Dear Friends,

 

Every day, the Humboldt County Public Library helps people enrich their lives.  The toddler at their first story hour, the mother looking for tips on child raising, a new gardener checking out grafting techniques, the genealogist pouring over documents in the Humboldt Room, patrons browsing the the Mystery Section, or a stop by the ‘new acquisitions shelf’ to check out the latest biography, history volume or best-selling fiction. 

 

People of all ages and interests use, enjoy and rely on the public library.  In every branch, there are public internet workstations, reference materials, videos, music CDs, and books on tape.  The materials are accessible and there are reference librarians to answer your questions.  The public library is the gateway to explore the world, spark the imagination, launch young minds or simply answer a question.  The county’s ten branch libraries and bookmobile represent an enormous asset to our community. 

 

You can help ensure our library will continue to inspire and meet the needs of the future by supporting the Humboldt Library Foundation. 

 

Explore our website – there’s information on upcoming events, Frequently Asked Questions (how do we differ from Friends of the Library), our newsletter and how you can contribute to make our library and our community a better place to live.

 

Welcome and enjoy!

Elizabeth Murguia, President

 

The richest person in the world - in fact. all the riches in the world - couldn't provide you with anything like the endless, incredible loot available at your local library. You can measure the awareness, the breadth and the wisdom of a civilization, a nation, a people by the priority given to preserving these repositories of all that we are, all that we were, or will be.

Publisher Malcolm Forbes