| County of Los Angeles Public Library | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1912 |
| Reference to legal mandate | County Free Library Act |
| Location | Downey, Los Angeles County, California |
| Branches | 85 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 7,838,277 |
| Criteria for collection | County residents |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 15,368,606 |
| Population served | 3,672,882 |
| Members | 3,142,419 |
| Other information | |
| Budget | US$138,302,521 |
| Director | Margaret Donnellan Todd, County Librarian |
| Staff | 1,720 |
| Website | www.colapublib.org |
| References: [1] | |
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The County of Los Angeles Public Library is the 4th largest public library system in the United States[2] which 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 (7,800 km2).
'County Free Library Act' (1912) established and authorized the Los Angeles County Free Library, later to become the County of Los Angeles Public Library system of branches.
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.[3]
Eighty-six regional and community branch libraries, four bookmobiles, and four special reference/resource centers provide library services to the public. The library system 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 Latino communities.
Available to visitors within each library are reference and circulating books, periodicals and audio/visual materials. Catalog terminals query the collection of the entire library system. Information centers offer a collection of pamphlets and community information featuring upcoming events. A payphone may be in the lobby, by the restroom or outside near the entrance. A copier may be available for a fee per copy. Ad hoc productivity software/internet computer access may be limited by reservations and a printer is available for a fee per copy using the pay station to place credit on library card accounts or a visitors temporary account.
Registered Library Card holders in good standing may:
www.colapublib.org website visitors may:
www.colapublib.org patrons in good standing who log in with their library card number and pin may:
County Library Headquarters
Santa Clarita Valley Bookmobile
American Indian Resource Center
In ascending alphabetical order, Honorees alphabetized by last name * Unincorporated area **Unincorporated Los Angeles County Acton/Agua Dulce Brevidoro Library
Agoura Hills Library (formerly the Las Virgenes Library)
Avalon Library (Serving Santa Catalina Island)
City Terrace Library * (Serving East Los Angeles, California)
Culver City Julian Dixon Library
East Los Angeles Library * (Serving East Los Angeles, California)
East Rancho Dominguez Library **
El Camino Real Library * (Serving East Los Angeles, California)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library (formerly Victoria Park library)
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Live Oak Library (serving Arcadia)
Anthony Quinn Library * (Serving Belvedere area of East Los Angeles, California)
Lloyd Taber - Marina del Rey Library *
View Park Library * (serving View Park-Windsor Hills, California)
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