Library

Salem Public Library offers no contact, by-appointment-only Curbside Service  at Salem Public Library at Broadway, 1400 Broadway St NE. We are also here to serve you with virtual services via telephone, email, chat, and through our website, available 24/7. Library buildings remain closed to the public due to COVID-19.

 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.

​Search the catalog or access your CCRLS account

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
Jun. 23
Explore Salem's Neighborhood History6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.Digital Meeting

Did you know Salem used to have a Chinatown? Or that Herbert Hoover’s boyhood home is right here in Salem? Join the City of Salem’s Historic Preservation staff to learn about some of Salem’s historic neighborhoods and the people who lived there! Through maps and photos Kirsten and Kimberli will share interesting facts about Salem’s oldest neighborhoods and historic districts including Salem’s historic downtown.

Sign up to receive the Zoom link!

Phone: 5035886315

Jun. 24
Hora de Cuentos en el Hogar9:00 a.m.–9:30 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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What Do You Know? Teen Trivia Night6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.Digital Meeting

Celebrate the end of the school year and the beginning of summer with a pub-style trivia night filled with random facts about topics including young adult books, movies, pets, and potatoes. Sound fun? Sign up to get the Zoom access information by email on the day of the event.

Phone: 503-588-6315

Jun. 26
SPL Storytime at Home9:00 a.m.–9:30 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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Jul. 01
Hora de Cuentos en el Hogar9:00 a.m.–9:30 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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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.

Curbside Service to pick up and return library materials is available: http://bit.ly/SPL-at-curbside

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 library staff at: https://bit.ly/SPL-Virtual.
1400 Broadway ST NE
Salem OR 97301
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