El Cerrito Library, 2012
Help grow our library — let's write the next chapter together.
Imagine a modern new library and learning center in the heart of El Cerrito with state-of-the-art technology, a wide selection of reading materials, rooms for reading, studying, gathering and other community use, and librarians and staff to help connect our community to new information and ideas.
The El Cerrito New Library Committee needs help from the community to make this happen. This website is an information center for supporters to stay in touch and be informed of related news. Sign up for our mailing list to join us as a supporter, receive periodic updates, and become a volunteer.

City Budget Meeting Update

June 5, 2013

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THANK YOU for your support for a new library! Your actions made a difference. Tuesday night at the City Council meeting, many council members mentioned the many library-support emails they got earlier that day, as well as the impressive showing… [Read more…]

TONIGHT! 7pm Budget feedback at City Hall – We need your support!

June 4, 2013

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Tuesday night (June 4th) the City Council will be giving the City staff very important budgetary feedback regarding our Library. Times are not the best and there is not enough money available to fund all the things the Council thinks… [Read more…]

El Cerrito Library boosters seek increase in open hours

May 30, 2013

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A committee working on a plan for a new library in El Cerrito is also pushing the city to provide funding in its 2013-14 budget to keep the current 65-year-old library open more hours per week … Former City Manager… [Read more…]

SAVE THE DATE! 100th Anniversary Birthday Party for El Cerrito Library, June 14, 7-9pm

May 22, 2013

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100th Anniversary of the Library

Friends of El Cerrito Library, the El Cerrito Library, the El Cerrito New Library Committee, the City of El Cerrito, and the El Cerrito Historical Society all are hosting a birthday party to celebrate the Library’s 100th anniversary. It will… [Read more…]