Updates on Library Services during Covid-19
Express indoor browsing, holds pick-up, self check-out & computer use begins at three locations:
  • North: May 28
  • West: June 7
  • Central: June 15
All indoor service hours are Monday-Saturday 2pm-6pm
 
Outdoor Pickup of holds continues at four locations:
  • Central: Monday 12-6; Tuesday-Saturday 10-6
  • Claremont: Monday-Wednesday 10-6; Thursday 12-6; Friday-Saturday 10-6
  • Tarea Hall Pittman South: Monday-Wednesday 10-6; Thursday 12-6; Friday-Saturday 10-6
  • Tool Lending Library: Monday &Tuesday 10-6; Wednesday & Thursday 12-6; Friday & Saturday 10-6
Information Line
  • 510.981.6100
  • Reference questions
  • General customer service support such as library account help
  • Monday 12-6; Tuesday-Saturday 10-6
Additional Services
  • Chromebook & Wifi hot-spot lending
  • Personalized Book Picks by librarians
  • e-Library: e-books, streaming music & movies, e-magazines, research databases, virtual tutoring 7 days a week, digital access to leading newspapers, Ancestry.com, Mango language learning 
  • Events: robust schedule of virtual programming including Summer Reading which begins June 4.
Staff teams are continuing to make plans for providing more indoor access to our locations. The teams are working in coordination with the City of Berkeley, Labor Unions and Public Health.

Additional services will be announced
via this e-newsletter, on social media and on berkeleypubliclibrary.org.
 
Upcoming Events in May
Our Resident Raptors:
UC Berkeley falcon cam caretakers

Saturday, May 22
2:30pm
 
Author Talk: 
Ibi Zoboi, award-winning author of Punching the Air in conversation with Aya de Leon, author of the Justice Hustlers series
 
Wednesday, May 26
12:15pm
 
 
 
BPL Book Club on Zoom
 
Tuesday, May 25
2pm

This month's read:
A River of Stars
 by Vanessa Hua
 
 
Teens: Dungeons & Dragons for Beginners
 
Thursday, May 27
3-6pm
 
 
 
Decoding Chinese Opera
 
Saturday, May 29
11am
There are other virtual events, for all ages, happening next week:
  • 1:1 Tech Help
  • 1:1 Personal Finance Appointments
  • Workshop: Resumes for Changing Careers
  • Family Story time
  • ESL Conversation Club
  • Lawyers in the Library
  • Super Cinema Suggests
Please check out the calendar of events.
 
Programming is made possible by the generous support of the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library.
 
Outdoor Browsing
at Tarea Hall Pittman South & Claremont
Staff report having to restock the outdoor browsing carts multiple times a day. Stop by, sometime soon!
 
Reminder: Apply to join the Board of Library Trustees
Are you a champion of public libraries and their role in helping create a vibrant and thriving community? Would you be interested in serving on the Berkeley Public Library Board of Library Trustees? The City of Berkeley is currently accepting applications to fill one vacancy on the Board. The deadline is this Monday, May 24!
 
 
All locations will be closed:
 
Friday, May 21 for Malcolm X Day
 
Monday, May 31 for Memorial Day
 
Berkeley Public Library
2090 Kittredge St.
Berkeley, California 94704
510.981.6100
www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/