Sacramento Public Library - Timeline

Timeline

• 1857 – Sacramento Library Association opens a library with 800 volumes and 318 subscribers at 5th and J streets.
• 1873 – The Library Association purchased a site and constructs a new library on I Street, between 7th and 8th streets, for $17,000.
• 1879 – The City of Sacramento assumes the Association’s debt and establishes a free, tax-supported Sacramento Public Library.
• 1908 – The first county library in California is stabled in Elk Grove.
• 1914 – The Carnegie Corporation grants $100,000 for the construction of the city’s main library which opened in 1918 and is today’s Central Library.
• 1948 – The city’s first bookmobile goes into operation.
• 1966 – Sacramento City and County library systems partially merge.
• 1977 – The library’s one-millionth volume is added to its collection.
• 1993 – Sacramento City and County creates the Sacramento Public Library authority.
• 1996 – Sacramento city voters pass a ballot measure for a 10-year assessment for increased funding for city library branches.
• 2006 – Sacramento city voters pass another 10-year ballot measure to continue support for city library branches.
• 2011 – The library begins lending out Barnes and Noble Nook E-book readers.