Oakland Public Library Annual Report 2009–2011 D irector’s Message

I am delighted to share with you this 2009‐11 Oakland Public Library (OPL) Seventeen thousand supporters signed petitions. Bicyclists rode the streets, calling attention to the crisis. annual report. As we were organizing the report, one theme kept popping out at us, and that was “support.” A “Read‐In” was organized at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, where in over 100 degree weather, staff and supporters Because the public library is, by mission and profession, dedicated to free access, we are supported every day read aloud from their favorite works from 6 am until 8 pm, a total of 14 hours. by our users – you, the citizens of Oakland. Why? Because you like what you see. You like what you can take The world took notice, and Save Oakland Libraries was honored with a 2011 CALTAC (California Association of home for free. You like the fact that libraries are democratic places where opinions are heard without judg‐ Library Trustees and Commissioners) award in the category of Organization, for making a significant financial ment, where information resources can be found, and where programs are offered on topics and issues that contribution to a library program. people care about. You support us because we have remained a relevant public service in your lives. Volunteers are a growing part of our support system at OPL. Our dedicated volunteers contribute their time We thank you for continuing to come to the library and we thank you for trusting us with your donations to answer questions at the Information Desk in the Main Library, beautify our branches, conduct storytimes and your time. We were supported in great part these last two years by 15 Friends of the Library groups, at Oakland preschools through our Books for Wider Horizons program, tutor Second Start adult students, including our newest, Friends of the African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO), Friends of and help in countless other ways. the Oakland History Room, and Friends of the Tool Lending Library. The larger Friends of the Oakland Public Enjoy this year’s OPL Annual Report. And please, do me a favor. Join me in thanking our staff, the dedicated, Library (FOPL) were more active than ever. Their fundraising efforts resulted in grants to OPL for systemwide creative, energetic, and incredibly awesome people who serve the public every day, in every way that their support such as collections, programs, and projects, which include a new OPL web page (debuting soon) and skills allow. They are the reason you are reading this report today. Thank you to the Administrative Team a “makeover” of the Magazine and Newspaper Room at the Main Library. FOPL’s Branch Friends network – Gerry Garzon, Gene Tom, Jamie Turbak, and Rosalia Romo – for your hard work to guide and direct the also created a forum for friends of branch libraries to share best practices and learn from each other. Indeed, In 2011, as part of the Save Oakland operations and public services that benefit our library users in so many ways. Thank you very much to our Friends members are the OPL’s Best Friends. Libraries campaign, OPL supporters Supervising Librarians – Nina Lindsay (Children’s Services), Jane Lopez (Branches), Mary Schrader (Branches), and staff demonstrated in front of FOPL was an especially integral partner in our efforts to raise funds for the new 81st Avenue East Oakland City Hall and marched the streets and Kathleen DiGiovanni (Main) – and to Daniel Hersh, the Library’s Acquisitions/Processing and Safety in zombie costumes. Community Library, which opened in January 2011. The new library is a beautiful addition to the Oakland Coordinator. Thank you to Amy Sonnie, Brian Boies, Pete Villasenor, and all the teen specialist librarians for Public Library system, and we simply could not have accomplished it on our own. We succeeded in finishing working so effectively without a Teen Services Coordinator. Thank you forever to Winifred Walters for her the $14.8 million project thanks to our partnerships with the California State Library, the Oakland Unified extraordinary work to complete a $3 million capital campaign that provided a key piece of funding for the School District, the Oakland Redevelopment Agency, and over 300 individual and foundation donors. new 81st Avenue East Oakland Library. And heartfelt thanks to Tom Downs for getting our message out and Support also came by way of the quickly organized Save Oakland Libraries coalition. An option to balance for producing this annual report. the City’s budget by closing 14 libraries was met with huge waves of effective protest by this passionate group. Hundreds of supporters – including many OPL staff, who participated on their own time – prominently displayed signs and made eloquent speeches at every single City Council meeting from May through July 2011. Carmen Martínez, Library Director

