County of Los Angeles Public Library
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- This library serves the county of Los Angeles. For the library serving the city, see Los Angeles Public Library.
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| Location | Los Angeles County, California |
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| Established | 1912 |
| Number of branches | 84 |
| Collection size | 7,838,277 |
| Annual circulation | 13,971,247 |
| Population served | 3,673,313 |
| Members | 2,807,815 (2007)[1] |
| Budget | $104,187,855 |
| Director | Margaret Donnellan Todd (County Librarian) |
| Employees | 1,861 |
| Website | http://www.colapublib.org/ |
The County of Los Angeles Public Library system serves residents living in 51 of the 88 incorporated cities of Los Angeles County, California. United States and those living in unincorporated areas resulting in a service area extending over 3,000 square miles.
The library system, headquartered in Downey, California, is overseen by the Library Commission of 20 appointed members who report on administration, operation, and service to the County Board of Supervisors who operate County Library as a special fund department.
Library services are provided by eighty-four regional and community libraries, four bookmobiles, and seven special reference/resource centers. Circulating books, periodicals, computer access and audio visual materials are available to visitors. The system also offers consumer health information under CHIPS (Consumer Health Information Program and Services), and four ethnic resource centers that provide specialized resource materials focusing on the American Indian, African American, Asian-Pacific American, and Chicano communities.
According to the American Library Association, the County system is the 13th largest library in the United States.[2]
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[edit] History
The county library system, originally named the Los Angeles County Free Library, was established in 1912 under authority of the County Free Library Act.
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[edit] Bookmobiles
- Antelope Valley (Lancaster)
- Las Virgenes (Lancaster)
- Santa Clarita Valley
- Urban Outreach (West Covina)
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