The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) system serves the residents of Los Angeles, California. LAPL is one of the largest publicly funded library systems in the world. The system is overseen by an appointed Library Board comprised of five members.

Circulating books, periodicals, computer access and audio visual materials are available to patrons. The Library operates a secured manuscript collection, located in its downtown Los Angeles location. The LAPL also provides services to home bound patrons and bookmobile services.

Aggreesive expansion and growth of the system began in the 1920s. Under library Board Chairman Orra E. Monnette, the system gained the support of Los Angeles citizens and began building a network of modern branch libraries to keep pace with Los Angeles' growth as a city.

In addition to operating its landmark downtown Central Library, the system also operates 70 branch locations:

• Angeles Mesa
• Arroyo Seco Regional
• Ascot
• Atwater Village
• Baldwin Hills
• Benjamin Franklin
• Donald Bruce Kaufman – Brentwood
• Cahuenga
• Canoga Park
• Chatsworth
• Chinatown
• Cypress Park
• Will and Ariel Durant
• Eagle Rock
• Echo Park
• Edendale
• El Sereno
• Encino – Tarzana
• Exposition Park – Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional
• Fairfax
• Felipe de Neve
• Granada Hills
• Harbor Gateway – Harbor City
• Frances Howard Goldwyn – Hollywood Regional
• Hyde Park
• Jefferson
• John C. Fremont
• John Muir
• Junipero Serra
• Lake View Terrace
• Lincoln Heights
• Little Tokyo
• Los Feliz
• Malabar
• Mar Vista
• Mark Twain
• Memorial
• Mid-Valley Regional
• North Hollywood Regional
• Northridge
• Pacoima
• Palisades
• Palms – Rancho Park
• Panorama City
• Pico Union
• Pio Pico – Koreatown
• Platt
• Playa Vista
• Porter Ranch
• Robert Louis Stevenson
• Robertson
• San Pedro Regional
• Sherman Oaks
• Studio City
• Sun Valley
• Sunland – Tujunga
• Sylmar
• Valley Plaza
• Van Nuys
• Venice – Abbot Kinney Memorial
• Vermont Square
• Vernon – Leon H. Washington Jr. Memorial
• Washington Irving
• Alma Reaves Woods – Watts
• West Los Angeles Regional
• West Valley Regional
• Westchester – Loyola Village
• Wilmington
• Wilshire
• Woodland Hills

External Links

• Los Angeles Public Library system Web Page