2 Oakland Public Library Oakland Public Library 3 A New Library

The big news over the past year provides much needed access has been the opening of the 81st to digital information. Fifty‐four Avenue East Oakland Community computers with Internet access Library in January 2011. A crowd are available for public use. of over 700 people showed up With the 81st Avenue Branch, the to celebrate the branch’s grand OPL also ups its game in terms of opening along with Mayor Jean sustainability. The new structure Quan, Congresswoman Barbara was built with recycled materials Lee, City Council President and sustainably harvested wood. Larry Reid, and a host of other The building was designed to dignitaries. meet high standards in water and The new library introduces library energy efficiency for LEED Silver services into an East Oakland Rating, which is pending. neighborhood that badly needs The vibrant and dynamic look informational and educational of the new library is a tribute to Mayor Jean Quan and Congresswoman Barbara Lee led the ribbon-cutting Associate Director Gerry Garzon (pictured above) was a driving force behind the library’s effort to build the new branch. He and Allene Warren, a member of FOPL’s 81st resources. At 21,000 square feet, Group 4 Architecture, the firm that ceremony, joined by Alice Spearman, Director of the Oakland School Board; Avenue Campaign Committee, inspected the site before construction was completed. The dream was realized when the doors finally opened to the public (below). the new library is the largest Council President Larry Reid; and Assemblymember Sandré Swanson. designed the building. The distinc‐ branch in the Oakland Public tive interior was honored for its Library system, and it contains Building a new library at a from the California State Library outstanding design in the American 30,000 books, magazines, CDs, time when municipal budgets Bond Act of 2000 and funds from School & University’s Educational and DVDs. The library’s technology are shrinking could only have the City of Oakland’s Redevelop‐ Interiors Showcase 2011. happened with the develop‐ ment Agency. The OUSD pitched ment of new partnerships and a in for furnishings and the Friends new level of resourcefulness and of the Oakland Public Library and generosity. The 81st East Oakland OPL raised $3 million for equip‐ Community Library stands on land ment, furniture, and books. The owned by the Oakland Unified branch’s impressive computer lab School District (OUSD), right next was supported by a grant from the to two public elementary schools. Koret Foundation. The land was made available in C LICK TO VIEW return for the library services, which benefit the schools’ 515 students. The cost of building Students and faculty representatives from EnCompass Academy and ACORN Woodland Elementary School enjoyed the opening day festivities at the new and furnishing the new library A NEW LIBRARY 81st Avenue East Oakland Community Library. was covered primarily by a grant

4 Oakland Public Library Oakland Public Library 5 Site Improvements and Expanding Collections

received upgrades to its air condi‐ during the first six months to tioning system, further improving nearly 8,000 in the second six the comfort level during the hotter months. In part, this jump was due months. to the growing familiarity with the ePort, as word of the new service Books continue to be the library’s got out among OPL patrons. But main draw, and all of the library’s it also was due to the growing book collections grow steadily to collection made available through keep up with new publications the site. The library has already and to respond to patrons’ needs. purchased nearly 2,500 titles, and With a grant from First 5 Alameda through the ePort patrons are also County, the Children’s Room at accessing the collection of Project the Main Library added a Chinese Gutenberg, which includes 15,000 language collection in April 2010. Melrose Branch underwent extensive repairs in 2010. free, copyright expired, and public Meanwhile, the library is diligently While reaching out to more which had suffered from extensive domain eBooks to download to developing its new media collec‐ communities with new branches water damage. PCs and many kinds of devices. tions as the demand for down‐ in new facilities is an important Currently, the library’s electronic Similarly, Elmhurst Branch under‐ loadable eBooks and audiobooks part of the library’s vision for collection includes materials in went extensive repairs at the end escalates. In mid‐2010, the library the future, the maintenance and English, Spanish, and Chinese. of 2010, to make the entrance and announced the launch of the improvement of existing loca‐ restrooms comply with standards Oakland ePort, an online gateway tions is no less critical. Some of established by the Americans with to the library’s electronic book the library’s older branches are Disabilities Act. Work was also collection powered by Overdrive, architectural treasures that require completed to augment branch a distributor of eBooks and audio‐ occasional restoration as well as security and make improvements books. Usage increased dramati‐ frequent modification in order to to the interior and surrounding cally once the ePort went live keep up with changing times. landscaping. – from just over 2,000 checkouts One such branch is the Melrose During the winter of 2011, Brook‐ C LICK TO VIEW Branch, a Carnegie library built in field Branch received some much 1916. It is a designated city land‐ needed upkeep, which included mark. In the spring of 2010, the renovation of the building’s branch closed temporarily so that skylights, which previously caused workers could restore the build‐ excessive heat in the library on O A K L A N D e P ORT ing’s original wood sash windows, sunny days. The branch also

