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Interlibrary Loan Hiatus

The Interlibrary Loan Service at the Santa Fe Public Library has been temporarily suspended until May 1, 2012. No requests, either in person or via email, will be accepted during this temporary closure. The Library has a shortage of professional staff due to retirements, staff leaving the state and illness. The Interlibrary Loan Department plans to reopen on May 1, 2012 . Until then we will not be accepting requests, either in person or by email. If you have any questions, please call 955-6793. With your Santa Fe Public Library card, you can get a card at the Albuquerque Public Library as well as Los Alamos and other public libraries in the state. These libraries might have materials that you would otherwise have to order through Interlibrary loan. However, these libraries will not provide interlibrary loan service for our patrons. We apologize for any inconvenience.

posted 1/25/12
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Upcoming Programs

Friends of the Library Booksales

Upcoming Booksales: 2012

April 28-29
Southside Library
Spring Sale

Saturday: 10-4
Sunday: 1-4
Open to the public: no members-only hours
Specially-priced and discount books.
Sunday is bag day: $3.00/bag

September 22-23
Southside Library
Autumn Sale

Saturday: 10-4
Sunday: 1-4
Open to the public: no members-only hours
Specially-priced and discount books.
Sunday is bag day: $3.00/bag

added 12/16/2011

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Teen Programs

Wanna eat ramen and watch anime? Hang with your friends? Have your voice heard by helping plan cool teen programs? Read the book before the movie is released? Get crafty? Well, you can do all that at the Santa Fe Public Library Southside Branch! Join us every Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Teens 13 to 18 years are invited to come in and see what's up.

The Teen Programs will go on hiatus for the holidays. There will be no program on Thursday, November 24 for Thanksgiving.

The last program in 2011 will be on Thursday, December 15. They will resume on Thursday, January 5, 2012, and go on until Thursday, May 17, 2012.

1st Thursdays: Teen Book Club
2nd Thursdays: Librarian's Choice
3rd and 4th Thursdays: Anime Club
5th Thursdays (if there is one): Par-tay!

For more information, call 955-2829.

updated 11/10/2011


Teen Book Club
at the Southside Library
6599 Jaguar Drive

1st Thursdays
4:30 - 5:30 pm

The Teen Book Club meets on the first Thursday of every month at 4:30. We've read and discussed Eragon by Christopher Paolini, The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman, Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause, Going Bovine by Libba Bray, and many more. Join us, and help decide what we'll read next!

If you're ages 13-18, you are welcome to just drop by. Books are provided.

posted 7/23/2010
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Librarian's Choice Teen Program
at the Southside Library
6599 Jaguar Drive

2nd Thursdays
4:30 - 5:30 pm

The second Thursday of each month is a grab-bag surprise-filled bonanza of teen fun. 4:30-5:30

posted 01/31/2012
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Anime Films
at the Southside Library for Teens
6599 Jaguar Drive

3rd and 4th Thursdays
4:30 - 5:30 pm

Anime Club is held the third and fourth Thursday of every month at 4:30. Join us for anime on the big screen and ramen. Choose anime, watch anime, talk about anime. Each month features a different anime film!

updated 3/2/2011
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LibraryThing in the Catalog

Many of you may already use LibraryThing to organize your own home or business libraries. We've now added some of LibraryThing's features to our catalog to help enhance your browsing and searching experience. The features we have are:

  • Shelf Browse: you can see book covers arranged by call number
  • Tags: see and click on different labels for each item
  • Similar Items: see recommendations for both fiction and non-fiction
  • Series & Awards: see if this title has won awards, or if it's part of a series
  • Lexile Reading Level: For select Children's and Teen titles
The Tiger's WifeTags and Book Recommendations for The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

The best thing about LibraryThing is that all of the information is right in front of you. You won't need to search a separate database or check out different websites to get reading recommendations or series information. Just click on the book covers or links and get all the info you need! As always, come visit us at any library branch, call our reference desks, or email library@santafenm.gov if you have questions about this or any other resource.

added 10/21/2011

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Change in Overdue Procedures

In order to better serve our community, the Santa Fe Public Library has made some changes to our overdue procedures and schedule of overdue notices.

