Planning

Welcome!

Library Staff and the Library's Trustees are excited to share news of new projects aimed at connecting with you, our community, to improve our Berkeley Public Library buildings, services, and programs. Please check back on this page for updates and new projects. Please let me know what you think of the library's plans, your opinion is important to us. Elliot Warren, Acting Director of Library Services.

Central Library Space Improvements

Project Update - June 2016

More Information about the Central Library Space Improvements

Annual Report

Download the Berkeley Public Library's 2018 Annual Report

• 2014 Annual Report
• 2013 Annual Report
• 2012 Annual Report
• 2011 Annual Report
• 2010 Annual Report
• 2009 Annual Report
• 2008 Annual Report

Strategic Plan

The Berkeley Public Library has launched its FY15/17 strategic planning process to define specific strategic service goals and initiatives that will guide both the staff and the Board in the allocation of Library resources during the forthcoming three-year period.

FY16-18 Strategic Plan Framework

• Town Hall Meetings
  • Central Library
  • Claremont Branch
  • North Branch
  • South Branch
  • West Branch
• Town Hall Meeting Press Release: Berkeley Public Library Strategic Plan: 2014-2016 Process
• Berkeley Public Library Strategic Plan, 2008-2011
• Berkeley Public Library Strategic Plan: 2011-2013 Amendment
• Demographic Profile
• Berkeley Public Library IMPACT Survey Results

Branch Improvement Program

Information about Measure FF and individual branch projects.
Information about Sustainable Spaces.