6 Oakland Public Library Oakland Public Library 7 Special Programs

In addition to making information Oakland Word is a stellar example voices, chiefly in verse form, and continuing need for these classes. freely accessible to the public, the of the library conceiving a to commit their words to paper. As it has done for many years now, Oakland Public Library also serves program, seeking grant oppor‐ True to the program’s name, their the library offered free legal advice as a locus for culture and learning, tunities, organizing a team of efforts were printed and bound in partnership with the Alameda a place where ideas not only are instructors, scheduling courses, in a volume of stirring poetry, County Bar Association. Licensed read or learned, but discussed and ultimately generating an entitled Branches. lawyers volunteer their time at and considered from multiple overwhelming response from the Meanwhile the Tool Lending nine library locations to provide angles. Increasingly, new voices community. In January 2010, after Library began offering handy legal information and referrals. Not Kenji Liu, program director are discovered and honed at the securing funding through a grant of Oakland Word classes for do‐it‐yourselfers. Spon‐ a week goes by without a lawyer library. The library offers instruc‐ from the California State Library, sored by the Friends of the Tool providing assistance in a branch or tion in disciplines ranging from with additional support from the publication of the highly praised Lending Library, the series brought the Main Library. For its contribu‐ home repair to memoir writing, Friends of the Oakland Public In Your Ear, a 172‐page book that professional tradespeople to the tions to this valuable service, the and continually provides author Library, Oakland Word opened tells the story of Oakland and its library to offer free instruction Alameda County Bar Association talks, poetry readings, travel enrollment for some 20 writing residents from some 40 different in home improvement projects. honored the library with a Distin‐ forums, film screenings, musical courses that included fiction, points of view. Course subjects included tileset‐ guished Service Award in 2010. and theatrical performances, poetry, personal essays, and Following a similar strategy, with ting, tree pruning, and foundation Similarly, in partnership with the and stimulating art exhibits that songwriting. Nearly every class funding from the California State bolting. Also, the Tool Lending AARP, the library continues to offer enhance our connection to our filled to capacity, and the program Library, Oakland Book set out Library continued to increase free tax help in the weeks leading community and culture. concluded that June with the during the 2010‐11 school year its collection of tools, which are up to the mid‐April tax deadline. with the goal of encouraging and available to residents. Circulation The AARP trains volunteers to help refining written expression by increased by a dramatic 38% in patrons file their taxes at five library Oakland teens. By conducting summer 2011, compared with the locations. same months in 2009. classes at Oakland Unity High Second Start, providing adult School, College Preparatory Lakeview Branch launched a literacy tutoring, expanded its and Architecture Academy, East free ESL program in June 2011, reach when staff began traveling Oakland School for the Arts, and in response to devastating cuts to different library branches to Arise High School, the program to similar programming in area conduct intake interviews with was more accessible to high colleges and adult schools. potential students. This more flex‐ school students. Young writers Courses for this six‐session ible approach increased Second were encouraged to find their program were taught by ESL Start’s visibility throughout the C LICK TO VIEW teachers from Berkeley Adult library system as the program School and Oakland Adult School. prepared to move into its new The program was immensely permanent location at the Main The Friends of Golden Gate Branch sponsor Jazz on Sundays, putting on free Young poets celebrated the publication of Branches at the popular, which underlined the Library. TeenZone in June 2011. outdoor concerts during the month of July and August. The festival has been IN YOUR EAR BRANCHES drawing appreciative crowds for 21 years. 8 Oakland Public Library Oakland Public Library 9 Events and Exhibits