Patrons will be able to renew an overdue item, even from home, within the first 14 days of the overdue process as long as there are no holds.

Patrons will be blocked from checking out other items if any item becomes 14 days overdue.

A bill will be mailed to patrons via United States mail for long overdue items. The bill will include an estimated replacement cost.

The Library works to serve our users. When materials are long overdue, the items are not available for other patrons to check out. The Library does not have a large enough budget to be able to purchase extra copies of items that are long overdue. We appreciate your working with us to get books and other materials back in a timely manner.

updated 1/11/2011

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Library Notices

The Santa Fe Public Library sends notices via E-mail, telephone, and US Mail to inform you of items that you need to pick up or items that you need to return. You choose your preferred method of notification when you apply for your card. You may update or alter your preferred method of notification at any Santa Fe Public Library location, or by accessing your account online at www.santafelibrary.org.

Email: If you specify e-mail as your method of notification you will receive e-mails regarding hold pick-up, and first and second notice of overdue items.

The email message will contain the title of the overdue item or the item on hold for you, and the name of the library where the item is being held. Please note that some email programs and system servers may identify email from the Santa Fe Public Library as spam. To help ensure that you receive your notices, it is helpful to place our email address in your contacts list or address book: SFPLCIRC@yahoo.com

Telephone: By selecting telephone notification, you will be sent an automated call regarding hold pick-up and overdue materials . The automated caller will tell you only that you have something on hold or overdue at the Santa Fe Public Library, not what the item is or where it is being held.

Postal Mail: By choosing print notification for your primary method of notification, you will be sent notices by the USPS for hold pick-up and overdue materials. Your post card will note titles on hold for you and your pick up location or overdue items that you need to return.

When e-mail and phone notices are undeliverable, a print notice is generated and mailed out via USPS mail. You can avoid this by updating your email address and phone information either at home or when you visit or call one of Santa Fe Public Library locations. All bills for long overdue items are mailed to patrons via USPS regardless of notification preference.

Notices are generated and sent daily Monday through Saturday, for your convenience. The library wants to make sure that you receive all of your notices as quickly as possible however, the d elivery and receipt of a circulation notice is not guaranteed. Factors not under the direct control of the library can hinder delivery of e-mail, telephone messages, and notices sent by mail; therefore, the Santa Fe Public Library is not responsible for circulation notices that do not reach patrons in a timely manner. Please make sure that e-mail addresses, phone numbers and mailing addresses are kept current.

Please retain circulation receipts to ensure that you are able to renew or return materials in a timely manner. You can phone the library at 505-955-6803 if you have any questions about what you have on hold, what is checked out on your library account, or if you would like to make sure that your contact information is current.

Thank you.

Thanks to the Berkeley Public Library for assistance with this page.

posted 1/6/2011
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Library Bills

The Santa Fe Public Library will begin sending out bills for long overdue material via the U.S. Postal Service this month. It is our hope that timely billing will help retrieve or replace items that have not been available to our patrons because they have been kept out past their due date and are long overdue.

The bill will include an estimated replacement cost for each long overdue item. Your library account can be cleared by returning all of the long overdue items or paying the item's actual replacement cost which you can obtain from the library, or by replacing the item with an exact copy in new or very good condition. The replacement book cannot have any ownership markings from other libraries.

Please call any of Santa Fe Public Library's branches for information pertaining to the items listed on the bill; call 955-6803 if you need help interpreting the bill itself. We appreciate your working with the Library to get all library materials back in a timely manner so that everyone has a chance to use them

updated 2/11/2011

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Wireless Information: In the Library and Out

All branches of the Santa Fe Public Library have wireless access. It is free to use, and does not require a login or password. We have more information about our wireless connection Here.

If you're looking for a free wireless connection when we're closed or when you're elsewhere in New Mexico, WiFi Free Spot is a good site for this information.

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City of Santa Fe

Santa Fe Public Library
is an agency of the
City of Santa Fe,
Community Services Department.



Santa Fe Public Library
145 Washington Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 955-6780
library@santafenm.gov


Last update: December 16, 2011.