About Lakeview Library’s Blog

Hello, and welcome to the Lakeview Library Blog.

We admit selfish motives–we’ve started this blog to collect support to save our library.  The City of Oakland proposes draconian cuts to Lakeview’s hours and services.  We want to enlist support from you, the people Lakeview library serves.

Our first two blogs are shamelessly self serving:

1. Our first blog gives the story of the budget cuts the city proposed, outlines who to send your opinion to, and (for Lakeview’s sake) has a comments section into which you can paste a copy of any e-mails you send to the city (please consider pasting your e-mail–we can use the documentation!)
2. The second blog is our wish to add some depth and quality to our request for clemency:  We want you, our patrons, to tell your library stories:  How have libraries helped you?  What have you learned there? Do you have a funny, or poignant, or touching story to tell?  Tell us and we’ll tell the city.

Right now, we’re under fire.  With your help, we can keep Lakeview–and all of Oakland’s libraries–open to help, harbor, educate, entertain and edify the people of this City.

While you’re here, please post comments to our blogs.  And when you’re in the neighborhood, please come by and visit us.

Lakeview Library

550 El Embarcadero
Oakland, CA 94610
(510) 238-7344

Relevant Links:

• Letter from a Library Patron who loves Lakeview [contains clickable e-mail links to Council & Mayor!]
• Our First blog, where you can paste your e-mails in the comments
• Our Second blog, where you can tell your stories (or download a PDF to express yourself in non-electronic format)

Download more information:

• Save the Libraries flyer Downloadable PDF  that gives names, email and fax addresses of our elected officials
• LibrarySign DownloadablePDF  (carry it to the council and budget meetings!)

Key Dates

• City Council meets to vote on the Budget  June 16, 2009, 3PM. City Hall City Council Chambers 3rd Floor.
  Call, Write, Fax, and tell your representatives to keep the Lakeview, and all the libraries, open.