rapt audience enjoyed an energetic Greenwald related exciting stories discussion that continued late from his travels and shared tips into the evening. The event was on how other travelers can write supported by the Friends of the artful narratives based on their Oakland Public Library and aired on own journeys. KTOP television. In February 2010, the Oakland Another best‐selling author, Oakland Public Library, in partnership with resident Mary Roach, gave an ACORN Woodland Elementary informative and humorous talk at School and EnCompass Academy, Dimond Branch in October 2010. offered a screening of California Before a lively Tuesday night audi‐ of the Past: East Oakland Stories. ence, Ms. Roach read passages from Produced at the library, East Dia de los Muertos at César Chávez Branch her popular new book, Packing for Oakland Stories is a series of short Mars. She also shared anecdotes videos recorded by residents of Each month the Oakland Public she spoke at AAMLO in May 2011. from her research, which among East Oakland. Each three‐minute Library hosts celebrations that More than 300 people lined up many other things entailed ques‐ segment is a personal narrative reflect this city’s heritage and along 14th Street before scaling tioning NASA officials about how augmented by photographs, great cultural diversity. These the stairs to AAMLO’s elegant astronauts perform necessary bodily music, letters, and other pieces include international festivals gallery, where an overflow crowd functions at zero gravity, while illustrating each individual story. such as the Indian Diwali Festival made themselves comfortable in encumbered in their space suits. The stories are preserved as part of Light and Día de los Muertos; the aisles. Ms. Wilkerson talked of the California of the Past’s ethnic and cultural tributes such about her book, The Warmth As part of the Main Library’s online collection. as Black History Month; music of Other Suns, about the 20th annual travel series, best‐selling C LICK TO VIEW festivals like Golden Gate Branch’s century African American migra‐ travel writer Jeff Greenwald gave Jazz on Sundays series; and tion experience, and she and her an inspirational talk in June 2011. events of particular local interest, such as the Black Panther Film Festival. To these annual events E AST OAKLAND STORIES the library adds special events that always raise the buzz level on our calendar.

For the National Library Week Author Event, best‐selling author Isabel Wilkerson was greeted with a beyond‐capacity crowd when Isabel Wilkerson Mary Roach The audience enjoyed the lively discussion led by best-selling author Isabel Wilkerson during the 2011 National Library Week Author Event. 10 Oakland Public Library Oakland Public Library 11 Events and Exhibits In January 2010, appraiser and which premiered July 2011; and to host Wes Cowan of the PBS Televi‐ Ken Burns’ production company, sion series “History Detectives” Florentine Films, for a documen‐ filmed a segment in the Oakland tary about the Dust Bowl that History Room. History Room staff is due out in 2012. The Oakland also provided historic photographs History Room provided a nonstop for the HBO documentary, “The series of exhibits, including a Curious Case of Curt Flood,” display commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and another that looked back on the old Oakland Oaks baseball team.

On Earth Day 2010, the library Happy patrons snagged free bags at the library on Earth Day 2010. joined the citywide Bring Your Own Bag (BYOB) campaign and one. The bags were courtesy of Access to Life, a traveling exhibit gave away free canvas tote bags the Public Works Agency, Oakland presented by the Global Fund emblazoned with the OPL logo. Recycles, and Waste Management to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis The durable, attractive bags were of Alameda County. and Malaria, came to AAMLO a popular item, and most locations in December 2009. The show The African American Museum Curt Flood had long lines of patrons wanting featured photographs from and Library at Oakland (AAMLO) eight renowned Magnum Photos consistently offered stellar artists and chronicled the trans‐ programming and exhibits. Author formative effect that access to Maxine Hong Kingston gave a free antiretroviral drug treat‐ talk at the museum in April 2011. ments is having on AIDS patients Exhibits included Breezin’ on Two around the world. Memory Wheels, which cast a spotlight and Passion, which opened in on African American motorcycle November 2010, featured the culture, in August 2009. highly textured paintings by West African artist Hawa Kaba that celebrate the culture and landscape of Africa, the lives of women, the cause of social justice, Dorothy Lazard, Librarian, Oakland History Room. and the painter’s own memories.

12 Oakland Public Library Oakland Public Library 13 Services for Chiillddrreenn

The Oakland Public Library upheld to support from the Bernard For its Children’s Reading its commitment to several system‐ Osher Foundation, the Friends of Festival, 81st Avenue Branch wide initiatives to promote early Oakland Public Library, the Stocker invited award winning children’s reading, creativity, and library use. Foundation, and Union Pacific author Jacqueline Woodson and In addition to ongoing programs, Foundation. In June 2011, more renowned local author/illustrator like weekly storytimes for pre‐ than 9,400 children signed up for Maya Christina Gonzales into the readers, the library offers many Summer Reading at the Oakland library and to the classrooms of special events that are consistently Public Library! the adjacent schools. well attended.

