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Adopt a Book

With your Adopt a Book donation of $25, the library will buy a book of your choice to be placed in a branch of your choice.
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Apply for a Power Card!

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Your Power Card lets you check out materials; manage your account; print or copy in our branches; access library databases from home; and obtain items from other libraries worldwide.

Print out the library card application. Fill it out. Bring it, along with a photo ID and proof of residency or property ownership*, to your nearest branch.
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Board of Trustees

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The Board of Trustees of Live Oak Public Libraries meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 5:00 p.m. Board meetings are open to the public.
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Book Groups

Several branches host their own book groups.
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Book Sales

The Friends of the Library hold large book sales several times a year. Bull Street has a wonderful used bookstore called The Last Chapter that has hundreds of titles. Many of our branches also have assorted titles for sale year-round...
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Bookmobile

Bookmobile service is provided through the Port City Branch. You can reach the staff at 912-964-8013. Homebound service is provided through The Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Call 912-354-5864 for details. Current bookmobile schedule: Savannah Summit, Stillwell Towers,...
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Business Center

Located at the Bull Street Branch, the Business Resource Center provides assistance and information to persons starting a business from books, publications and online databases. Additionally, existing businesses can request assistance for research on management and marketing issues. For further...
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CAT Tickets Now Available at Live Oak Public Libraries

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You can buy Chatham Area Transit bus tickets and tokens at four Live Oak Public Libraries branches! Tickets can be purchased at the Bull Street branch, the Oglethorpe Mall branch, the Port City branch, and the Carnegie branch during the times they are open to the public.

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Computer Services

Computers are available for public use in all of our branches. They offer: High-speed internet access and Internet Explorer Microsoft Office products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher (some), Access (some) Most major viewers and players (Adobe, RealPlayer) Printing is available for...
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Download Audio Books!

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Live Oak Public Libraries customers in good standing can now download audio books from Georgia Download Destination for listening to on their WMA (Windows Media Audio)-compatible media players.
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Foundation

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The Live Oak Public Libraries Foundation raises private funds to help support library programs and services in the 19 branches of the Live Oak Public Libraries in Chatham, Effingham and Liberty counties.
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Friends of the Library

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Because you can never have too many books ...or too many friends. Friends of Live Oak Public Libraries are people in the community just like you who are willing to work together to support their local branch library as well...
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Genealogy & Georgia History

The Kaye Kole Genealogy and Local History Room, located at the Bull Street Branch, serves as a resource center for non-circulating material on the history and genealogy of Georgia and Savannah. Telephone: 912.652.3697 | Fax: 912.652.3685 The Kaye Kole Genealogy...
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Interlibrary Loan

If we don't have it, we'll try to get it. The Interlibrary Loan Department works with libraries throughout the country to obtain items not held by Live Oak Public Libraries.
Books and other items can be requested online through WorldCat
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Jobs

Application Forms: Library Jobs | Library Page Jobs Current Openings Library Assistant I – South Effingham Part-time Assists with operation of a branch library in the delivery of quality customer service. Answers general directional, computer and office machinery questions in...
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Library History

The history of the Live Oak Public Libraries can be traced back to the turn of the century in Savannah. Established in 1903, the Savannah Public Library consisted of a 23,000 volume collection housed in one room of the Georgia...
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Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped

The Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped offers the Talking Book service which provides recorded books and magazines and the necessary playback equipment free of charge to eligible individuals. Individuals who are unable to use printed materials due to...
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Meeting Rooms

Live Oak Public Libraries offer the use of meeting rooms at some of our branches for civic, cultural, and educational activities. The meeting rooms are available for use during regular library hours of operation and are open on equal terms...
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Mission and Planning

Our Mission Live Oak Public Libraries provides excellent, responsive service to enrich people's lives, support lifelong learning and build and enhance our communities. Our Vision Creating tomorrow's library today to educate, inform, entertain and enrich our community. Our Values We...
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Placing Holds

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If the item you want isn't in your library branch or is on order, you can "place a hold" on that item and we'll make sure you get it. If it's in another branch, we’ll send it to whichever branch...
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Policies

Public policies that have been adopted by the Library Board of Trustees
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Savannah Children's Book Festival

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The Savannah Children’s Book Festival takes place every November in Forsyth Park in Savannah, Georgia. It celebrates the joy of reading, the power of the written word and the magic of storytelling with children’s book authors and illustrators from around the country. The festival also features dozens of local authors, arts and crafts, food, a variety of entertainment.
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School Reading Lists

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Check out the reading list for your school. List entries link directly into our catalog where you can place a hold on any copy and have it delivered to your branch for pickup.
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Services for the Disabled

Live Oak Public Libraries has adaptive technologies for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as those who are blind or have low vision.
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Staff

Who oversees what and contact information.
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The Little Reader

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The Live Oak Public Libraries Foundation is pleased to offer a 10-inch cold-cast bronze of “The Little Reader,” a sculpture of noted Savannah artist Susie Chisholm. The original greets visitors to the children’s department at the Bull Street Library. These...
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Volunteer Opportunities

As a library volunteer you can make the difference between a great library and a REALLY great library! With your support, our libraries will be successful in meeting--and surpassing-- the needs of its customers. Individuals, organizations, and civic groups are...
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Wireless Internet Access

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at the following branches:
Bull Street | Carnegie | Effingham | Forest City | Islands | W.W. Law | Liberty (Hinesville) | Midway/Riceboro | Oglethorpe Mall | Ola Wyeth | Port City | Port Wentworth | South Effingham (Rincon) | Thunderbolt | Tybee Island | West Chatham (Pooler)
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