Due to the easing of Public Health Order restrictions for non-essential businesses, Placitas Community Library (PCL) will provide library materials pick-up during Special Operating Hours. Patrons can reserve items via the library catalog, by email, call, voicemail, or in-person. Beginning May 16, from 1-5 p.m., reserved items can be picked-up during Special Operating Hours: Tuesdays...Continue Reading

Everyone Counts! Placitas Community Library wants to make it easier for you to complete the upcoming 2020 Census. The Video Guide to Completing the 2020 Census Online walks viewers through the entire process in less than ten minutes and is an excellent primer. It’s easy! Being counted in this year’s census will ensure future federal...Continue Reading

Dear Placitas Community Library patrons, May 5, 2020, UPDATE: The library will provide Library Materials Pick-Up During Special Operating Hours beginning May 16. April 15, 2020, UPDATE: The library will remain closed until further notice. March 30, 2020, UPDATE: The library will remain closed through April 30. March 19, 2020, UPDATE: The library will remain...Continue Reading

According to Kermit, “It’s not easy being green.” But while it’s hard to argue with the world’s most famous frog, his plaint offered a welcome challenge to artists whose work appears in “Verde: The Color of Life,” the March/ April exhibition at the Placitas Community Library (PCL). The exhibit features nearly twenty local ceramicists, photographers,...Continue Reading

By Dr. Doris Fields After a search that extended over several months, Placitas Community Library has found a true gem in Tim Blevins as our new library director. An experienced search committee pored through applications, conducted interviews, and checked references. We strongly encourage everyone to meet Tim, who will begin on January 6. Please stop by...Continue Reading

The Holocaust was a complex and challenging time in world history. It happened because individuals, organizations and governments made choices that not only legalized discrimination, but also allowed hatred to metastasize, and ultimately mass murder to occur.  Susan Bapty, Director of Education and Volunteer Programs at the Holocaust and Intolerance Museum of New Mexico will...Continue Reading