The annual Summer Reading Program was as popular as ever, promoting reading and library use while school was out during the summer months. As part of this program, fun and educa‐ tional events and reading games Similarly, El Día de Los Niños/El Día took place in all branches, thanks de Los Libros, in which the library participates each April, empha‐ sized the importance of advo‐

cating literacy for children of all Paws to Read linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Another fun program promoting On a more local level, as part of reading is Paws to Read, at the Oakland Literacy Coalition Lakeview Branch. Thanks to a initiative, the Brookfield Branch partnership with Therapy Pets, this participated in the Literacy Zone exceedingly popular program has during the 2010‐11 school year. The been bringing young readers and initiative, which linked the library patient canine listeners together with Brookfield Elementary School for three years now. and Head Start, introduced new programs to promote literacy and made new materials available to Author Mac Barnett read his books to children at Montclair Branch. children.

14 Oakland Public Library Oakland Public Library 15 Services for Children

From January 2010 to June 2011, of shuttle users revealed children Rockin’ Robins Family Play Days, are more likely to ask to be read to made possible by a grant through after their visits to the library. First 5 Alameda County, brought During the summer of 2011, instructive activities and play to Alameda County Community promote learning‐positive interac‐ Food Bank partnered with the tion between parents and young library and the Oakland Unified children. Partner organizations School District to make free helping to bring this program to lunches available to children at the fruition were Raising a Reader and Lotus Bloom.

The library and the Museum of Art teachers from the Museum of Children’s Art lead afterschool art programs at many Oakland Library locations. Children’s Art (MoCHA) forged a new partnership to bring Hall of Science brought the Check year the Library trains dozens weekly MoCHA Afterschool Art Out Science programs to three of volunteer readers who, on programing to four library loca‐ library locations, with the help completing the program’s inten‐ tions, with seasonal one‐time of an Institute of Museum and sive workshops, can take their programs at all locations. This Library Services grant. skills to preschool and childcare program, made possible through centers all through the city of Additionally, the Library supports an Oakland Fund for Children and Oakland. early literacy development Youth grant, builds on the library’s throughout the community, Furthering its mission to welcome collaboration with MoCHA and the preparing volunteer story readers hard‐to‐reach families within the Eastmont, Chavez, 81st Avenue, Re‐Create Art Workshops. A similar through its training program, community, the West Oakland Martin Luther King, and Golden partnership with the Lawrence Books for Wider Horizons. Each Library Shuttle continued to Gate branches. The program was provide free transportation to the designed to keep kids healthy in West Oakland Branch, making it learning environments, much as easier for children and families the U.S. Department of Agriculture in this sprawling area to access assists low‐income students during their branch library. The shuttle is the school year.

funded by a multi‐year grant from C LICK TO VIEW the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Lifeline Transporta‐ tion Program, and administered by the Alameda County Transporta‐ L UNCH AND LEARN tion Commission. A questionnaire

16 Oakland Public Library Oakland Public Library 17 Services for Teens

