LA County Library
LA County Library is one of the largest public library systems in the United States[3] which serves residents living in 49 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).[4] LA County Library serves the surrounding regions to the city of Los Angeles, not be confused with the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) which serves areas within the city of Los Angeles.
| Country | United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1912 |
| Reference to legal mandate | County Free Library Act |
| Location | Downey, Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 33°55′40″N 118°09′41″W |
| Branches | 86 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 4,799,808 |
| Criteria for collection | County residents |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 13,026,434 |
| Population served | 3,375,417 |
| Members | 3,045,433 |
| Other information | |
| Budget | US$131,063,244 (2015/16)[1] |
| Director | Skye Patrick, County Librarian |
| Staff | 1,483 (2010)[1] |
| Website | www |
| Map | |
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| References: [2] | |
History and politics
"County Free Library Act" (1912) established and authorized the Los Angeles County Free Library, later to become the Los Angeles County 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.[5]
Skye Patrick was appointed County Librarian on February 1, 2016.[6]
LA County Library was a finalist for the IMLS National Medal in 2018 and 2019.
LA County Library won the 2018 Marketer of the Year Award, the 2019 Librarian of the Year Award for Skye Patrick, and the 2019 Library of the Year Award. All three awards were from Library Journal and this was the first time a single organization held all three awards at the same time.[7]
Services and resources
The library provides many resources, including literacy services and programs for families and children.[8]
The library system offers consumer health information under CHIPS (Consumer Health Information Program and Services).
- Acton Agua Dulce Library
- Agoura Hills Library
- Antelope Valley BookMobile
- Castaic Library
- City Terrace Library
- Claremont Library
- Clifton M. Brakensiek Library
- Compton Library
- Cudahy Library
- Culver City Julian Dixon Library
- Diamond Bar Library
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
- Duarte Library
- East Los Angeles Library
- East Rancho Dominguez Library
- El Camino Real Library
- El Monte Library
- Florence Library
- Gardena Mayme Dear Library
- George Nye Jr. Library
- Graham Library
- Hacienda Heights Library
- Hawaiian Gardens Library
- Hawthorne Library
- Hermosa Beach Library
- Hollydale Library
- Huntington Park Library
- La Cañada Flintridge Library
- La Crescenta Library
- La Mirada Library
- La Puente Library
- La Verne Library
- Lake Los Angeles Library
- Lancaster Library
- Lawndale Library
- Leland R. Weaver Library
- Lennox Library
- Littlerock Library
- Live Oak Library
- Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library
- Lomita Library
- Los Nietos Library
- Lynwood Library
- Malibu Library
- Manhattan Beach Library
- Masao W. Satow Library
- Maywood César Chávez Library
- Montebello Library
- Norwalk Library
- Norwood Library
- Paramount Library
- Pico Rivera Library
- Quartz Hill Library
- Rivera Library
- Rosemead Library
- Rowland Heights Library
- San Dimas Library
- San Fernando Library
- San Gabriel Library
- Santa Clarita Valley Bookmobile
- Sorensen Library
- South El Monte Library
- South Whittier Library
- Stevenson Ranch Library
- Sunkist Library
- Temple City Library
- Topanga Library
- Urban Outreach Bookmobile
- View Park BeBe Moore Campbell Library
- Walnut Library
- West Covina Library
- West Hollywood Library
- Westlake Village Library
- Willowbrook Library
- Wiseburn Library
- Woodcrest Library
References
- "Statistics County of Los Angeles Public Library". Retrieved July 24, 2017.
- Skye Patrick (2017). "Statistical Information Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2016". LA County Library. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
- "ALA Library Fact Sheet 22 - The Nation's Largest Libraries". American Library Association. September 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
- "Statistics | County of Los Angeles Public Library". lacountylibrary.org. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
- "Public Records". County of Los Angeles Public Library. 2009. Archived from the original on April 26, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
- "L.A. County chooses new librarian". www.signalscv.com. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- III, John N. Berry. "LA County Library Is Library of the Year 2019". Library Journal.
- Murray, Stuart A. P. “The Library: An Illustrated History.” New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing, 2012, p. 263.
Further reading
- Woelfel, Roger H. (1987). Diamond Jubilee: Seventy-Five Years of Public Service. Glendale, CA: Arthur C. Clark Company. ISBN 0-87062-181-5
External links
Media related to Los Angeles County Library at Wikimedia Commons
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