Los Angeles Public Library

The Los Angeles Public Library system (LAPL) serves the residents of the City of Los Angeles. The system holds more than six million volumes,[5] and with over 18 million residents in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area, it serves the largest population of any publicly funded library system in the United States.[6] The system is overseen by a Board of Library Commissioners with five members appointed by the mayor of Los Angeles in staggered terms in accordance with the city charter.[7]

Los Angeles Public Library

South entrance at Hope Street
Country	United States
Type	Public
Established	1872
Location	630 West 5th Street Los Angeles, California
Branches	72
Collection
Size	6,393,429
Access and use
Circulation	18 million
Population served	4,030,904 (city) 18,783,638 (metro)
Other information
Budget	US$134,630,543
Director	John F. Szabo (Fall 2012)
Staff	944
Website	www.lapl.org
Map
Los Angeles Central Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 46
Location in Los Angeles Show map of the Los Angeles metropolitan area Location in California Show map of California Location in United States Show map of the United States
Location	630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°03′01″N 118°15′18″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1925 (1925)
Architect	Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
Architectural style	International Style, Mexican Late Baroque
NRHP reference No.	70000136[1]
LAHCM No.	46
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 18, 1970
Designated LAHCM	March 1, 1967[2]
References: [3][4]

Circulation and services

Library cards are free to California residents. Circulating books, zines, periodicals, computer access, and audiovisual materials are available to patrons. Books, magazines, and audiobooks are loaned for three weeks. Music cassettes, music CDs, documentary videos, and documentary DVDs are loaned for one week. Entertainment videos and entertainment DVDs are loaned for four days. Fines are charged only if materials are returned late. There is a loan limit of 10 books, 10 magazines, and 4 DVDs or videos at one time up to maximum of 30 items on the patron's record. Items checked out from Los Angeles Public Library may be returned to any of its 72 branches or to the Central Library. Most items may be renewed a maximum of two times. Entertainment DVDs and videos may be renewed one time.

The Los Angeles Public Library has many community support organizations which work with the library to raise funds and sponsor programs to enhance library service throughout the community. The Library's Rare Books Department is located in its downtown Los Angeles location. There is also an extensive selection of databases covering a wide variety of topics, many of which are available to remote users who hold an LAPL library card. Examples include full-text databases of periodicals, business directories, and language learning tools. The Central Library at 630 West 5th Street, between Grand Avenue and Flower Street in Downtown Los Angeles, remains an important research library, despite the development of accessible databases and public access to the Internet.

The library also offers an online program that allows adult patrons who have not completed high school to earn their high school diploma.[8]

History

The Los Angeles Library Association was formed in late 1872, and by early 1873, a well-stocked reading room had opened under the first librarian, John Littlefield.[9] Aggressive expansion and growth of the system began in the 1920s. Under Library Board of Commissioners Chairman Orra E. Monnette, the system was improved with a large network of branch libraries with new buildings. Thelma Jackman founded the Business & Economics section of the library sometime prior to 1970.

The original library consisted of two rooms. The larger room was called the “Book Room,” and the smaller room was called the “Conversation Room,” which contained newspapers, tables, chairs, and spittoons for the chess and checkers players who gathered there.[10]

Women were not initially involved in the conception and development of the Los Angeles Library Association. Mrs. John Downey was given an honorary membership out of “courtesy,” but otherwise, no women were listed in the association’s founding documents, women were not represented on the board, and women were denied access to the library’s reading room. However, this changed in 1876 when the association decided to implement a “Ladies Room.” While this new room did not offer any books, it did provide a number of magazines and comfortable sofa and chairs for local clubwomen to use.[10]

After Mary Foy was appointed as the first head woman librarian in 1880, her appointment was viewed as an act of charity by Mayor Toberman, who may have thought Foy to be in need of a job. Joanne Passet even postited that Foy’s nomination, and librarian nominations in general, were seen as “an honorable means of assisting needy men and women in the community.” This notion was mostly confirmed when Foy was replaced by Jessie Gavitt, whose economic need was deemed greater than Foy’s by the board.[10]

