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Entertaining & Educational Spring break is coming up for many students. We have a number of free educational and entertaining resources to keep children engaged. Kanopy Kids offers unlimited kids’ movies and TV shows, animated storybooks, classic fairy tales and more. Our new resource, hoopla, offers access to kids movies and popular TV shows like The Magic School Bus, The Last Kids on Earth and Octonauts. We also have online games for kids, including ABCmouse and CodeCombat, which teaches kids how to code while playing a fantasy game. |
Free Resource: Comics Plus Enjoy thousands of digital graphic novels and comics, available 24/7 on web-connected devices using ComicsPlus Library Edition. This includes fiction and nonfiction, indie comics, Sunday funnies, and manga! Sign in with your card number and PIN to borrow and download comics. Checkouts last 7 days, but you can renew instantly and as often as you like. Download for offline reading. Comics Plus offers an app for Android and iOS devices, called “Library Pass.” To login, please use your card number and PIN. |
New Online Resource: hoopla We’re excited to announce a great new digital service for our patrons! hoopla Digital allows patrons to enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics and manga for 21 days, music for 7 days, and movies and TV shows for three days—all with no waiting! Sign up for hoopla with your SCCLD library card or at hoopladigital.com or download the hoopla app from your device’s app store. With hoopla’s Instant collection, every title you see is available instantly. Just click or tap to borrow and start enjoying immediately. It works on smart devices or in your computer’s browser, so you can start on one device and pick up where you left off on another. You can stream titles or even download them for offline use if you’re going to be away from Wi-Fi. hoopla is available now! Learn more on our website. |
Final Days of Silicon Valley Reads Our community-wide reading engagement program, Silicon Valley Reads, is winding down. But there are still several weeks of free programs to celebrate A Greener Tomorrow Starts Today. Check out our calendar here. If you’ve joined our Beanstack Reading Challenge, you have a few more weeks to earn badges by reading books, attending library programs and checking out community resources. The reading challenge ends on Sunday, March 31. Thank you for participating in this annual program! We hope you’ve enjoyed our selected books and featured programs. |
Digitize and Document Your Family History Join us and learn how to create your own multimedia family library. Our presenter, Ron Chan, will demonstrate how to create an oral history using AI, scan and restore photos, access free or cost-effective multimedia conversion resources, and use storytelling, movie making, and digitalization to create a history book of your family. Register for the program that’s best for you: April 14 at 1 p.m.: Saratoga Library April 27 at 11 a.m.: Los Altos Library May 4 at 11 a.m.: Cupertino Library May 12 at 11 a.m.: Milpitas Library |
Speaker Series Lineup Announced The Santa Clara County Library District is proud to present a virtual monthly author talk series featuring bestselling, award-winning, and highly acclaimed authors from around the world ranging from fiction to nonfiction genres. Join us on Tuesday, April 9 at 11 a.m. for a one-of-a-kind conversation with National Book Award-winner Colum McCann as he is joined by Diane Foley, the inspiration behind the heartrending book American Mother. Please register. |
Reading Program Hour Expansion Great news to share for our patrons who participate in the Reading Program in South County. As of Tuesday, April 2, we are expanding hours! The new hours will be Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. This change provides six more hours a week for tutors and learners to work together in the Reading Program office inside the Gilroy Library. The Reading Program is also looking for tutors. If you would like to help an adult learner improve their English reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills, please join us for an orientation at Gilroy Library on Wednesday, April 17 at 10 a.m. or 6 p.m. Please fill out this form to register. Visit the Reading Program’s webpage to learn more. |
Spring 2024 Career Fair Learn what it’s like to work for the County of Santa Clara during its Spring 2024 Career Fair. It will be held on Friday, March 29 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds inside the Fiesta Hall (344 Tully Road in San Jose). Please note: This is not a hiring event, but a chance to learn about working for the County. Attendees will be able to speak with department management, as well as learn about job opportunities and benefits from human resources professions. Departments attending include Behavioral Health, Controller/Treasure, Fleets & Facilities, Public Health, the Library District and the Sheriff’s Office. Please register to attend. |
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Join the Library with an Instant Free eCard
If you live in Santa Clara County and do not have a library card with the Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD), or would like additional household members to have their own library accounts, the instant free eCard is for you. eCards are available to all residents who live within Santa Clara County Library District with a valid residential mailing address (P.O. Box not accepted). You can also visit any of our libraries during open hours to convert your eCard, or apply for a full use card to check out any of our physical and digital materials and resources. Renew your library card online! If you have a library card and would like to keep it current, now you can renew your library card online! SCCLD makes it easy to keep your account current and active. No visit to the library needed if your account is in good standing and you live within the Greater Bay Area. For more information or to renew online, visit sccld.org/cardrenewal. |
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We're here for you Staff is available to answer your questions Monday - Sunday (excluding holidays). Or text us at (833) 209-6600.
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