The Friends of the Oak Park Library
The Friends of the Oak
Park Library want you to join us as our partner. We are members
of the community who volunteer our time and effort to provide
support to the library for educational programs, physical
improvements in our library and to encourage the overall
enjoyment of reading.
Who are the Friends of the Oak Park Library? The Friends of the
Oak Park Library was founded in the mid-1950s prior to the
opening of the Library in June 1958. Its purpose was to provide
"support of the library, broader understanding of what the
library offers, and wider use of the library by more people."
Volunteers went door-to-door soliciting members, money and
materials. Through their efforts over $24,000 was raised to
provide funding for most of the library's furniture and
equipment.
Over the years the Friends have donated thousands of dollars to
the Library to enhance its collections, building and services.
In 2002 the Friends donated more than $11,000 to the Library to
completely revamp one of the Library’s rooms into a
magazine/newspaper reading room. This is in addition to the
numerous children’s programs offered during the year and the
almost $4,000 donated to the Library in 2001 to purchase
interactive educational games for the Children’s area!
We need your support and many new members to achieve our goals.
We thank you in advance for your membership participation. We
meet the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in Room 4 of
the Community Center. See you there
Click
below for a copy of the...
Friends of the Library - Membership Application Form
(pdf file)
The Library houses more than 2,000 Russian and
Arabic language books. The Oak Park Public
Library is a member of The Library Network, a
consortium of over 55 members libraries located
in Wayne, Oakland, Livingston and Washtenaw
Counties. These libraries are linked by computer
so that patrons can quickly discover which
materials are available at other libraries. The
Library is connected to the Internet.