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Discover a world of opportunities for your education, enrichment and enjoyment at the library.

Address

707 Meadowsweet Drive
Corte Madera, CA 94925



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Phone

Information Recording: (415) 924-4844
Circulation: (415) 924-3515
Reference: (415) 924-6444
Children's Services: (415) 924-6382

Branch Manager: Nancy Davis


On Display

Fall for Food

Harvest and holiday time is upon us. Check out the library for books on holiday cooking and entertaining!

Fall for Food



Events

Storytimes

Come join us for storytime at the library!

 

 

Wednesdays at 10:00 am for 2 year-olds

 

Wednesdays at 11:00 am for 3-6 year-olds

 

Tuesdays at 3:30 pm for 5-8 year-olds (in October, November, February, March, April)

 



Learning About Art

Easel

Enrich your understanding and appreciation of art at a series of illustrated lectures by docents from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Asian Art Museum. Programs are on the third Wednesday of the month, September - December, 2009. This series is sponsored by the Friends of the Corte Madera Library.


Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 7:30pm - 8:30pm
100 Years of Landscape Art in Northern California
Wednesday Dec 16, 2009 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma

Corte Madera Library Morning Book Discussion Group

Are you looking for a good book club?  Join us at 10:00 a.m. on the third Wednesday of the month, January through June and September through November. Click here to see what we've read in the past. 

Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 10:00am - 12:00pm
Out Stealing Horses

Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.


Read to a Dog

The Marin Humane Society presents Read to a Dog at the Corte Madera Library on the first Saturdays in October, November and December.

 

Call the Children's Librarian at (415)924-6382 to sign up for a 15 minute session, between 2 and 3 pm.

 

Read to a Dog


Saturday Dec 5, 2009 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Read to a Dog!  Dogs think kids who read are great!


Special Resources

Access Science

Access Science

Get fast, easy and accurate access to authoritative articles in all major areas of science and technology from Access Science, now available only in the Corte Madera Library.  What you'll find in this new electronic encyclopedia:

  • Over 8,500 online articles from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th edition
  • Content contributed by more than 5000 researchers, including 36 Nobel Prize winners
  • New images--detailed scanning electron micrographs to majestic Mars Express photographs
  • More than 200 news and video stories from Science News magazine and ScienCentral News covering the latest research




The Corte Madera Branch us located at 707 Meadowsweet Drive.


From Highway 101 exit west on Tamalpais Drive.  Turn left on Madera Blvd. and left on Meadowsweet.  The library is on the right.

Golden Gate Transit bus routes 18 and 22 and the Twin Cities Shuttle stop about a 1/2 block from the Library.  Nearly all of the routes on Highway 101, including routes 70 and 80, stop at the bus pads within walking distance.


Call Whistlestop Wheels at (415) 454-0964 for paratransit service for seniors and persons with disabilities.

 

Hours
Sun: 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Mon: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Tue: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Wed: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Thu: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Fri: CLOSED
Sat: 10:00am - 5:00pm