Oak View's Library is reproduced essentially verbatim (with some spelling corrections) from a copy of the article found in The Sentinel. The Sentinel was an Oak View newspaper whose address was: P.O. Box 504 - MI 9-1754.
It was published weekly on Thursday by Chuck and Faye Hill, with advertising by Joe Colville.

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Ed. Note: This is another in a series of articles about the Oak View area, its history, personages, clubs, and places of general interest.

By Chuck Hill

Did you know these facts about the Oak View branch of the Ventura County Library? It has been in the same location for nearly 14 years. There are nearly 3,000 volumes in this one location. Any book that can be had at all is available through the Oak View Library.

These facts might surprise a lot of people -- they did me.

This branch of the county library was at various locations in Oak View until it found its present home in 1945. Its location is on West Oak View Avenue, and its librarian since that date has been Mrs. Wallace Hiebert.

The shelves of this library contain a great many volumes of both fiction and non-fiction for every age group. I was amazed at the great number of adult books. However, while I was there, the children's intermediate and junior books seemed to hold the main interest. There are also reference books and current magazines.

The circulation varies from 300 or 400 books per month -- around holiday season -- to 600 or 700 books per month during the summer months.

Around 40 youngsters attend the summer reading club sessions. It appears that Oak View youngsters