The Teen Services Department The arts are a key forum in which anniversary of the organization. does a terrific job not only in teens are able to engage in the The TeenZone Art Wall was the drawing young adults into the politics and culture of their time site of a Fashion Art exhibit, which library and getting them involved while honing voices and points culminated in a fashion show at the in library programming, but in of view, and Teen Services took Main Library. The Challenges of engaging teens in events that big steps to bring more teen art Champions exhibit, also on the Art impact the community at large. and culture in to the library. In Wall, showcases some very moving early 2011, Teen Services forged a The Main Library’s TeenZone and a art by young people expressing two‐year partnership with Youth growing number of expanded teen their sorrow about violent deaths Speaks promoting free speech and areas in branches throughout the occurring in Oakland. youth leadership through after‐ library system cater to this impor‐ school writing workshops, poetry In March 2011, girls were able to tant segment of the OPL commu‐ competitions, festivals and visual participate in a rock ‘n’ roll perfor‐ nity with books, periodicals, and arts that showcase teen talent and mance at the library, which was computer technology that appeal promote youth voice. As part of offered through a partnership with to teens and address their needs. EastSide Arts Alliance exhibited their work on the TeenZone Art Wall. Bay Area Girls Rock Camp. After The library frequently hosts visits developing skills on their instru‐ from high school classes to intro‐ book days, video game contests, keeps teens coming to the library and historical sites accessible ments and practicing songs they duce its teen areas and services. chess matches, and other fun and when school is out. The passport by public transit. Although the wanted to play, the girls put on a Free book giveaways, comic creative activities attract similarly program also encourages young Summer Passport idea did not show before a crowd exceeding enthusiastic crowds to further people to explore cultural attrac‐ originate here in Oakland, its 100 people. Needless to say, the engender greater familiarity with tions throughout the Bay Area, success here has inspired other old cliché about librarians shushing and appreciation for the library. rewarding teens for getting their public library systems to model noisy patrons was not in effect as Thanks to local arts teachers, who passport stamped at museums similar programs on ours. young women jammed on elec‐ offer their time afterschool and tric guitars and drum kits in the on Saturdays, the library is able Members of the Youth TeenZone. to offer craft‐making classes that Leadership Council spoke at a show teens how to make soap, City Council meeting in 2011. The Youth Leadership Council (YLC) is a well established resource jewelry, or temporary henna the ongoing relationship between through which the library can tattoos. OPL and Youth Speaks, the Main absorb highly valued input from For three summers running, Teen Library co‐hosted the preliminary teens. This year, the YLC took its Services has offered is increasingly round of the Youth Speaks Slam growing voice to City Hall, speaking popular Teen Summer Passport Poetry Competition. Also, the Teen‐ at a City Council meeting to express Program, which provides fun and Zone Art Wall and the West Audi‐ support for the library as budget Girls rocked the TeenZone in 2011 with help from challenging programming that A happy prize-winner from the 2010 Teen Summer Passport Program. torium were the sites of the Youth cuts were being discussed. the Bay Area Girls Rock Camp. Speaks art exhibit, marking the 15th

