Branch Locations & Hours - Scotts Valley

230-D Mount Hermon Road
Kings Village Shopping Center
Scotts Valley, CA 95066-4304  ( View Map)

Scotts Valley: 831-420-5369
Telephone Reference: 831-420-5730
Teleservice/Telephone Renewals: 831-420-5775

Branch Services — Beyond Books...

• Homework Centers
  5 terminals with one hour time limit
  Internet access, word processing, educational games, headphones, flatbed scanner
  Limited to ages 17 and under from 2:30 - 5:00, Mon - Fri
  First 10 pages printed free (K-12 homework only), 15¢ per page thereafter
• Public Internet Access - Adults
  4 internet terminals with one hour time limit; printing is 15¢ per page
  5 additional internet terminals are available to adults EXCEPT during Homework Center hours (from 2:30 - 5:00 Mon - Fri)
• Teen Self Help Collection
• Test Proctoring - Open Book
  Contact: Branch Manager (831-420-5369)
• Wireless Internet Access
• Word Processing - Adults
  5 PCs with one hour time limit
  Available to adults during NON-Homework Center hours only (Homework Center hours are 2:30 - 5:00, Mon - Fri)
  Printing is 15¢ per page

About the Branch:

Square Feet: 5,300

The Scotts Valley Library was founded in February 1953 and was originally located at 7 Camp Evers Lane. By 1985, the Scotts Valley Library had survived Proposition 13 in 1978 and a small earthquake of a less devastating impact in 1984, to move to its current location in the Kings Valley Shopping Center where it has been a popular and growing presence ever since.

Although the shopping center site has served its library patrons well, there are occasional dramatic drawbacks to this kind of location. On September 24, 1985, a car crashed through the front window of the branch. When it came to a stop, the rear of the car was four feet inside the building; the passengers in the car and the branch manager were slightly injured; and the circulation desk and other nearby equipment were demolished.

In 1989, the City of Scotts Valley and the Library System agreed to increase open hours and staffing and to expand children's services. This process was briefly interrupted by the Loma Prieta earthquake in October, 1989 when damage was sustained to the ceiling and light fixtures in the children's area. But the branch reopened after the quake with the area roped off temporarily and the project continued with new children's book arriving in January, 1990.

The 1990's was a decade of ups and downs for the Scotts Valley Library culminating in the redesign, redecoration and expansion of the branch that doubled its size to its current 5,300 square feet by January, 1998. The newly configured branch was bigger and brighter; public restrooms were added; and a Homework Center for young people debuted in the fall of 1998 which provided educational games, encyclopedias and atlases, as well as word processing and Internet access.

In the early years of the 2000's, the branch was reconfigured to provide a quieter place for young children and their parents and new shelving was added for the growing media collections.

The City of Scotts Valley is continuing its efforts to secure a new site that will accomodate a much larger library building in order to meet the needs of its patrons. In the meantime, the Scotts Valley Library remains a busy and lively center of activity in the community.

Last updated by jessb on April 25, 2009