Library Name: Socorro Public Library
Established: December 16, 1924
Schedule: 9-6:45 Monday-Thursday; 9-4:45 Friday and Saturday
Address: 401 Park St., Socorro, NM 87801
Phone Number: 505-835-1114
Fax Number: 505-835-1182
Email: library@adobelibrary.org
Director: Paula Mertz
Website: http://www.adobelibrary.org
Computer Capabilities: Online public access catalog, WiFi Internet access, Public terminal Internet Access, Children's educational games, Word Processing, Database Processing, Subscription to Infotrac, Kids InfoBits (others), remote access to patron accounts and electronic periodicals.
Education Programs: storytimes (2/wk), movie series, lecture series, music series, community calendar.
Summer Programs: Summer Reading Program, Summer Crafts Program, Teen Days, Board Game Days, Storytimes (3/wk)
Membership: a non-profit, free library serving primarily the counties of Socorro, Catron and portions of Sierra.
Exhibits: Art exhibits, local history exhibit, old Spanish furniture, and "Merci Train" gifts from 1949.
Events: Book Sales in April and October, Friends Annual Meeting in January, see web site for current events.

The library is located two blocks south of the Plaza at the SW corner of Park and McCutcheon.  It has a 50 person capacity meeting room available for public, not-for-profit activities.  The Children's Room has a quiet play area, for supervised play.  The Southwest Room (in the NE corner of the Library) has extensive materials on Socorro, New Mexico and Western (US) culture and history as well as housing the Library's Spanish collection which includes history, fiction and reference materials.  Current newspapers and magazines are available in the Periodical Reading area.

Founded in 1924 by the Socorro Section of the Women's Auxiliary to the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (WAAIME).  It replaced a subscription library that operated out of the back of a dress shop.  At first in rental quarters, it moved into the back room of the firehouse in 1927-1931. It's first own building, which is still being used, was originally an old adobe home, then used as a church, but which had fallen into disrepair after the 1906 earthquakes, was purchased in 1931 for $500, but it needed $1363.29 in repairs.  In 1956 an addition to the north doubled the size of the library.  In 1973 WAAIME donated the Library to the city.  In 1974 an expansion to the south again doubled the space.  In 2000, an expansion to the west (and up) almost doubled the space again. Automation came to the library November 1984 with a stand-alone catalog and checkout system.  Now the library is completely networked, has wi-fi, DSL Internet access, and 13 public terminals.