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    Woodside Branch of the Oakville Public Library and the outside mural designed by local artist Gwyneth Young.

    Two girls read in the Oakville Public Library's new Children's Library.

    John Kerr is the library's first 'automated' borrower in the children's department.

    Watch out book borrowers! Chief Librarian Richard Moses now has an automated "detective" to keep track of overdue books. Oakville Central Library is the first public library in Ontario to adopt a computerized circulation system.

    "The Keene Collection comprises several hundred volumes, most of them concerned with Fine and Applied Arts, and, indeed, many of them are valuable collectors' items and important reference books"

    a pamphlet detailing the services offered at the Oakville Public Library as well as general information such as branch locations.

    From the 1967 move to OPL's current Navy St. location. The floor plans showcase the three levels that OPL will now call home.

    A 1959 newspaper clipping showcasing the Oakville Public Library's Bookmobile.

    An overview of the history of Oakville Public Library.

Hamilton Spectator, 1956     A newspaper clipping from the Hamilton Spectator profiling the Oakville Public Library.

    Oakville Public Library in 1895, it was housed within Oakville Common School's tower.

    view of Woodside Branch from Rebecca St.

    Floor plan for the first and second levels of the Central Branch of the Oakville Public Library

    Floor plan for the lower level of the Central Branch of the Oakville Public Library.

    The Bookmobile service is re-launched in 1990.

    An artist's depiction of the Glen Abbey Recreation Centre.

    Bookmobile librarian stands in front of the Bookmobile.

    Encouraging children to want to read by 'making it fun.' Part of OPLs 'Every Child Ready to Read' program.

    A look inside the Iroquois Ridge branch of the Oakville Public Library

    The interior of the Iroquois Ridge branch of the Oakville Public Library.