San Rafael Branch Library
Branch Calendar
Branch Brief
The San Rafael Branch Library opened on July 31, 1957, adding on a meeting room ten years later. The branch participates in Pasadena's School Library Cooperative Project with San Rafael School. Branch staff can accommodate both English and Spanish speaking patrons.
The San Rafael Branch Library neighborhood profile provides more details about where the library is located.
Services and Programs
Children's Programs
Preschool Story Hour: Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
Adult Programs
Knitting Thursday at 2:00 p.m.
For special events and holiday programs, call (626) 744-7270. Or, for more information about programs here and throughout the Pasadena Public Library, you can visit our Library Calendar.
San Rafael Branch Collection
The San Rafael Branch Library is a small branch with approximately -------- items in its collection and circulates approximately -------- books per year. The collection consists of adult and juvenile materials, featuring popular fiction and non-fiction, magazines, encyclopedias and a reference collection. Strengths of the collection are art, travel, historical homes, biographies and bestsellers. Children's Spanish language fiction and non-fiction books are also available.
Meeting Room
The meeting room will accommodate up to 33 people. This room is free to groups who do not charge an admission fee or restrict admission on the basis of membership.
Special Features
Local residents enjoy using the branch resources for recreational reading, student homework assistance and answering reference questions. Community meetings and election voting are held in the branch meeting room. San Rafael Branch has a large on-going book sale, where both hardbound and paperback books are sold.
The San Rafael Associates support programs and activities at the branch, through local participation and fundraising.
San Rafael Branch Library is pleased to offer free wireless Internet access to patrons with appropriately equipped wireless devices. A valid Pasadena Library Card and PIN are required to access the library's wireless Internet services.
School Services
San Rafael Branch Library partners with the San Rafael Elementary School providing library instruction to classes from San Rafael Elementary School. In the 2008-2009 fiscal year, San Rafael offered 271 programs for children with 6,166 in attendance. Of these, 122 were class visits with a total attendance of 2,638.
Branch Characteristics
| Opened/Expanded |
1957 |
| Building Size (Sq. Ft.) |
3,882 |
| Meeting Room Seats |
33 |
| Parking Spaces |
5 |
| Collection |
37,555 |
Branch Use Statistics
| Fiscal Year |
Circulation |
Total Visitors |
| 2004/2005 |
38,190 |
23,731 |
| 2005/2006 |
39,888 |
23,096 |
| 2006/2007 |
42,515 |
27,669 |
| 2007/2008 |
43,113 |
24,626 |
| 2008/2009 |
45,610 |
25,440 |