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Hartnell College is one of the oldest educational institutions in California. In 1920, Salinas Junior College was founded.

The school was renamed Hartnell College in 1948. The Hartnell Community College District was formed in 1949.

02/01/2024

We’re celebrating Black History Month all of February! Come by and check out a book from our displays both downstairs and upstairs!

12/15/2023

Hartnell College Library will be closed Saturday December 16th through Friday January 19th. Have a wonderful winter break!

11/22/2023

Hartnell College Library will close at 4:00PM on Wednesday November 22 and reopen on Monday November 27 at 8:00AM. Have a restful Thanksgiving holiday.

11/21/2023

Here's another great read for Native American Heritage Month!

We are water protectors written by Carole Lindstrom (Anishinabe/Métis and proud member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe Indians) and illustrated by Michaela Goade (Tlingit and Haida tribes)

"Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption. Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all. When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource." Winner of the Caldecott Medal 2021 for outstanding illustrations in a children's book.

11/13/2023

Another great book for Native American Heritage month!

Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers From Past and Present by Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation)

"Celebrate the lives, stories, and contributions of Indigenous artists, activists, scientists, athletes, and other changemakers in this illustrated collection. Also offers accessible primers on important Indigenous issues, from the legacy of colonialism and cultural appropriation to food sovereignty, land and water rights, and more. An indispensable read for people of all backgrounds seeking to learn about Native American heritage, histories, and cultures."

11/09/2023

Hartnell College Library will be closed Friday, November 11th in honor of Veterans Day. We will be open Saturday, November 12th from 10-2.

11/07/2023

Another great book for Native American Heritage Month!

Fire Keeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Chippewa (Ojibwe) triibe)

"Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi's hockey team. yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug. Reluctantly, Daunis agrees to go undercover, drawing on her knowledge of chemistry and Ojibwe traditional medicine to track down the source. But the search for truth is more complicated than Daunis imagined, exposing secrets and old scars. At the same time, she grows concerned with an investigation that seems more focused on punishing the offenders than protecting the victims. Now, as the deceptions--and deaths--keep growing, Daunis must learn what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far she'll go for her community, even if it tears apart the only world she's ever known. Firekeeper's Daughter is an electrifying thriller layered with a rich exploration of the modern Native experience, a reckoning of current and historical injustices, and a powerful celebration of community."

11/02/2023

November is Native American Heritage Month. During this month, we will be featuring books about the Indigenous experience by Indigenous authors. You are invited to check these books out at the library.

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Potawatomi Nation)

"As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, the author has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to the Americas, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In this book, she brings these two lenses of knowing together to reveal what it means to see humans as "the younger brothers of creation." As she explores these themes, she circles toward a central argument: the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the world. Once we begin to listen for the languages of other beings, we can begin to understand the innumerable life-giving gifts the world provides us and learn to offer our thanks, our care, and our own gifts in return.

11/01/2023

Come see the ofrenda in the library for El Dia de los Mu***os!

10/27/2023

Are you looking for a creative way to relieve some stress? Come by the library and enjoy our drawing table. Add your artistic flair to this community space.

10/16/2023

NASA has undertaken numerous groundbreaking unmanned projects that have expanded our understanding of the cosmos. One of those great missions was the Spitzer Space Telescope, which made history as the first observatory to capture images of planets outside our solar system.

Launched in August 2003, Spitzer not only provided us with visuals of extrasolar planets but also played a pivotal role in discoveries such as the most distant planet from Earth, a star located nearly 13,000 light-years away, a cluster of seven Earth-like planets orbiting a distant star, and even a previously unknown ring around Saturn. Furthermore, Spitzer's observations have extended our knowledge to the farthest reaches of the universe by confirming the existence of the most remote galaxies. Many images associated with this mission are available to the public via NASA's uploads to the Internet Archive—check out the Spitzer Space Telescope Collection and some of its most interesting finds. http://archive.org/details/spitzerspacetelescopecollection

10/09/2023

Indigenous Peoples’ Day, October 9, 2023, honors Native Americans, their resilience and their contributions to U.S. society in the face of generations of assimilation, discrimination, and genocide.

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411 Central Avenue
Salinas, CA
93901

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Monday	8am - 9pm
Tuesday	8am - 9pm
Wednesday	8am - 9pm
Thursday	8am - 9pm
Friday	8am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 2pm

Telephone

+18317556872

Website

http://www.hartnell.edu/library/

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