Beaverton City Library
Ed House, Director
12375 SW Fifth St.
Beaverton, OR 97005-9019
Beaverton, OR 97005-9019
Phone:
(503) 644-2197
Web Contact:
Email the library
Hours:
Mon-Thu 10-9, Fri 10-6, Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5 About Beaverton City Library 
The Beaverton City Library was established in 1938 through the efforts of the Kiwanis Club. As the library grew, it was taken over in 1940 by the City. In 1958 the library moved into its first new facility at 5th St. and Hall Blvd., which underwent expansion 10 years later. The library moved to the Hall Street Station in 1980, and saw its circulation increase dramatically. In 1984 the library moved once again, this time to a former Albertson's grocery store at Allen and Hall Blvd. The library was 19,000 sq. ft., the largest library in the county. In 1998 voters approved the construction of a new 67,000 sq.ft. library at Fifth Ave. and Hall Blvd. The library moved into its new facility in September 2000, and it currently houses over 300,000 items.
5/24/2013
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM - Beaverton City Library: During the break from our regular storytimes join us for stories in various world languages.
Check the library website or visit the library after May 1 to learn the language of each storytime.
5/24/2013
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM - Beaverton City Library: Decorate a book box together to keep all those books you'll check out for Summer Reading!
5/25/2013
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM - Beaverton City Library: Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to therapy dogs. The dog-and-handler teams are registered volunteers with Delta Society’s Pet Partners Program, sponsored by DoveLewis. This program is for children who are reading on their own. Sessions are 20 minutes in length. Space in this program is limited to one 20 minute session per child from May-June.
Registration is required. Please phone 503-350-3600 to register or sign up in person at the Children’s Desk on the first floor of the library.
5/25/2013
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM - Beaverton City Library: Do you want to improve your Spanish? Then come to one of our conversation groups! It is not a class but rather the opportunity to chat and improve your Spanish while helping Spanish speakers improve their English. This group is free and open to the public. No registration required.Quiere mejorar su ingles? Entonces venga a uno de nuestros grupos de conversacion! No es una clase sino una oportunidad para platicar y mejorar su ingles mientras ayuda a ingles hablantes a mejorar su espanol. Nuestros grupos son totalmente gratuitos.
5/25/2013
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: We provide the set-up; you provide the skills. Play multiple games for Wii and Xbox 360!Grades 6-12.
5/28/2013
5:30 PM to 8:00 PM - Beaverton City Library: Chill out with other anime fanatics while you eat snacks, watch anime, and master surprise anime activities!Grades 6-12.
5/28/2013
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM - Beaverton City Library: Recommended Reads is the the Beaverton City Library?s adult book discussion group. The group meets the fourth Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8pm. The list of books is below. Please join us whether or not you have finished the whole book! For more information, contact Marie Selleck at 503-350-3617. The books for each month are:
Tues Nov 27, 2012
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Tues Dec 18, 2012 ( 3rd Tues)
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
Tues Jan 22, 2013
My Abandonment by Peter Rock
Tues Feb 26, 2013
The Emperor of all Maladies: A
Biography of Cancer
by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Tues March 26, 2013
Paris Wife: a novel by Paula McLain
Tues April 23, 2013
I Remember Nothing: and other
reflections by Nora Ephron
Tues May 28, 2013
Solar: a novel by Ian McEwan
Tues June 25, 2013
The Hare with amber eyes:
a family’s century of art and loss
by Edmund De Waal
Tues July 23, 2013
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
Tues Aug 27, 2013
Canada: a novel by Richard Ford
5/29/2013
5:00 AM to 6:00 PM - Beaverton City Library: Mark Shapiro of LAIKA, the local animation company that produced such hit films as 'Coraline' and 'ParaNorman,' takes you behind the scenes with inside information about how 'Paranorman' was made. He'll present time-lapse imagery and rare footage as he describes the major untertaking involved in the production of these remarkable animated films.
5/30/2013
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM - Beaverton City Library: *2 Showings* (The other is Sunday, May 19 at 2:00 p.m.)Join us to watch the Academy Award-nominated film from LAIKA about a boy who can speak with the dead. All ages welcome, children under 10 must be supervised.
5/30/2013
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Come watch a movie in the library auditorium.