The Butte County Library serves about 221,270 residents in the city of Oroville, providing library services in six branches across Oroville, Biggs, Chico, Durham, Gridley, and Paradise. The library opened in 1913 in the Butte County Charter and has now expanded its collections and services, maintaining 257,100 volumes and circulating 963,000 items annually. It offers computer access and printing, meeting rooms, programming for all ages, and literacy programs such as adult reading programs, one-on-one tutoring, career online high school diploma, and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes and conversation groups.