The Scripps Ranch Friends of the Library (SRFOL) exists to support the operation of the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center. The SRFOL, through volunteer services, assists library patrons, hosts special events, operates a used book store (Grace's Book Nook), and provides financial support for acquisitions and community activities.

The SRFOL is an officially chartered, §501(c)(3) non-profit, educational organization. As such, donations made to the SRFOL are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law under Internal Revenue Service tax regulations.

Please feel free to explore this web site to learn about the services provided by the SRFOL and by the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center itself.

In accordance with City of San Diego budgetary constraints, 20 branches of the San Diego Public Library system, including the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center, will be CLOSED on all Mondays starting September 15, 2025, and continuing into the indefinite future.

For library patrons in urgent need of library services on Mondays, the following 17 branches of the San Diego Public Library system will be open for patron needs on Mondays:

Detailed descriptions and updated information about monthly events and activities scheduled to be held at the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center is available by clicking on the link below:

January 2026 Events and Activities

A printable monthly calendar, created by library staff member Robert Lanuza, is available that shows all events scheduled to be held at the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center. Please click on the link below:

January 2026 Calendar

February 2026 Calendar

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For January, the Book Discussion Group is reading The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich. Join the discussion on Thursday, January 22, from 12:30 to 2 pm, in the library's Seminar Room. Bring a brown bag lunch, if you'd like. New members are always welcome! February's selection is Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. Copies of the books are available at the circulation desk.

Starting September 15, 2025, and continuing into the indefinite future, the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center will be closed on all Mondays. This closure affects not just library services but all programs, events, and activities previously scheduled to happen on Mondays. The closure is a result of City of San Diego budgetary constraints. Accordingly, starting September 15, 2025, except for City of San Diego holidays, the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library is open to the public during the following hours:

• Holiday Closures: The Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center will be closed for the following official holiday periods:
  
  

  Day	Date	Holiday
  Thursday	January 1, 2026	New Year's Day
  Monday	January 19, 2026	Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  
  
  
• Pleasure of Your Company Concerts for 2026: All concerts are canceled for 2026 until the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center reopens in the late Summer of 2026 or possibly even the Fall or Winter of 2026.
  
  
• The Entire Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center: The latest unofficial word is that our library will close sometime in February 2026 and remain closed for at least 6-8 months during which time deferred maintenance work, including replacement of the roof and the HVAC system, will be performed. We have also been informed that work on the lower parking lot, which has been suspended for the past year-and-a-half, might resume in February. Patrons should note that our library will be completely closed to all access by the public and by library staff while the maintenance work is being performed. We have been told that no library material (books, DVDs, CDs, magazines, equipment, etc) will be removed from the library prior to its closure—nor will any library material be permitted to be delivered to or to be removed from the library nor will meeting rooms be available during our library's closure.
  
  
• Parking Lot Expansion Project: As library patrons will attest, little to no work has been done on the library's parking lot expansion project for over a year. The City has stated that work on the parking lot will resume in October, November, December 2025. Well, now they're saying February 2026; but, of course, this is the same City which stated the lot expansion would be finished a year ago. The City also tells us that the expanded lot—minus the previously-promised traffic light at the expanded parking lot's entrance/exit—will be completed when the library reopens when/after the HVAC/roof replacement project completes, which could be as late as Summer—or maybe Autumn—2026.
  
  

For well over a year the City of San Diego has been working on a set of major renovations to the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center. Some of the work has been completed, while other work has been repeatedly delayed—much to the dismay of library patrons and activity planning. A year ago, last January (2025), we were informed that the library would be closed in its entirety for months so that some of the major renovation work could be performed. First, the City said the library would be closed in August 2025. Then that date was moved to September. Then moved again to October. Then to November. Then to the precise date of December 23, 2025. One week after the December 23 date was announced, the date was moved again to February 2026; but we were told that February was essentially a guess. More recently senior library management informed us that the library "may close by the end of March 2026" although that is not supported by the City's official Capital Improvements Program (CIP) office. During the period of sliding start dates, the Scripps Ranch Friends of the Library made numerous attempts to pin down a precise—or even a semi-precise—starting date. In an attempt to get an official answer to the question regarding the dates on which the library's renovation work would commence, we resorted to the City's Capital Improvements Program (CIP) office. The following report is based upon CIP's sometimes-a-month-behind-the-times updates—coupled with personal onsite observations. We will attempt to keep this historical report current based upon the closest thing we have to "official" information. Please click on the link below for a description of the library's renovation plans:

Library Renovation Plans

For the latest information on special programming, please check this website or check (and like!) the library's Facebook page.

Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center
10301 Scripps Lake Drive
San Diego, CA 92131