Due to a City of Oakland Mandatory Business Closure Day, the Main Library will be closed on Friday, June 14th. All Branch Libraries will be closed on Tuesday, June 18th.
Golden Gate Branch
Branch Address
5606 San Pablo AvenueOakland, CA 94608
(510) 597-5023
Branch Hours
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
12:30pm - 8:00pm
Wednesday:
10:00am - 5:30pm
Thursday:
10:00am - 5:30pm
Friday:
12:00pm - 5:30pm
Saturday:
10:00am - 5:30pm
Sunday:
Closed About the Golden Gate Branch
Golden Gate has a collection of approximately 35,000 items. Circulating materials are largely of popular interest with a strong emphasis on fiction and jazz music. (Golden Gate is well known for its Golden Gate Friends sponsored Summer Jazz on Sundays series. The African American collection is one of the largest branch collections in the system.
Special-interest collections include a small Performing Art Collection (including storytelling, reader's theatre, puppetry, and drama), and a collection of Chess "how-to" books for all ages. The East Indian collection includes books for adults and children in Hindi and Punjabi, DVDs of Hindi cinema ("Bollywood"), and CDs of many genres of classical, folk, and pop music from India.
The branch is equipped with thirteen (13) computers with Internet access and word processing available for public use.
Meeting Room
The branch meeting room has a capacity of 50 people.Upcoming Events
| Event Name | Time |
|---|---|
| Busy Bee Dogs | 10:30am |
| Weekly Art Workshop with MOCHA | 3:00pm |
| Event Name | Time |
|---|---|
| Book Discussion Group | 6:30pm |
| Event Name | Time |
|---|---|
| Mexican Bean Bracelets | 10:30am |
| Weekly Art Workshop with MOCHA | 3:00pm |
| Event Name | Time |
|---|---|
| Paper Airplane Day | 10:30am |
| Weekly Art Workshop with MOCHA | 3:00pm |
| Event Name | Time |
|---|---|
| Jazz on Sundays at Golden Gate Branch | 3:00pm |
| Event Name | Time |
|---|---|
| Poetry Freewrite | 6:15pm |
| Event Name | Time |
|---|---|
| Owen Baker-Flynn | 10:30am |
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