuses on a different book, book series, or book type each week. The time is split between trivia (using Kahoot), discussion of the week’s focus book, and books in general. Find out what we’re discussing on Facebook, the library website, or by event email. Sign up to get weekly notices about the Quaran-Teen Book Chat. You will get the Zoom ID by email the day before each meeting.

Phone: 503-588-6315

Live Book Suggestions: Childhood Favorites Edition4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.On Facebook - @spl.oregon

Tell us your favorite childhood book and we'll send you 3-4 personalized book suggestions that are at your current reading level, but will bring you the same feels! A team of SPL librarians will be live at your fingertips from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, August 12. Watch for our live post at 4 p.m. to make your request in the comments or email us anytime at [email protected]

Phone: 503-588-6315

Aug. 13
Hora de Cuentos en el Hogar8:00 a.m.–8:20 a.m.Salem Public Library

Mientras la biblioteca está cerrada al público, comparte el amor de literatura con su familia viendo nuestras SPL Hora de Cuentos en el Hogar. Cada pequeño episodio, lanzado cada jueves, tiene canciones y rimas de algunos de nuestros libros favoritos. Tenemos muchas ganas de verlos en la biblioteca, pero mientras tanto, por favor disfruten de nuestros episodios de Hora de Cuentos en el Hogar desde la seguridad de su propia casa. Visita https://www.facebook.com/@CiudaddeSalemOregon o https://www.facebook.com/spl.oregon/ #splathome

Phone: 503-588-6315

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Aug. 15
SPL Storytime at Home8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.Virtual Meeting

Families are invited to join Youth Services staff online each week for stories, songs, and fingerplays. New online storytimes are published on the library's Facebook page using #splathome each Monday and Saturday in English and Thursday in Spanish.

Phone: 503-588-6315

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Salem Public Library at Broadway
In the interest of public health, both Salem Public Library locations - Salem Public Library at Broadway and the West Salem Library Branch – are temporarily closed to the public to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

Virtual Library services are available 24/7. Learn more about how to download free ebooks, eaudiobooks, and movies, do research, find information, study, and live chat with librarians at: http://bit.ly/VirtualSPL2.
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Salem OR 97301
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