The Santa Cruz Public Libraries provide meeting rooms to make it possible for the public and the Library to further the interests and meet the needs of the community, and to build knowledge and understanding of one another as a community.
All meeting room reservations are free and require a library card (except for study rooms). Library spaces are not intended for commercial use or private events, such as weddings, birthday parties, or other types of personal celebrations. No admission fees may be charged, no collections may be taken on the premises, nor any funds or business solicited or direct sales.
Please review our Meeting Room Policy* for full details on the Care and Use of the Meeting Rooms.
Check room availability across all locations on our Spaces page or choose a specific room below.
* Para repasar nuestra política de las salas de reuniones y más detalles sobre el cuidado y uso de nuestras salas de reuniones, haga clic en este enlace.
You'll need an active SCPL library card. If you don't have a card, you can apply online. You'll receive a temporary card number that you can use to book a room. When you come into the library, you can pick up your official library card after showing your ID and proof of mailing address.
For more information and to get a card, visit How to Get a Library Card
Your booking is tentative until it is reviewed and approved by library staff. You will receive an initial email confirmation that your booking request has been submitted for review. You will receive a follow-up email confirmation once your booking has been approved or denied. Check your spam folder for emails from the Library Calendars email address: alerts@mail.libcal.com
If you navigate away from the booking page or your browser crashes before you have submitted your booking, the times you chose will be temporarily locked for five minutes. The system holds in-progress bookings for five minutes to give you time to complete your booking. Library staff are unable to unlock incomplete bookings. Please wait five minutes, then begin your booking request again.
When the branch location is selected in the dropdown at the top left of the screen, you can click on each room's name to get more information about the room's features, see a photo of the space, and browse available times in a daily or weekly view.
Please contact the library to request any changes as soon as possible. Room availability determines whether we can make your desired change.
If you no longer need your reservation, please cancel as soon as possible to make the room available for other community members. Your email confirmation includes a link to cancel the booking. You can also contact the library for assistance.
Community Rooms are large meeting spaces that can be reserved by groups up to two months in advance and up until one business day prior to the event. Rooms can be reserved up to four times per year by one group. Each booking is limited to four hours.
All meetings must be free and open to the public. Please review the Meeting Room Policy for the full terms and conditions regarding the use of Community Rooms.
The Betty Leonard Community Room features:
Community Room features:
Community Room features:
The Ow Family Community Room features:
Community Room features:
Community Room features:
Fireside Room features:
The Dorosin Family Conference Room features:
The Brad McDonald Conference Room features:
Study rooms are available on a same-day basis only. Reservations are made through Library staff at the branch or over the phone. Study rooms are available for one hour per day. If after the first hour the room has not been reserved by another party or group, the patron (or the affiliated group) may book it for another consecutive hour, for up to two hours per day.
The Bob Fifield Study Rooms feature:
Study Room A
Study Room B
The Young Adult study room features:
The Capitola Foundation Study Room features:
Study Room A
The Felton Study Room features:
The Scotts Valley Branch has two study rooms with the following features:
Study Room A
Study Room B
The Live Oak Annex features three study rooms that can be reserved at no charge. To reserve a study room, please contact Santa Cruz County Parks and Recreation directly at 831-454-7938. For more information, visit the Santa Cruz County Parks & Recreation website.
Study Room A
Study Room B
Study Room C
The Amphitheater is a large space for meetings and events. It can be reserved by groups up to two months in advance and up until one business day prior to the event. The Amphitheater can be reserved up to four times per year by one group. Each booking is limited to four hours.
SCPL staff available
Mon-Thur 10am-6pm
Fri-Sat 10am-5pm
Sun 1pm-5pm
831.427.7713
Text 831.264.0647