There was further speculation as to why the board decided on appointing Foy as the first head woman librarian. It may have been a political choice since she represented values that flourished in women’s organizations, aiming to please the city’s powerful women’s clubs who may have been applying pressure. It’s also suggested that Foy’s nomination was a financial move; John Littlefield earned a salary of $100 while Mary Foy earned $75, which included janitorial work.[10]

City Librarians

• 1873 to 1879: John Littlefield
• 1879 to 1880: Patrick Connolly
• 1880 to 1884: Mary Foy
• 1884 to 1889 : Jessie Gavitt
• 1889 to 1889: Lydia Prescott
• 1889 to 1895 : Tessa Kelso
• 1895 to 1897: Clara Bell Fowler
• 1897 to 1900: Harriet Child Wadleigh
• 1900 to 1905: Mary Letitia Jones
• 1905 to 1910: Charles Fletcher Lummis
• 1910 to 1911: Purd Wright
• 1911 to 1933: Everett Robbins Perry
• 1933 to 1947: Althea Warren
• 1947 to 1969: Harold Hamill
• 1969 to 1990: Wyman Jones
• 1990 to 1994: Elizabeth Martinez
• 1995 to 2004: Susan Goldberg Kent
• 2004 to 2008: Fontaine Holmes
• 2009 to 2012: Martin Gomez
• 2012 to present: John Szabo[11]

Mary Jones, who was appointed Librarian in 1905, was fired by the library board in favour of Charles Fletcher Lummis. This provoked 'The Great Library War'. Women in Los Angeles petitioned and marched in support of Jones but she was finally forced out; she took up a position as head of the library at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.[12][13]

Central Library

Cornerstone of original building, laid in 1925

Los Angeles Central Library at Flower Street

The historic Central Library Goodhue building was constructed in 1926 and is a Downtown Los Angeles landmark.[14] The Central Library was designed by the architect, Bertram Goodhue.[15] The Richard Riordan Central Library complex is the third largest public library in the United States in terms of book and periodical holdings. Originally named the Central Library, the building was first renamed in honor of the longtime president of the Board of Library Commissioners and President of the University of Southern California, Rufus B. von KleinSmid. The new wing of Central Library, completed in 1993, was named in honor of former mayor Tom Bradley.[16] The complex (i.e., the original Goodhue building and the Bradley wing) was subsequently renamed in 2001 for former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, as the Richard Riordan Central Library.

Awards

The Los Angeles Public Library received the National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest honor given to museums and libraries for service to the community.[17] City Librarian John F. Szabo and community member Sergio Sanchez accepted the award on behalf of the library from First Lady Michelle Obama during a White House Ceremony on May 20, 2015.

The Los Angeles Public Library was selected for its success in meeting the needs of Angelenos and providing a level of social, educational, and cultural services unmatched by any other public institution in the city. The award recognizes the library's programs that help people on their path to citizenship, earn their high school diploma, manage personal finances and access health and well-being services and resources.[18]

Architecture

A portion of the four-part mural by illustrator Dean Cornwell depicted the stages of the history of California at the Los Angeles Central Library.

Architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue designed the original Los Angeles Central Library with influences of ancient Egyptian and Mediterranean Revival architecture. The central tower is topped with a tiled mosaic pyramid with suns on the sides with a hand holding a torch representing the "Light of Learning" at the apex. Other elements include sphinxes, snakes, and celestial mosaics. It has sculptural elements by the preeminent American architectural sculptor Lee Lawrie, similar to the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln, Nebraska, also designed by Goodhue. The interior of the library is decorated with various figures, statues, chandeliers, and grilles, notably a four-part mural by illustrator Dean Cornwell depicting stages of the History of California which was completed around 1933.[19] The building is a designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Expansion

The Central Library was extensively renovated and expanded in a Modernist/Beaux-Arts architecture, according to Norman Pfeiffer, the principal architect of the renovation by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates from 1988 through 1993. It included an enormous, eight-story atrium wing dedicated to former mayor Tom Bradley. Now, the library contains an area of 538,000 square feet (50,000 m²), and has nearly 89 miles of shelves and seating for over 1,400 people.[20]

