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:

April 2026 Events and Activities

Grace's Book Nook is seeking a few additional volunteers to join our enthusiastic team. There are currently several openings available to help out in the Book Nook by staffing a weekly or alternate week 2½ hour shift. If you're an avid reader, like to "talk books" with others, meet community members, would like to support your library, and/or simply "give back" to your community, this may be just the opportunity you didn't know you were looking for. If you're interested in finding out more about volunteering at Grace's Book Nook, simply click the following link:

Grace's Book Nook Volunteer Information

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, as of September 15, 2025, and except for City of San Diego holidays, the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library will be open to the public during the following hours:

• Holiday Closures: The Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center—as well as all San Diego Public Library branches—will be closed for the following official holiday periods:
  
  

  Day	Date	Holiday
  Monday	May 25, 2026	Memorial Day
  Friday	June 19, 2026	Juneteenth National Independence Day
  Friday	July 3, 2026	Independence Day
  Saturday	July 4, 2026	Independence Day (Library Observed Holiday)

  
  
  
• Closure of the Entire Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center: Following a lengthy series of repetitive month-by-month delays to the project schedule, the City's most recent official word is:
  
  "Scripps Miramar Ranch Library will be closed beginning May 9, reopening Winter 2026. Items placed on hold can be picked up at Mira Mesa Library. Please call (858) 538-8165, if you would like to transfer your holds to a different pick up location."
  
  To clarify, the last day that our library will be open to the public is Saturday, May 9. Once closed, the library will remain closed for at least 6-8 months during which time replacement of the roof and the HVAC system will be performed. We have also been verbally informed that work on the lower parking lot, which has been suspended for nearly two years, will resume when the library closes. 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.
  
  
• Pleasure of Your Company Concerts for 2026: All concerts are canceled for 2026 and will remain canceled until the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center reopens following completion of the library's upcoming roof and HVAC replacement project work.
  
  
• 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 two years. The City has allegedly "scheduled" that parking lot expansion work "might" resume on May 12, 2026; but, of course, this is the same City which stated that the parking lot expansion would be finished over a year ago. The City has verbally informed us that the expanded parking lot—minus the previously-planned 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.
  
  

For well over 2-3 years 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 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. Most recently senior library management told us that the library might close no later than the end of May or early June; but that estimate is also unsupported by CIP official documentation.

Most recently, San Diego Public Library management tentatively released the following statement: "A start date of May 12 has been scheduled for the upcoming planned approximately 8-month closure of our library for roof and HVAC replacement. Work on the lower parking lot, which has been suspended for the past almost 2 years, will reportedly resume concurrently. The last day that our library will be open before construction starts is Saturday, May 9."

For library patrons who are interested in the official record of the library's renovation work, we rely upon the City's Capital Improvements Program (CIP) office. The following report is based upon CIP's public information—coupled with personal onsite observations. We will attempt to keep this historical report current on a monthly basis. 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