FRIENDS OF THE OCC LIBRARY
The Friends of the Orange Coast College Library is a non-profit organization whose purpose is "to intensify community awareness and use of the library, to sponsor programs designed to add to the cultural life of the community, to aid in public relations by communicating needs of the community to the library, to raise funds for enlarging the library collection, and to encourage gifts, endowments, and memorials for the library." The Friends have programs, book sales, and other activities throughout the year, distribute a newsletter, and fund an annual scholarship.
CONTACT INFORMATION
The Friends of the Library
Orange Coast College
2701 Fairview Road, P.O. Box 5005
Costa Mesa, CA 92628-5005
714-432-5087
LIBRARY BOOKSTORE AND GALLERY
The Friends of the Library has a bookstore in the lobby of the OCC library. The store is open during regular library hours. The store is stocked with some of the donations we receive. Prices vary from $.50 to $2.00 depending on the type and age of the item being sold. A full list of the prices are available in the store.
DONATIONS
Donations of books and media items are gratefully accepted at the OCC library or in the library bookstore donation bins. A tax receipt is available on request at the time of donation. We also accept monetary donations of cash or check. Please call (714) 432-0202 x21058 for more information.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
Fall Used Book Sale
Great used books at incredible prices!
The Friends of the Library will host their Fall Book Sale on Wednesday, October 28 from 9 - 10 am for Friends of the Library members and 10 am - 3 pm for everyone. A variety of books will be available from bestsellers, romance, and mysteries to science, art, history and computers. Most books sell for $1.00. The sale will culminate with a "dollar-a-bag" sale from 2 -3 pm. Anyone may join the Friends of the Library prior to the book sale to take advantage of the one hour "pre-sale" exclusive for Friends members. The sale will be held in front of the library. Metered parking is available in Lot E (take Merrimac Way to the southwest corner of campus). Please call (714) 432-0202 x21058 for further details.
FOTL Program - OCC Anthropology Professor Explores Indian Burial Mounds
Tues., Nov. 17, 2009 at 7:30 PM
OCC Library Community Room
Presented by the OCC Friends of the Library
$5 at the door or a donation of used books.
FOTL members and OCC students with OCC ID card will be admitted free.
Reservations: (714) 432-5087
More than 2,000 earthen monuments are scattered from southern Ohio westward to the Mississippi River. Who built them and why? Some of these mounds are nearly 2,800 years old. They hold a special interest for Orange Coast College anthropology professor Bill Breece, who spent his sabbatical studying their structure and the significance they had to the Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian Indians who built them. Bill will explore the importance of the shapes (circular, rectangular, and square) and what significance they held for early American Indian cultures.
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