Humboldt  County  Public  Library

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"the story becomes an argument for a better way of seeing, which has always struck me as being one of the novel’s better gifts… it demands the reader’s imagination, and by doing so affirms our capacity to live beyond the limited means of our private lives." -- Dinaw Mengestu

A book is held open, pages ready to turn, in African American hands.


Welcome to the Library


A vital community resource, the Library provides service to all county residents and visitors through the Main Library in Eureka, ten Branch Libraries, and a Bookmobile.  Everyone is welcome to visit and use the Humboldt County Library.


See All Library Events on the Monthly Calendar

The monthly calendar, represented by a box of 28 tiny photo squares.

Library Cards


With your card, you can take books, music, films and magazines home, and download free library eBooks and eAudio. Your card is good at all branches of the Humboldt County Public Library System.  Here's what you need to bring to get a card.

Libraries are for Everyone