Past News

The debut of Good Friends, Good Books, the Friends’ online used bookstore was a tremendous success! Even with minimal advertising, demand started strong and stayed that way. The team of volunteers, led by Janet Doman, Kate O’Brien, and Caryl Piernot worked tirelessly to add to the store’s

Hello Book Lovers, We are pleased to announce the Friends of Thousand Oaks Library has opened up our own Online Bookstore, Good Friends, Good Books. As you know, due to the pandemic, the Library has been closed and our loyal book lovers who frequented our Friends’ Bookshop

#GivingTuesday is an inclusive community of givers, all celebrating caring and generosity by giving back to their communities on #GivingTuesday, December 1st. The Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library play an important role in our community by raising the funds that provide enhancements to what our City

The Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library have been recognized for their service to the library by the City of Thousand Oaks, in a proclamation issued October 18, 2020, announcing National Friends of Libraries Week. The Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library are honored by this recognition,

The Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library are celebrating a very special week October 18-24! The American Library Association has designated this week National Friends of the Library Week, in recognition of what Friends groups do all over the nation to support their libraries. Did you know:

There’s a new team in town! The Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library have welcomed Lori Kissinger and Aerin LeDuc-Gummeson to the newly created Community Outreach team. The team, working with longtime members Janet Doman and Bettie Rae Hall, collect, sort, clean and deliver books in good

Summer Reading Club usually means groups, crafts, programs, stories, prizes. How do you handle that during a pandemic? With groups, crafts, programs, stories, and prize! Our amazing library staff mounted an engaging, stimulating, thoroughly enjoyable Summer Reading Club online this year, using their skills, imagination, and technology.

When book sorter Susan Bullard first saw the book, she knew it was something out of the ordinary. “I was sorting in Janet (Doman)’s garage,” she said. “Currently we’re taking the donated books there for a safe handling period of 48 hours before processing. Janet handed me

The more things change, the more they stay the same. A quick glance at the Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library’s collection of news clippings show that book sales and supporting the library have been the Friends’ story from the very beginning. The Friends have a long

By Dick Piernot, President It was not that long ago, the “Before Times,” that is, when FTOL volunteers were busy processing donations in the sorting/searching rooms at the GRB and NP libraries. Donations were arriving daily at both locations – books, DVDs, CDs, and the occasional games,