Access needs

The building's limited access had caused a number of problems. Generally, the accessible public stacks in the reading rooms only displayed about 10 to 20 percent of the actual collections of the Central Library. For anything else, a patron had to submit a request slip and a clerk would retrieve the desired material from the internal stacks. The internal stacks, contained in two concrete structures joined by a catwalk, were packed very tightly and had very little headroom. For example, while the normal reading rooms had ceilings of anywhere from 10 to 15 feet, the internal stack areas were many shelves of about six-foot height, stacked internally, so that while the public access area was about two floors plus the Science and Technology alcove, the internal stacks were approximately five or six floors. To fix this would have required substantial renovation, a cost the city was not willing to cover, especially after hours of operation were cut in response to the 1978 property tax reduction measure Proposition 13.

Arson Catalyst

Plaque honoring those fighting the arson fire of 1986

The catalyst for the renovation was a devastating arson fire that began in the stacks on April 29, 1986.[21][22] Although the building was safely evacuated, its vintage construction precluded the ventilation of heat and smoke, and limited firefighter access. It took firefighters over seven hours to extinguish the fire and little fires continued to sprout for several days.[23] Some 400,000 volumes—20 percent of the library's holdings—were destroyed, with significant water and smoke damage to 700,000 more.[22][24][25] The estimated cost for replacing the 400,000 works lost was over $14 million.[26] A second fire, on September 3 of the same year, destroyed the contents of the music department reading room.

Project

As part of the rehabilitation plan, LAPL sold its air rights to developers, enabling the construction of the eponymous Library Tower across the street. The skyscraper was subsequently renamed the First Interstate World Center and later the U.S. Bank Tower.[27] Additional funds were raised through corporate and personal contributions which flowed from the effort of the "Save the Books" campaign formed by Mayor Tom Bradley.

The campaign, co-chaired by Lodwrick Cook, then CEO of Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) had targeted a goal to raise $10 million through corporate and individual contributions ranging from schoolchildren's nickels and dimes to $50,000 contributions by Los Angeles businessman Marvin Davis and MCA Chairman Lew Wasserman. William Eugene "Gene" Scott, an LAPL neighbor and member of the 43 strong blue ribbon committee, donated the use of his University Network television studios and himself to what became a 48-hour telethon to raise $2 million towards the total objective.

The Library's renovation was completed in 1993. It included a large new underground parking facility, with a park designed by Lawrence Halprin over it. The Central Library reopened on October 3, 1993.

Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection

The Central Library houses and archives the extensive Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection of over 3 million historic photographs from varied sources and collection acquisitions. Many images can be viewed by the public via the online photo collection.[28][29] The physical Photo Collection is an important resource for researchers, writers, curators, and educators.[30]

Sources

The Photo Collection's sources have included: the former Los Angeles Herald-Examiner newspaper photo morgue (2.2 million images); the Security Pacific Bank Collection (250,000); the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce image archives (60,000), Hollywood Citizen News/Valley Times Newspaper Collection (30,000), and the 'Turn of the century Los Angeles' collection (150,000).

Collection sources also include the portfolios by noted local and regional photographers,[31] such as: the Ralph Morris Archives (25,000) of the Los Angeles area from 1939 to the late 1970s; a collection of 1940s L.A. images taken and donated by Ansel Adams,[32] and the William Reagh Collection (40,000—800 online) of post-war Los Angeles to 1991.[33]

Shades of L.A.

The "Shades of L.A. Collection" is an archive of more than 10,000 images donated/duplicated from family photo albums (collected by former Photo Collection director Carolyn Kozo Cole) that expanded the archives to include the many diverse ethnic histories of people in the city, beyond the already well represented 'Anglo' population.

