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Continue reading →: Teen Summer Passport Program
Starting June 18th (through August 13th), teens ages 12-18 can pick up a Teen Summer Passport at any branch of the Oakland Public Library and get it stamped when they explore recommended Bay Area Hot Spots. In addition to visiting local attractions, teens can collect passport stamps by writing short…
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Continue reading →: Summer reading program is coming!
The Oakland Public Library’s summer reading program gets underway June 18th. Kids can sign up at any branch to read 8 hours during the summer and be eligible to win a free book and other prizes. Parents and older children may read to children who aren’t reading yet. The theme…
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Continue reading →: Thanks, Montclair!
This post is a bit belated, but we owe a huge thank-you to all the folks who donated books and shopped at our book sale May 14th. We raised a record amount of money, more than any of our previous book sales, and that money goes directly to funding products…
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Continue reading →: Books on the loose
“Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” — from The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows Just for fun, I decided to release a few of the leftovers from our most…
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Continue reading →: Jewelry-making with Chelsee Robinson – today
Designer Chelsee Robinson will be at the branch from 3-4:30 today, Wednesday 5/25, to help kids ages 5 and up create beautiful charm bracelets and other jewelry. Materials provided. Free, but pre-registration required – contact the Children’s Librarian at (510) 482-7810 to sign up.
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Continue reading →: Libraries in the news
Interesting article today in the Chronicle about how the SF Public Library is using volunteers: S.F. library again open to volunteers Also, the East Bay Express has an article about the Oakland budget crisis: Libraries on the Brink
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Continue reading →: Even zombies love the library
Everyone’s getting into the act to save Oakland libraries – even our local zombie population, which marched, or rather lurched, down Telegraph Avenue Saturday evening to protest potential library closures. As the zombies pointed out, “libraries feed brains.” Read all about it on the Chronicle website or check out the…
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Continue reading →: Art with MOCHA
Families: Drop by the Montclair branch Wednesday, May 18 at 3:30 pm for an awesome hour of art-making with a guest artist from the Museum of Children’s Art!
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Continue reading →: Oakland budget crisis – what you can do
The options for Oakland’s budget don’t look good – including a worst-case scenario that closes all but four Oakland libraries, including Montclair. News like this can be disheartening, but here are some things you can do to help support the libraries and voice your opinion about the budget in general:…
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Continue reading →: New graphic novel features fictional OPL employee
Author and former OPL employee Jason Shiga (author of Bookhunter, set partly in a fictionalized Oakland Main Library) is back with a new graphic novel, Empire State, A Love Story (or Not). Main character Jimmy is “a stereotypical geek who works at the library in Oakland, California, and is trapped…
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