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Contra Costa County Library
Established	1913
Location	Contra Costa County, California
Branches	26
Access and use
Circulation	6,132,207
Population served	1,024,319
Members	455,607
Other information
Director	Anne Cain, County Librarian
Website	http://www.ccclib.org/

Contra Costa County Library is a public library that is part of Contra Costa County, California, United States. There are 26 community libraries, access to electronic information via a website, over 455,000 cardholders and more than 6 million items borrowed annually.

[edit] History

Founded in 1913, the Contra Costa County Library brought a commitment to widespread, county-wide service. Prior to this time, libraries for the public included the Martinez Free Reading Room and Library Association established in 1896 and the Richmond Public Library established in 1909.

By the 1920s, there were over 40 branches and the Contra Costa County Library also provided service to 64 public schools. During the years following World War II, the Library began to reflect the newly developing suburban nature of the county it served. In the mid-1950s, the Library began an ambitious program to construct much larger branch buildings. This eventually led to the construction of most of the buildings that the Library uses today. Between 1958 and 1974, 15 of the 21 library buildings now in use were opened. Among these were the County's first central library and the adjacent administrative and technical services center, which opened in 1961. At the present time, there are 26 community libraries and an online service available anywhere.

[edit] Branches

There are 26 community library locations:^[4]

Antioch (501 West 18th Street)
Bay Point (205 Pacifica Avenue)
Brentwood (751 Third Street)
Clayton (6125 Clayton Road)
Concord (2900 Salvio Street)
Crockett (991 Loring Avenue)
Danville (400 Front Street)
Dougherty Station (17017 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon)
El Cerrito (6510 Stockton Avenue)
El Sobrante (4191 Appian Way)
Hercules (109 Civic Drive)
Kensington (61 Arlington Avenue)
Lafayette (952 Moraga Road)
Library-a-Go-Go (Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station, Discovery Bay: Sandy Cove Shopping Center, and El Cerrito Del Norte BART Station)
Martinez (740 Court Street)
Monument Futures (2699 Monument Boulevard Suite G, Concord)
Moraga (1500 Saint Mary's Road)
Oakley (1050 Neroly Road)
Orinda (26 Orinda Way)
Pinole (2935 Pinole Valley Road)
Pittsburg (80 Power Avenue)
Pleasant Hill (1750 Oak Park Boulevard)
Rodeo (220 Pacific Avenue)
San Pablo (2300 El Portal Drive)
San Ramon (100 Montgomery Street)
Walnut Creek Park Place (1395 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek)
Ygnacio Valley (2661 Oak Grove Road, Walnut Creek)

As of 2009, construction projects were underway for the Lafayette Library and Learning Center^[5] and the new Walnut Creek New Downtown Library.^[6]

[edit] Service

The library provides both physical and online collections. Users require a free library card to access most services.

Approximate figures for service use in the year 2006-2007 include 455,000 cardholders, and over 6 million items borrowed;^[1] 400,000 online subscription database searches, 600,000 items renewed online, 700,000 holds placed using the online catalog, 30,000 eBooks circulated, and 150,000 program attendees.

[edit] Other programs

Business Connection Contra Costa County Library's Business Connection web site is intended to help local entrepreneurs and the small business communities connect more easily with the information they need and with each other.

Project Second Chance Project Second Chance (PSC)], the Contra Costa County Library's adult literacy program, was founded in 1984. PSC offers basic literacy instruction by volunteers to adults. Since it began, the program has helped more than 4,000 people improve their reading, writing, and spelling skills.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Smith, Kamran (June 14, 2007) Library Hits 5 Million Mark. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
^ "Contra Costa County, California". http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_event=Search&_county=Contra+Costa+County&_cityTown=Contra+Costa+County&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=population_0. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
^ "Administration Contacts". http://www.ccclib.org/aboutus/admincontacts.html. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
^ "Locations & Hours". http://www.ccclib.org/locations. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
^ "Lafayette Library and Learning Center website". http://www.lafayettelib.com/. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
^ "New Downtown Library Project". http://www.ci.walnut-creek.ca.us/header.asp?genericId=1&catId=5&subCatId=1002. Retrieved 2007-10-31.

[edit] External links

Official website of the Contra Costa County Library

[CCLib-0] Smith, Kamran (June 14, 2007) Library Hits 5 Million Mark. Retrieved 2007-09-10.

[1] "Contra Costa County, California". http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_event=Search&_county=Contra+Costa+County&_cityTown=Contra+Costa+County&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=population_0. Retrieved 2008-02-27.

[2] "Administration Contacts". http://www.ccclib.org/aboutus/admincontacts.html. Retrieved 2008-02-27.

[3] "Locations & Hours". http://www.ccclib.org/locations. Retrieved 2008-02-27.

[4] "Lafayette Library and Learning Center website". http://www.lafayettelib.com/. Retrieved 2007-10-31.

[5] "New Downtown Library Project". http://www.ci.walnut-creek.ca.us/header.asp?genericId=1&catId=5&subCatId=1002. Retrieved 2007-10-31.

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