Friends of the Oakland Public Library

  

"Public libraries receive less than 1% of all tax dollars and are used by more than 50 percent of the population." 
 
- from the American Library Assn.'s 'Quotable Facts About America's Libraries'  

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Mission: The Oakland Public Library informs, inspires and delights our diverse community as a resource for information, knowledge, and artistic and literary expression, providing the best in traditional services, new technologies and innovative programs.

The Oakland Public Library is a part of the City of Oakland, and has been in existence since 1878. Locations currently include 15 branches, a Main Library, a Second Start Adult Literacy Program, the Bookmobile and the new African-American Museum and Library. It also offers many other special services for residents of Oakland and California.

The Oakland Public Library is supported by a lively Friends of the Oakland Public Library group, branch Friends' groups around the city and by the Library Advisory Commission.

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Histories of the Library's many branches!
(Originally published in 'Off the Shelf', the Friends' monthly newsletter)

bulletMap of the Oakland Public Library system
 
African American Museum and Library

Asian

Brookfield

Cesar Chavez

Dimond

Eastmont

Elmhurst

Golden Gate
 

   Lakeview

Main Library

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Melrose

Montclair

Piedmont Avenue

Rockridge

Temescal

West Oakland

 

 

 

 

Reading at the Greene Library,
former Main Library, now the home of the African American Museum and Library
at Oakland

 

Key Library Resources

bullet Library Cards and Borrowing
bulletLibrary Special Services and Collections
bulletNews and Events at the Library
 
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The Library's Annual Report (Adobe PDF file)

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Library Advisory Commission (news and meeting information) 

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Interview with Tracey Scott, Chair, Library Advisory Commission


This site developed and managed by Terry Preston
Last modified: Tuesday April 17, 2007