Live Oak Public Libraries
Serving Chatham, Effingham and Liberty Counties

We can e-mail you when your holds are ready and also send you reminders when your items are about to be due. We can even e-mail your PIN to you if you forget it! Use the Contact form to send us your e-mail!
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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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In My Account, you can view all of your library transactions; place holds without re-entering your card information; change your PIN; renew your checkouts; and even pay your bills! Your default PIN is the last 6 digits of your library...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 Hours: Mon-Tues 4-8; Wed-Thur...
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Located at the Southwest Chatham 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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Bookmobile service is provided through the Southwest Chatham Branch. You can reach the staff at 912-925-8305. Homebound service is provided through The Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Call 912-925-7774 for details. Current bookmobile schedule: Chatham Apartments, Rose of...
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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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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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