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Grants to the Oakland Public Library

On Monday, July 9, 2001, the FOPL Board of Directors approved the following schedule of grants, totaling $72,783.00, to the Oakland Public Library for FY 2001 - 02:
 

Community Programs
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$17,000 - Children's Services (includes summer reading books and other incentives);

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$9,500 - Adult/Intergeneration programs;

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$5,000 - New Teen Services Dept. (includes funds for collection development;

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$3,500 - National Library Week;

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$1,500 - Annual Volunteer Appreciation;

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$1,000 - Documentation/Photography of Library Services and Programs;

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$250 - Camera for Library-Wide Use.

Collections
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$2,875 - BBC Complete Collection of Shakespeare Plays on tape (Main Library);

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$2,000 - Videos for Adults (Brookfield);

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$2,000 - Books on Tape (Lakeview);

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$1,144 - Patty's Industrial Hygiene (Main Library);

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$1,100 - BBC Sound Effects (Main Library;

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$975 - Health Reference Series (Main Library);

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$975 - Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict (Main Library);

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$800 - Shakespeare audiotapes, plays and criticism (Main Library);

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$707 - World Business Directory (Main Library);

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$400 - Great American Court Cases (Main Library);

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$320 - Encyclopedia of Third Parties in America (Main Library);

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$287 - Cambridge History of Latin America (Main Library);

African-American Museum & Library at Oakland  (AAMLO)
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$2,450, - General support for new cultural service at the Greene Library, 14th and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way in downtown Oakland.

Miscellaneous
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$10,000 - Audio Books on CD (Systemwide);

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$2,000 - Library Director's Fund;

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$1,500 - "Bi-Folkal Kits for Seniors" (Systemwide);

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$1,500 - Library School Scholarships for OPL Staff;

Also, previously approved grants of:

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$2,500 for the Main Library's 50th Anniversary (January 2001);

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$1,000 in additional support for National Library Week - 2001 (April 2001);

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$500 for Second Start's annual fundraiser (November 2000).

These grants are made possible by your support, as members and friends, and as patrons of The Bookmark Bookstore, 721 Washington Street in Old Oakland.

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