Cal Maritime Library News

The Cal Maritime Library will be open early so you can get what you need before your exams, and has added extended hours on Saturday, December 13. We will close for winter break December 16, 2024 through January 1, 2025. Please be sure to return library materials by 2100 Monday, December 15! 

Our full hours are:

Mon-Wed Dec. 8-10: 0730- 2100
Th-Sat Dec. 11-13: 0645- 2100
Sun Dec. 14: 1400-2100
Mon Dec. 15: 0645- 2100
Tu Dec. 16: Winter break closure begins

The Library's hours the week of November 24-30 are:

• Monday-Tuesday November 24-25: Open as usual, 0730-2100
• Wednesday November 26: 0900-1300
• Thursday-Sunday Nov. 27-30: Closed

Regular hours resume Monday, December 1. Check out the Library's full hours here!

If you're interested in learning more about the history behind this holiday, you can watch this video, Surviving New England's Great Dying, about the plague that decimated the Native population on the East Coast before Europeans arrived. Recommended by historian Jennifer Metz!

The Library will be closed Tuesday, Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day.

Later in November, we'll be open 0900-1300 Wednesday, November 26, and closed Thursday, November 27 through Sunday, November 30. We reopen with regular semester hours on December 1. Final exams are scheduled December 11, 12, 13 and 15. 
 

Join the Cal Poly Maritime Black Student Association and the Cal Poly Maritime Library for a special event on November 6, 2025, at 6 p.m. in the Library Green Room. 

CSUM Alumni Keith Lawrence, author of Memoirs of an African-American Navigator, will give a short book talk, followed by a guided exploration of recently added books to the library's collection. Please check out our Black Books Matter online collection showcasing these books, purchased with support from the CSU's Black Student Success Initiative and selected in collaboration with the Director of Inclusion Initiatives and the Black Student Association.

Light refreshments will be provided. 

The Cal Maritime Library will be closed Sunday August 31 and Monday September 1 for Labor Day. Learn more about why we celebrate Labor Day here. 

Photo shows the first Labor Day parade in the U.S., in New York City's Union Square in 1882.

Fall 2024 Hours Start Aug. 20!

Monday-Thursday: 0730-2100
Friday: 0730-1700
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday 1400-2100

The Cal Maritime Library will be open 0900-1600 Friday, July 11, 2025, for Coast Guard exam study. We will return to our usual 0900-1600 Monday-Thursday summer schedule the week of July 14. 

The Cal Maritime Library will be closed Friday, July 4, 2024, for Independence Day, and we will not be working remotely.

We will reopen Monday, July 7. Check our full hours here.

The Library is closed Tuesday, June 3, 2025, so we can attend the first CSU Libraries Conference. We'll be back to business as usual on Wednesday, Jun 4. 

The Cal Maritime Library will be open 9-4 Monday-Thursday during summer 2025. We'll be open Friday, July 11, and closed May 26, June 3, June 19, and July 4. Regular semester hours resume Wednesday, August 20.