Oracle donates $300,000 to library

Word From California that Oracle will donate $300,000 for what is planned to be a “public library for the 21st century.” The $61 million library will be built on its current site at Third Avenue in San Mateo, CA, and is expected to open in late 2005.

“We hoped to energize and inspire people here on why the community needs a new library,” said Rosalie Gann, director of corporate giving at Oracle. The company’s gift will be geared toward exploring science, math and technology in the new library.