branch had been on 41st Street at Piedmont Avenue since 1932, but had to move when the building owner raised the rent. The library is now on the grounds of Piedmont Avenue Elementary School. Rockridge (1919, current location 1996), 5366 College Avenue Temescal (1899, current location 1918), 5205 Telegraph Avenue The Temescal branch houses the Oakland Tool Lending Library, one of the few tool libraries in the Bay Area, which allows library patrons to check out tools for various kinds of repairs and home-improvement projects, as well as books, videos, and other instructional materials. West Oakland (1977), 1801 Adeline Street African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO) The African American Museum & Library at Oakland (AAMLO) is a non-circulating library that archives historic collections and reference materials documenting the African American experience in California. Among the more than 160 collections in the library are archives relating to Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the Black Panthers, Africa, and genealogy. Materials include photographs, manuscripts, letters, diaries, newspapers, recorded oral histories, videos, and microfilms. AAMLO’s two galleries host changing exhibitions of art, history, and culture. References External links Official site of the Oakland Public Library The Friends of the Oakland Public Library Further reading Education in Oakland, California Public libraries in California Libraries in Alameda County, California Library buildings completed in 1951