Body Join. Volunteer. Shop. The Friends of the OC Public Libraries are volunteers who are interested in promoting the library to the community, enriching resources, providing legislative support and sponsoring cultural programs. Funds raised by the Friends support children’s programs among other projects. Visit one of the Friends’ Used Bookstores and...

Body Housing & Community Development & Homeless Prevention will be going out for a public notice on Thursday February 8, 2018. The public notice period is from February 8, 2018 – March 12, 2018. Name of the Document: FY 2018-19 Annual Action PlanTo review the document visit http://occommunityservices.org/hcd/community/

Body The Costa Mesa Donald Dungan Library staff are our employees of the month for June!Library staff went above and beyond to get the new library ready for the Grand Opening on May 24th. The new library is two-stories and much larger than the previous location, with separate Children’s and Teen...

Body Employee of the Month - Nelda Stone Library Assistant, Nelda Stone consistently provides OCPL patrons with exceptional reference service. A member of the Historical Images Committee, Nelda provides a continual stream of ideas for enhancing the online local history collection, OC Stories. Her passion for and broad knowledge of Orange...

Body Chalishia is a Library Assistant II at Tustin. Chalishia leads an exceptional storytime at the Tustin Library, which regularly exceeds 100 visitors per session and has received many compliments from patrons. She also leads the Tustin Library’s Bilingual Storytime which is a fun morning of stories and songs presented in...

Body Housing & Community Development Public Notice The public notice period is from May 15, 2020 – June 15, 2020. Name of the Document: Draft FY 2020-24 Consolidated Plan/Citizen Participation Plan, FY 2020-21 Annual Action Plan, and FY 2020-25 OC Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice You can find the...

Body Welcome to the Interlibrary Loan Services. Interlibrary Loan provides access to books, magazine and newspaper articles, and microfilm that are not available from the OC Public Libraries. These materials are borrowed from other library systems, and will take time for materials to arrive. Before requesting materials, check our catalog to...

Body Beatty Award Honors the author of a distinguished book for children or young adults that best promotes an awareness of California and its people. Caldecott Award Given annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished...

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Body Rita Recommends is a service providing reading recommendations designed personally for you by OC Public Libraries’ staff. Fill out a survey of your reading tastes, and our staff will send you 5 personalized recommendations within a week. What type of books would you like us to suggest? Adult Books Teen...