Golden Gate Branch
Starting September 14th, 2013, Golden Gate Branch will be open Monday through Friday instead of Tuesday through Saturday. Click here for more information about the schedule changes.
Branch Address
5606 San Pablo AvenueOakland, CA 94608
(510) 597-5023
Branch Hours
Monday:
12:30pm - 8:00pm
Tuesday:
10:00am - 5:30pm
Wednesday:
10:00am - 5:30pm
Thursday:
10:00am - 5:30pm
Friday:
12:00pm - 5:30pm
Saturday:
Closed
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 |
|---|---|
| Let’s Meet in the ‘Zone! | 3:30pm |
| Event Name | Time |
|---|---|
| Preschool Storytime | 10:15am |
| Baby Bounce | 11:15am |
| Event Name | Time |
|---|---|
| FREE Comic Book Day! | 12:00pm |
| Event Name | Time |
|---|---|
| Preschool Storytime | 10:15am |
| Baby Bounce | 11:15am |
| Event Name | Time |
|---|---|
| Broadway at the Branches with Oakland Youth Chorus | 3:30pm |
| Event Name | Time |
|---|---|
| Preschool Storytime | 10:15am |
| Baby Bounce | 11:15am |
| Event Name | Time |
|---|---|
| Preschool Storytime | 10:15am |
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