The project's success expanded to the California State Library creating the "Shades of California" collection to represent the state's diverse communities, using the LAPL methods and model.[30] The book "Shades of California: The Hidden Beauty of Ordinary Life" resulted from the successful statewide project.[34] Over a dozen California city and county library districts also created local Shades of California collections, such as Monterey, Riverside, and Humboldt County.[35]

Science, Technology & Patents Department

Located on Lower Level 2 of Central Library's Tom Bradley Wing, the Science, Technology & Patents Department's diverse collection covers agriculture, automobile repair, computers & computer science, cooking, construction (including building codes), consumer information, cosmetology, engineering, mathematics, medicine, nutrition, pets, psychiatry, UFOs, zoology, and more.[36]

In partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Science, Technology & Patents Department is a United States Patent & Trademark Resource Center,[37] offering resources to assist with patent and trademark research. The department holds a complete collection of all Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) publications including the complete Patent Gazette and Trademark Gazette issues from the opening of the PTO, and a complete set of registration books published by the United States Copyright Office starting from Volume 1. The patent collection also includes United Kingdom Old Law Patents 1617–1981 and United Kingdom New Law Applications 1979–1994.

Feathers map collection

In 2012 Glen Creason, the map librarian for the central library, was invited to the Mount Washington home of John Feathers, who had died at age 56 with no known relatives. According to Creason, the cottage contained approximately 100,000 maps and the library was delighted to accept their donation. "This dwarfs our collection," he said, "and we've been collecting for 100 years." The maps were stored on shelves, in boxes, in file cabinets, and even in the cabinet of an old stereo system with its electronics removed.

Creason said it could take a year to catalog and organize the maps and 600 feet (180 m) of shelving would be needed, but the library would then have the fifth-largest map collection in the country.[38] The collection has been sorted and organized by volunteers C.J. Moon and Audrey Dalton.

Branches

Besides the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles, the system also operates 72 branch locations in the city's many neighborhoods. Eight of the larger branches are designated "regional branches":