18 Oakland Public Library Oakland Public Library 19 Financial Summary Supporters

2009-2010 2010-20Column211 The Oakland Public Library thanks and acknowledges the following supporters who donated $100.00 Column2 Total Appropriations $20,868,323 Total Appropriations $21,698,566 General & Misc or more between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2011. Gifts to the Oakland Public Library support and enhance General & Misc General & Misc City Funds $8,956,499 City FundsGeneral & Misc City Funds $8,959,549 library services, programs, collections, facilities and the community. City Funds Measure Q Measure QMeasure Q $11,414,330 Measure Q $12,247,549 Local/State/Fe 2009-2010 Supporters 2010-2011 Supporters Local/State/FeLocal/State/Federal Grants $196,715 deral GrantsLocal/State/Federal Grants $284,715 deral Grants Trust Fund Trust Fund $300,778 Trust Fund $206,753 Individuals Organizations Individuals Organizations Trust Fund Anonymous (6) Anonymous Anonymous (3) Alexander & Baldwin Foundation Joellen Ademski Burma Superstar Oakland, Inc. Wynne Chang BART Heather Bakke California Library Association Franklin F. Chen Chevron Humankind Column2 Column2 Karen A. Chandler Chevron Humankind Employee Fund Deborah Churchill Matching Gift Program Total Expenditures $20,868,323 Total Expenditures $21,698,566 Janet Chin & Elinor Barron S.H. Cowell Foundation Estate of Clyde L. Evans Community Health Charities Deborah L. Churchill Edwin H. Lennette Fund at the East Bay Ira S. Feldman Fentons Creamery PersonnelPersonnel $15,488,116 PersonnelPersonnel $15,980,256 Kevin & Brenda Fitzpatrick Community Foundation Ellen Fenichel First 5 Alameda County Operations & Supplies $3,401,131 Operations & Supplies $3,893,351 Fentons Creamery Friends of Rockridge Library Operations & Operations & Pat M. & Hal Gelb Kevin & Brenda Fitzpatrick First 5 Alameda County Friends of the Asian Library suppliesBooks & Other Materials $1,979,075 SuppliesBooks & Other Materials $1,824,960 D. M. Jackson Laura Jerrard Books & other Books & Other Martin D. Kung Friends of the Montclair Library Paula Kimbro Friends of the Montclair Library materials Materials Judy M. Martin Friends of the Oakland Public Library Alan B. “Amos” Lans Friends of the Oakland Public Library Average cost per capita $46.15 Average cost per capita $52.51 Dino O’Neal Give Something Back Fund at the East Lloyd Lavagetto Heatherly Born Fund, Community Bay Community Foundation Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Gregory Sloan Loretta & Dan San Souci Irene S. Scully Family Foundation HEDCO Foundation Kenji Yamada Metropolitan Transportation Tributes Koret Foundation STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS Commission Kresge Foundation In honor of Elizabeth Burr & Philanthropic Ventures Foundation Tributes U SE U SE William Balsham from Lake Merritt Breakfast Club Charitable Kenneth Rainin Foundation In memory of Jean Ayers from Foundation Population Served 452,155 Population Served 413,783 Andrea & Joe Banyas Teiko A. Ayers Eugene & Julia Ericksen Raymond Family Foundation Metropolitan Transportation Registered Borrowers* 236,290 Registered Borrowers* 229,145 In honor of Elizabeth Burr & Susan & Edward Goldstein Riverstone Networks, Inc. Settlement Commission Percent of population registered 52% Percent of population registered 55% William Balsham from Anne & Arthur Pringle Fund Pacific Library Partnership Charles Ashcom In memory of Richard Higgins from Rogers Family Foundation Jonathan B. Ashcom Philanthropic Ventures Foundation C OLLECTIONS C OLLECTIONS Brian Fisher Stocker Foundation Amy P. Jirsa Porter E. & Helenmae Thompson Total Circulation 2,469,588 Total Circulation 2,504,952 In memory of Ja‐Lih Lee from Surtman Foundation In memory of Luella Edmond from Foundation Circulation of Children’s Materials 912,199 Circulation of Children’s Materials 996,251 Winifred Walters Judy M. Martin Stocker Foundation Circulation of DVDs, CDs, Thomas J. Long Foundation Circulation of DVDs, CDs, In honor of Clio Salzer from D. M. Jackson and other Media 831,649 and other Media 895,052 Porter E. & Helenmae Thompson Union Pacific Foundation Steven & Stephanie Brown In memory of Richard Higgins from Circulation of Non‐English Naterials 298,524 Circulation of Non‐English Materials 269,653 Foundation University of California Brian Fisher Union Pacific Foundation Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation In memory of Richard Jenevein from United Way of the Bay Area William G. Gilmore Foundation S ERVICES S ERVICES Winifred Walters Reference Questions 745,614 Reference Questions 785,182 University of California In memory of Carol Summer from Computer Sessions 325,849 Computer Sessions 278,054 California Communications Access State & Federal Grants Program Attendance 98,408 Program Attendance 122,195 State & Federal Grants California Library Literacy Services California Library Literacy Services (California State Library) P ERSONNEL P ERSONNEL (California State Library) Library Services & Technology Act Total Number of Staff 390 Total Number of Staff 360 Library Services & Technology Act (California State Library) Annual Volunteer Hours 21,267 Annual Volunteer Hours 25,819 (California State Library) Public Library Foundation Public Library Foundation (State of California) (State of California) California State Library Bond Act of 2000 * Drop in registered borrowers resulted from re‐registration of 2010, which culled out non‐active accounts. Note: Every effort has been made to ensure that our listing is accurate. If there are any errors or omissions, please accept our apologies and do contact the Grants and Devel opment Office, 238‐6932, so that we may correct our records.

