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San Diego Central Library @
Joan Λ Irwin Jacobs Common

From Aug. 29 to Sept. 7, 2026 the Marx Special Collections Center and the Hervey Family Rare Book Room will be closed to the public. Please refer to the Special Collections Website for more information.

Starting Aug. 29, 2026, Saturday hours are changing to 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Central Library, Point Loma/Hervey Library and Rancho Bernardo Library. To view the hours of operation by branch, please visit the SDPL Locations website

In addition, hours will be shifting in select areas of the Central Library. For details, please visit the Visual Arts, Special Collections and Central IDEA Lab websites.

Photo of Central Library, taken by Natalia Robert

330 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101
(Downtown East Village, Park Boulevard at 11th Avenue, near Petco Park) | (Bookdrop on J Street)
Phone: 619-236-5800

Regular Library Hours

Monday11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Tuesday11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Wednesday9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Thursday9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Friday9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
SundayClosed

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