The Albany Library serves the 18,000 residents of Albany and the nearby communities of Berkeley, Oakland, and El Cerrito. The City of Albany provides additional hours of service through funds, passed by the voters in 1994 and 2006.

The current library building was designed by Marquis Associates and opened in January 1994, and two-thirds of the funding was provided by the California Library Construction & Renovation Bond Act of 1988, through a grant administered by the State Library. Other funding came from the City of Albany and private donations.

1247 Marin Ave. Albany, CA 94706
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The Castro Valley Library opened in October 2009 and now serves the residents of Castro Valley and neighboring cities by providing modern facilities complete with 58 computers, wifi, and 125,000 books, DVDs, in addition to services and programs for all ages.

Spacious meeting rooms are available for community groups to schedule along with a Multipurpose Education Center, Bookstore, Outdoor Patio and more!

3600 Norbridge Ave, Castro Valley, CA 94546
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This library serves a population of over 523,000 in the cities of Albany, Dublin, Fremont, Newark, Union City, and the unincorporated areas of Castro Valley, and San Lorenzo.

3801 Nicolet Ave. Fremont, CA 94536
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The Dublin Public Library is an open, welcoming, family-friendly place, committed to enriching lives and creating opportunity through the love of reading, the joy of learning, and by engaging with people of all ages and diversity to build an informed and thriving community.

200 Civic Plaza, Dublin, CA 94568
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Fremont Main, the largest building in our system, has the highest circulation in the Alameda County Library system and shares its space with the Alameda County Library Administration.

The current building was dedicated in 1989 and is home to the Maurice Marks Center for Local and California History and to the Fukaya public meeting rooms.

2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538
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We are proud to continue the bookmobile tradition with a new fleet of vehicles that will allow us to adapt to the changing needs of our growing communities. Through our targeted services, we support schools, preschools, and neighborhoods with limited access to books with a vision of delivering happiness at every turn.

For schedule and locations, click here.

The 15,000 sq. ft. Newark Library has over 74,095 items, including books, magazines, newspapers, and DVDs. At this Library, there are special areas for preschoolers, school age children, teens, adults, and seniors.

Designed by architect Aaron Green and opened to the public in 1983, it is located at the far end of the Civic Center complex, off Newark Blvd., just south of Thornton Ave.

6300 Civic Terrace Ave. Newark, CA 94560
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The Niles Library is a 2,152 sq. ft. neighborhood library that houses over 11,000 items, including books, magazines and newspapers, videos, CDs, and audiocassettes. Along with the Centerville, Irvington, and Fremont Main Library, it provides materials, programs and services for the residents of Fremont.

150 I Street, Fremont, CA 94536
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The San Lorenzo Library’s current facility opened in 1968 and was nearly doubled in size in 2015. It now offers a wide array of resources and services, and the friendly staff is always ready to help find books, movies, computer assistance, and more.

The Library engages people of all ages and diverse walks of life to build an informed and thriving community through special activities such as preschool storytimes and free art activities to promote the love of reading and learning across the community. San Lorenzo area residents provide additional support to the library through a Utility Users Tax.

395 Paseo Grande, San Lorenzo, CA 94580
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This Library located in the Civic Center complex across the street from James Logan High School serves the 70,000 residents of Union City as well as the nearby communities of Fremont, Hayward, and Newark. Union City Library has the third largest circulation of Library materials in the County system.

It offers a collection of over 100,000 resources including a growing DVD and CD book collection, with versions in Chinese, Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Punjabi, Spanish and Tagalog.
Other services include free internet access, free wireless access, a typewriter, photocopiers, and text enlarger. A meeting room is available for use by community groups free of charge.

34007 Alvarado-Niles Rd. Union City, CA 94587
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