20 Oakland Public Library Oakland Public Library 21 Recognition of Friends, Volunteers & Supporters Oakland Public Library ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM LOCATIONS Each year the Friends of the Library, serve as computer docents, Carmen Martínez, Library Director Main Library Gerry Garzón, Associate Director 125 14th Street Oakland Public Library (FOPL) greet at events and perform a Gene Tom, Chief Financial Officer African American Museum raise funds through membership variety of other services at Oakland Jamie Turbak, Administrative Librarian and Library at Oakland (AAMLO) dues and the Friends’ used book‐ libraries. In May 2011, half a dozen Rosalía Arteaga‐Romo, Executive Assistant 659 14th Street Winifred Walters, Grants and Development Manager store, The Bookmark, which is employees of the Clorox Company Second Start Adult Literacy Program Crystal Ramie‐Adams, Human Resources Manager 1801 Adeline Street located at 721 Washington Street, volunteered half a workday to help Rick Moss, Chief Curator, AAMLO 81st Avenue East Oakland in Old Oakland. Money FOPL the library conduct inventory on its PUBLIC SERVICES TEAM Community Library donated to the library helped DVD collection. The library benefits 1021 81st Avenue Kathleen DiGiovanni, Acting Supervising Librarian, Main Library support free community programs, greatly from contributions such Nina Lindsay, Supervising Librarian, Children’s Services Asian Branch Library Jane Lopez, Supervising Librarian, Branch Administration Pacific Renaissance Plaza including the National Library Elen Moyer, FOPL President, and as these. 388 9th Street, Ste.190 Robert Bacon, FOPL member, at Mary Schrader, Acting Supervising Librarian, Branch Administration Week event, children’s and the Grand Opening of the new Volunteer tutors in the Second Daniel Hersh, Public Services Support Brookfield Branch Library teen programs, collections, and 9255 Edes Avenue 81st Avenue Branch. Start Adult Literacy program work enhancements to branches and Save Oakland Library played a FRIENDS OF THE OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY César E. Chávez Branch Library one‐on‐one with adult learners and significant role in expressing the BOARD OF DIRECTORS 20092011 3301 East 12th St., Ste. 271 Derrick DeMay, Children’s Librarian the Main Library. FOPL also helped trained volunteer story readers importance of keeping libraries open. Ellen Moyer, President of the 81st Avenue East Oakland Dimond Branch Library raise money for books and furni‐ Julie Waldman, Treasurer Community Library. 3565 Fruitvale Avenue extend the library’s early literacy making its priorities known. In 2011, ture at the new 81st Avenue East Judy Toll, Secretary services by reading to preschool Save Oakland Library, a coalition Michael J. Dalton Eastmont Branch Library CREDITS Oakland Community Library. Eastmont Town Center classes once a week. Genevieve Katz Text and project management: of concerned Oakland residents, 7200 Bancroft Ave., Suite 211 Tom Downs Ronile Lahti FOPL volunteers donate their time Design: Despite deep cuts to the city advocated tirelessly to raise aware‐ Elmhurst Branch Library Bob Shurtleff Randall Homan, Gestalt Graphics – approximately 50 volunteers staff 1427 88th Avenue budget, the Oakland Public Library ness about the threat to Measure Sophie Souroujon Cover photo: the Bookmark Bookstore, open Brook Vanderford continues to offer a full range Q and library services. Organizers Golden Gate Branch Library Angela Lang 5606 San Pablo Avenue 7 days a week. And customers of Winifred Walters Photography: of services to the public largely used social media, public demon‐ Angela Lang, Sibila Savage, Elaine Joe, Evan Zubritsky Lakeview Branch Library the Bookmark contribute to the Nicole Jones (Oakland North), Robert because the public values these strations, and fliers to get the word Carl Alexander, Honorary Director 550 El Embarcadero Ian Watson, volunteer and FOPL Dawson, Amy Sonnie, Sharon McKellar, Oakland Public Library every time member, posed as Clifford the services and has been effective in out. Save Oakland Libraries also Tom Downs, and OPL staff and volunteers. LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSSION 200911 Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch Library they make a purchase at the shop. Big Red Dog with Adam Traeger- 6833 International Blvd. Proofreading: organized the 14‐hour “Read‐in” Steve Tidrick, Chairperson Hirschfelder, Senior Program Officer, Sara DuBois Koret Foundation, and his son. in front of City Hall, and members Jill Broadhurst, Vice Chairperson Melrose Branch Library Contributions: 4805 Foothill Blvd. led a branch‐to‐branch bicycle tour, Muhammad M. Alabi Gene Tom, Jamie Turbak, Winifred Walters, Nina Lindsay, Jane Lopez, Marilyn Citron Montclair Branch Library Fifteen branches are supported Dorothy Lazard, Amy Prevedel, Amy which demonstrated its support Susanna Gilden 1687 Mountain Blvd. Sonnie, Brian Boies, Sharon McKellar, by local Friends volunteers who for the entire system, rather than a Sylvester Grisby, Sr. Piedmont Avenue Branch Library Mary Farrell, Echa Schneider, Rick Moss, conduct book sales, advocate for select few library locations. Thanks Genevieve Katz 160 41st Street and Windsor Schmidt. Jessica Leavitt libraries, help with programs, and to their efforts, thousands of resi‐ Rockridge Branch Library Tom Manley A portion of the cost of this annual support their local branch in many 5366 College Avenue dents signed petitions that were Carolyn Mixon report was paid for by the Friends of the Oakland Library. other ways. delivered to City Council at the Arthur Noble Temescal Branch Library Employees of the Clorox Company 5205 Telegraph Avenue Peggy Simmons Other OPL volunteers work the volunteered to help the library do budget meetings. Linda White Taylor West Oakland Branch Library an inventory check on its DVD information desk at the Main Billie Wooldridge FREE www .oaklandlibra1801 Adeline Streetr y . org The Bookmark collection. www.oaklandlibrary.org

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