BERKELEY (CBS SF) -- It's official: the Berkeley Public Library is among the best of the best. The Library Journal, a New York-based trade publication for librarians founded in 1876, says Berkeley's ...

Update 12/26/23: This article has been updated to include the full name and title of Chinyere Keita. Part-time workers in the Berkeley Public Library, or BPL, system are organizing due to a 29-hour ...

The South Branch of the Berkeley Public Library was remodeled two years ago, and soon it might be renamed, too. On Feb. 10, the City Council passed a proposal to rename the library, at 1901 Russell St ...

It’s never too late. At least that’s what lifelong Berkeley resident Jean Durham thought when she returned a book to the Berkeley Public Library recently —after 74 years. As first reported by ...

The West Branch of the Berkeley Public Library was closed May 7 in preparation for construction, nearly four years after a city measure was first approved by voters to upgrade the branch. The Berkeley ...

The director of the Berkeley Public Library (BPL) announced Monday that she will resign after a troubled year for Library officials and staff. Heidi Dolamore, BPL’s director of library services, will ...

There is an art to every profession, and librarianship is no exception. Part of a library’s responsibility to its community is to cultivate a book collection. Berkeley is an especially diverse, ...