Gonzales Library is moving and will be closed from November 25-beginning of February. Please join us on January 10, 2026 for the ribbon cutting for the new Gonzales Community Center at our new location at 630 Fifth Street!
Bookmobile services will be provided at Central Park. Please call the Soledad Branch at 831-386-6890 for assistance.
Online services are available 24/7.
Seaside Branch
550 Harcourt Avenue
Seaside, CA 93955
(831) 899-8222
Toll-Free: (800) 322-6884
Email your branch: 611-secirc@countyofmonterey.gov
David Tavarez
Branch Manager
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Hours
- Monday 10 am - 6 pm
- Tuesday 11 am - 7 pm
- Wednesday 11 am - 7 pm
- Thursday 11 am - 7 pm
- Friday 10 am - 5 pm
- Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
Services
- Books, talking books on CD, DVDs and magazines for all ages
- Newspapers: Monterey County Herald, San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Barron's
- Materials in English, Spanish, Korean and Vietnamese
- Microfilms of local newspapers: Salinas Californian, Monterey County Herald
- Local history and genealogy research. Obituary searches for a charge of $5 per name
- Funding Information Network partner with access to grant seeking resources for nonprofits and individuals
- Home to System Reference, Email us at 611-seaside-ref@countyofmonterey.gov
- To text a Librarian at 831-869-2960
- Telescope is now available to borrow
- Specialized services: Book Club to Go
- Local Friends group: Friends of the Seaside Library
- Try the Princh app on the App Store and Google Play Store for mobile devices and Princh Web app for printing straight from your browser.
Branch History
The City of Seaside was incorporated on October 13, 1954. Its origins date back to 1887, when Dr. John L. D. Roberts purchased 150 acres of the former Rancho Noche Buena, which had been owned by his uncle, David Houghton, for $5,000.
The city’s library was established in 1931 with support from the Emerson Library Club, a community book-sharing social club. As the need for more books and space grew, the City of Seaside voters approved a bond in June 1968 to fund the construction of a new library. On August 25, 1975, a library with 10,000 square feet and a capacity for 50,000 items opened in the Civic Center on Harcourt Avenue. The library is named after former City Manager Gordon R. Forrest, who died in 1969 before the library construction was completed.
Building:
Library services began in 1931 and have been provided at its present location since 1975.
Square Footage: 10,000
Administrative Office
188 Seaside Circle
Marina, CA 93933
Office Telephone: (831) 883-7573
Toll-free: (800) 322-6884