On Monday, February 14, the Thousand Oaks Library system got a new Library Services Director, Ms. Jennifer Patterson. Jennifer comes to us from Greensboro, North Carolina, where she served as Deputy Director for the Greensboro Public Library system, with eight locations. You can read the city’s official
Read more →
“Connect with Your Library” April 3-9, 2022 is National Library Week, a time to highlight the essential role libraries, librarians and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening communities. The theme for this year’s National Library Week is “Connect with Your Library,” which promotes the idea
Read more →
Join the Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library at the 8th Annual CSVP Wellness Fest at the Goebel Adult Community Center from 9:00am to 1:00pm. We will be Roaring into the Twenties with Health, Wellness, and All That Jazz focusing on all the ways that FTOL adds
Read more →
Got BOO-ks? The Friends will return to Trunk or Treat Street to hand out bookmarks and other surprises to the scariest of goblins and ghouls from their haunted…cars. Find them on Saturday, October 23rd from 6:00pm-8:30pm at CRPD’s Haunted Trail event at Thousand Oaks Community Park (next
Read more →
Let’s Read, Thousand Oaks! The 29th Annual Thousand Oaks Rotary Street Fair for family and community is scheduled for October 17 from 9:00am-4:00pm on Moorpark Road between Hillcrest and Wilbur Roads. Fairgoers can park at the Janss Marketplace. Join the Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library at
Read more →October 17-23rd marks the 16th National Friends of Libraries Week. Thank you to all 355 Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library. Your support of the mission to increase awareness of our libraries and raise funds used to assist the library in promoting learning, literacy, and cultural knowledge
Read more →Over 30 local non profit agencies and public service organizations will have booths, including Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library. Come check out volunteer opportunities in our local community. It’s a perfect way to have fun, meet like-minded people and make a difference in our community. There
Read more →
Like so many things, the One City, One Book program was interrupted last spring by the pandemic, but the always-popular author event is finally coming to the Kavli Theater on Sunday, September 19th! Honey Bus author Meredith May will be speaking to the audience, followed by a
Read more →
Help the Friends support Book Discussion Groups and the Library’s Book Club in a Box service during Book Lovers Month by donating a few dollars for the purchase of books, e-books, and audiobooks. Take a moment to reflect on how books have played a part in enriching
Read more →
The Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library is committed to helping meet the library’s budgetary needs. Our principal fundraising activity is the sale of donated used books. Our Friends’ Bookshop in the library is now open during library hours. If you are able, please consider helping us
Read more →