The Oakland Public Library . . .

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 16 branches, a Main Library, a Second Start Adult Literacy Program, and the 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.

• Visit the Oakland Public Library online

Histories of the Library’s many branches . . .

Originally published in Off the Shelf, the Friends’ monthly newsletter.

• African American Museum and Library
• Asian Branch
• Brookfield Branch
• Cesar Chavez Branch
• Dimond Branch
• Eastmont Branch
• Elmhurst Branch
• Golden Gate Branch
• Lakeview Branch
• Main Library
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch
• Melrose Branch
• Montclair Branch
• Piedmont Avenue Branch
• Rockridge Branch
• Temescal Branch
• West Oakland Branch

Key Library Resources . . .

• News and Events at the Library
• Library Advisory Commission (news and meeting information)