Ventura County Library is pleased to announce that construction on the Fillmore Library Expansion project begins in early November 2021. This expansion project effectively doubles the footprint of the current Fillmore Library, meeting the needs of the growing community and providing new services to our Fillmore customers.

The newly expanded library includes a classroom, two study rooms, an Innovation/STEAM lab/community meeting room, a designated computer lab with new public computers, new public laptops, useable outdoor areas, new public restrooms, and more.

Due to the onsite construction, the Fillmore Library is closed to the public starting October 24, 2021 for an indefinite period of time (most likely about 8 months).

To provide services to the Fillmore community during the temporary closure, the Ventura County Mobile Library is making weekly stops at Fillmore City Hall every Tuesday beginning Oct. 5, 2021. This schedule will continue until the expanded Fillmore Library reopens.

At the Mobile Library stop customers may pick up holds, return items, get new library cards, participate in outdoor children’s programs such as a weekly Storytime (Tuesdays at 10:30am), browse new materials, and more.

Additionally, during the closure, Fillmore customers may use the collections, services, and book drops at any other Ventura County Library (VCL) branch, of which there are 10 open locations throughout the county at this time. The closest VCL branches to Fillmore are:

• Piru Library (3811 Center St., Piru 93040) and
• Saticoy Library (1292 Los Angeles Ave., Saticoy 93004).

Our online eLibrary has ebooks, eaudiobooks, and more available for the community to use as well, all accessible 24/7 from your device.

We understand this temporary closure of the Fillmore Library is inconvenient to community members, and we are sorry for that inconvenience. We are certain the newly expanded library will have tremendous positive impact in the community.

Please visit vencolibrary.org/locations for information on alternative locations to use during the closure period, or vencolibrary.org/library-events for information on the weekly Mobile Library visit to Fillmore.

For additional information, contact Nancy Schram, Ventura County Library Director at (805) 256-8535.