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.

Ages 16+ can apply online

or fill-in and print out the library card application. Bring it, along with a photo ID and proof of residency or property ownership*, to your nearest branch.
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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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You can buy Chatham Area Transit bus passes (swipe cards) at four Live Oak Public Libraries branches! Passes can be purchased at the Bull Street branch, the Oglethorpe Mall branch, the Port City branch, and the Carnegie branch during the...
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You can now donate to the Live Oak Public Libraries Foundation online!
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MP3 Books have arrived! Play books on your iPod! Live Oak Public Libraries customers in good standing can now download audiobooks from Georgia Download Destination for listening to on their WMA (Windows Media Audio) and MP3 players.
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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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The Friends of the Library are people in the community just like you who work together to: - create partnerships between the library and the community; - participate in fundraising projects such as book sales; - create a greater awareness...
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Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites are making it easier than ever for patrons to “Get Out. Get Dirty. Get Fit.” in the state’s great outdoors. Live Oak Public Libraries customers with valid Power Cards can now borrow a Georgia State Park “ParkPass” and Historic Site pass. The passes are good for free parking or admission at any of the 63 parks and historic sites statewide.
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‘Geek the Library’ is a community-based public awareness campaign designed to highlight the vital role of public libraries in today’s challenging environment and raise awareness about the critical funding issues public libraries face. The campaign is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Whatever you are passionate about--whatever you geek--public libraries are there to inspire and empower. Everyone is welcome. Almost anything can be explored. And they play an important role for individuals and for communities. What do you geek?
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Chatham County’s first new library in 20 years will be ready to open this fall. We are very excited about our new 50,000 sq. ft. service point. This state-of-the-art LEED building will be a magical place for families to explore...
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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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Request a purchase online through WorldCat. Use this if you can't find a title in our catalog and it's something you think that the library should have in its collections.
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The 7th Annual Savannah Children’s Book Festival will take place on Saturday, November 13th, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Forsyth Park in Savannah, Georgia (rain location is the Savannah Civic Center). Presented by Live Oak Public Libraries and the City of Savannah.
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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. Do let us know if you have an e-mail account so we can contact you more quickly. Also check out the Lexile "Find a Book" tool to find books to match your child's reading level.
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We've added some exquisite art books to our online bookstore.
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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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at the following branches:
Bull Street | Carnegie | Effingham | Forest City | Islands | Kayton | W.W. Law | Liberty (Hinesville) | Midway/Riceboro | Ogeechee | Oglethorpe Mall | Ola Wyeth | Port City | Port Wentworth | South Effingham (Rincon) | Thunderbolt | Tybee Island | West Chatham (Pooler)
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We don't currently provide access to ebooks for several reasons -- the primary one being money, but also formats. The Georgia Download Destination, which provides the downloadable audio books for the library, is a consortium of Georgia libraries. The members...
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