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The Oakland Public Library is the public library in Oakland, California. Opened in 1878, the Oakland Public Library currently serves the city of Oakland, along with neighboring smaller cities Emeryville and Piedmont. The Oakland Public Library has the largest collection of any public library in the East Bay, featuring approximately 1.5 million ...
(The Berkeley Public Library also has a tool-lending library at their nearby South Branch.) The Temescal branch of the Oakland Public Library operates this facility, which lends tools, free of charge, to library patrons for repairs and home-improvement projects. The Tool Lending Library also has instructional materials (books, videos, etc.) and ...
Rockridge branch of the Oakland Public Library. The main thoroughfare in Rockridge is College Avenue. The district is bounded by 51st Street on the southern end and Berkeley's Elmwood district on the northern end. The College Avenue strip running through Rockridge is home to more than 80 restaurants, cafes and upscale retail stores, including ...
In 1982, the East Bay Negro Historical Society (EBNHS) was invited into the Golden Gate Branch of the Oakland Public Library, making it the first Oakland city library with a predominantly African American focused collection. The collection was housed in the entire left side of the library where the children's section of the library is now located.
Oakland Library may refer to: Oakland Public Library, in Oakland, California; African American Museum and Library at Oakland, in Oakland, California; Oakland Public Library, in Oakland, Maine; Oakland Library, a branch of the Lee County Library in Georgia
Following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake the Oakland Fire Department built a new station house on Shepherd Canyon Road and, upon completion, vacated the 1927 structure. In March 1930, the Montclair branch of the Oakland Public Library was opened on Mountain Blvd. near Thornhill Dr. to serve the growing village.
Oakland: Now the Temescal Branch. 106: Oakland Free Library-Golden Gate Branch: Oakland Free Library-Golden Gate Branch: February 16, 1996 : 5606 San Pablo Ave., 1098 56th St. Oakland: 107: Oakland Free Library-Melrose Branch: Oakland Free Library-Melrose Branch: February 16, 1996
The current Riverside Public Library is adjacent to the site of the elaborate original. 89: Roseville Roseville: Apr 25, 1911: $10,000 557 Lincoln St, Roseville, CA 95678 Designed by W. H. Weeks, now a museum. 90: Sacramento: Sacramento: Feb 26, 1914: $100,000 828 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814 Part of the Central branch, Sacramento Public Library ...