Jamie Turbak

Jamie Turbak is the Director of Library Services at the Oakland Public Library. Turbak was selected as the library’s director following a national search. She had served as interim director since March 2018 following the retirement of previous director Gerry Garzón. She is OPL’s 13th director since the City incorporated public library services in 1878.

Turbak has worked in public libraries for more than 20 years. In 2001, she joined OPL as an entry-level, temporary part-time Library Assistant and has worked her way through the system as a Children’s Librarian, Branch Manager, Supervising Librarian for Children’s Services and the Main Branch, Administrative Librarian, Associate Director and most recently as Interim Director of Library Services.

Turbak graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in English and earned her Master of Library Science from San Jose State. She began her career as an on-call library aide at Berkeley Public Library.