Oxnard-- The City Council received a report that reinvents the Oxnard Public Library (OPL) Tuesday September 19, with more services and amenities serving the community.
CULTURAL and Community Services Assistant Director Rene Rakestraw presented the item and said the library has been on an 18-month journey, which started in 1907 on the corner of Fourth and C streets.
“In 1909, a few additional branches were added outside our city limits, but still under our jurisdiction,” she said.
The library continues to be a “treasury of books,” a quiet place to research or hear storytime, she said, which continually grows and changes.
“We’ve moved from printed material to a digital screen,” Rakestraw said. “Throughout the nation, and within our County, library spaces have been redefined, and so has the role of a librarian.”
Oenita Herrada from the library was born in Oxnard and grew up being a veracious reader of books from the Carnegie Library, the C Street Library, and the Bookmobile.
“I left Oxnard for many years, then returned and have been here for 20 years,” she said. “The Oxnard Public Library has had internet access for approximately 25 years and received a grant from the Bill and Melinda…
