From the Sacramento Public Library Website

Located on the grounds of the Bates Elementary School, the Courtland Community Library serves the school children and the citizens of the town of Courtland and the surrounding fifteen square miles. The Courtland Library has a history going back to 1909. From 1993 it was operated by volunteers from the community - members of the Courtland Affiliate of the Friends of the Sacramento Public Library - for almost 10 years. Recently the volunteers applied for and received Community Block Grant funding for the development of a new building, which opened in June, 2009.

Courtland Community Library enhances services to children by offering booktalks and storytimes to students from Bates Elementary School during class visits. Younger children are invited to free preschool and toddler storytimes. Courtland Library is very active in Sacramento Public Library's Summer Reading Program, offering a wide variety of activities from gardening and cooking to puppetry and skits.

Courtland Library provides access to the complete holdings of Sacramento Public Library to all users. The branch also offers free internet access, including Wi-Fi, to the community as well as word processing software.

The Friends of the Courtland Library continue to provide volunteer service to the library and will pursue their fundraising efforts to support the branch materials collection and programming for children and adults.

Information derived from the Sacramento Public Library Website