No.	Name	Photograph	Address	Zip Code	Phone	Area	Neighborhood Served	Notes
01	Benjamin Franklin		2200 E. First St.	90033-3902	323-263-6901	Northeast	Boyle Heights
02	Lincoln Heights		2530 Workman St.	90031-2322	323-226-1692	Northeast	Lincoln Heights
03	Pío Pico-Koreatown (피오 피코 코리아타운 도서관)		694 S. Oxford Ave.	90005-2872	213-368-7647	Hollywood	Koreatown
04	Vernon		4504 S. Central Ave.	90011-3632	323-234-9106	Central Southern	South Central
05	Arroyo Seco		6145 N. Figueroa St.	90042-3565	323-255-0537	Northeast	Highland Park/Garvanza	Regional Branch
06	Exposition Park		3900 S. Western Ave.	90062-1111	323-290-3113	Central Southern	Exposition Park	Regional Branch
07	Junipero Serra		4607 S. Main St.	90037-2735	323-234-1685	Central Southern	South Park
08	Echo Park		1410 W. Temple St.	90026-5605	213-250-7808	Northeast	Echo Park
09	San Pedro		931 S. Gaffey St.	90731-3606	310-548-7779	Central Southern	San Pedro	Regional Branch
10	Wilmington		1300 N. Avalon Blvd.	90744-2639	310-834-1082	Central Southern	Wilmington
11	Goldwyn Hollywood		1623 Ivar Ave.	90028-6304	323-856-8260	Hollywood	Hollywood	Regional Branch
12	John C. Fremont		6121 Melrose Ave.	90038-3501	323-962-3521	Hollywood	Hancock Park
13	Westchester-Loyola Village		7114 W. Manchester Ave.	90045-3509	310-348-1096	Western	Westchester
14	Vermont Square		1201 W. 48th St.	90037-2838	323-290-7405	Central Southern	Vermont Square
15	Pacific Palisades		861 Alma Real Dr.	90272-3730	310-459-2754	Western	Pacific Palisades
16	Donald Bruce Kaufman Brentwood		11820 San Vicente Blvd.	90049-5002	310-575-8273	Western	Brentwood
17	Jefferson-Vassie D. Wright		2211 W. Jefferson Blvd.	90018-3741	323-734-8573	Central Southern	Jefferson Park
18	Malabar		2801 Wabash Ave.	90033-2604	323-263-1497	Northeast	Boyle Heights
19	Robert Louis Stevenson		803 Spence St.	90023-1727	323-268-4710	Northeast	Boyle Heights
20	Cahuenga		4591 Santa Monica Blvd.	90029-1937	323-664-6418	Hollywood	East Hollywood
21	El Sereno		5226 S. Huntington Dr.	90032-1704	323-225-9201	Northeast	El Sereno
22	Palms-Rancho Park		2920 Overland Ave.	90064-4220	323-840-2142	Western	Palms & Rancho Park
23	Van Nuys		6250 Sylmar Ave.	91401-2707	818-756-8453	East Valley	Van Nuys	Closed for renovations until Summer 2020.
24	Canoga Park		20939 Sherman Way	91303-1744	818-887-0320	West Valley	Canoga Park
25	Studio City		12511 Moorpark St.	91604-1372	818-755-7873	East Valley	Studio City
26	Angeles Mesa		2700 W. 52nd St.	90043-1953	323-292-4328	Central Southern	Hyde Park/Leimert Park
27	West Los Angeles		11360 Santa Monica Blvd.	90025-3152	310-575-8323	Western	West Los Angeles	Regional Branch
28	Cypress Park		1150 Cypress Ave.	90065-1144	323-224-0039	Northeast	Cypress Park
29	Wilshire		149 N. St. Andrews Pl.	90004-4019	323-957-4550	Hollywood	Mid-Wilshire
30	Ascot		120 W. Florence Ave.	90003-1805	323-759-4817	Central Southern	Florence
31	Will & Ariel Durant		7140 W. Sunset Blvd.	90046-4416	323-876-2741	Hollywood	Hollywood
32	Eagle Rock		5027 Caspar Ave.	90041-1901	323-258-8078	Northeast	Eagle Rock
33	Hyde Park-Miriam Matthews		2205 W. Florence Ave.	90043-5101	323-750-7241	Western	Hyde Park
34	John Muir		1005 W. 64th St.	90044-3605	323-789-4800	Central Southern	Vermont-Slauson
35	Sunland-Tujunga		7771 Foothill Blvd.	91042-2137	818-352-4481	East Valley	Sunland & Tujunga
36	Los Feliz		1874 Hillhurst Ave.	90027-4427	323-913-4710	Hollywood	Los Feliz
37	North Hollywood Amelia Earhart		5211 Tujunga Ave.	91601-3119	818-766-7185	East Valley	North Hollywood	Regional Branch
38	Mar Vista		12006 Venice Blvd.	90066-3810	310-390-3454	Western	Mar Vista
39	Panorama City		14345 Roscoe Blvd.	91402-4222	818-894-4071	East Valley	Panorama City
40	Venice-Abbot Kinney		501 S. Venice Blvd.	90291-4201	310-821-1769	Western	Venice
41	Washington Irving		4117 W. Washington Blvd.	90018-1053	323-734-6303	Hollywood	Arlington Heights/Mid-City
42	Robertson Branch Library		1719 S. Robertson Blvd.	90035-4315	310-840-2147	Western	Beverlywood/Cheviot Hills/Pico-Robertson	Closed Saturday and open Sunday due to widespread observation of Shabbat in this neighborhood
43	Alma Reaves Woods-Watts		10205 Compton Ave.	90002-2804	323-789-2850	Central Southern	Watts
44	Atwater Village		3379 Glendale Blvd.	90039-1825	323-664-1353	Hollywood	Atwater Village
45	Mark Twain		9621 S. Figueroa St.	90003-3928	323-755-4088	Central Southern	Vermont Vista
46	Baldwin Hills		2906 S. La Brea Ave.	90016-3902	323-733-1196	Western	Baldwin Hills
47	Encino-Tarzana		18231 Ventura Blvd.	91356-3630	818-343-1983	West Valley	Encino & Tarzana
48	Felipe de Neve		2820 W. 6th St.	90057-3114	213-384-7676	Hollywood	Westlake
49	Memorial		4625 W. Olympic	90019-1832	323-938-2732	Hollywood	Country Club Park
50	West Valley		19036 Vanowen St.	91335-5114	818-345-9806	West Valley	Reseda	Regional Branch
51	Sherman Oaks		14245 Moorpark St.	91423-2722	818-205-9716	East Valley	Sherman Oaks
52	Sun Valley		7935 Vineland Ave.	91352-4477	818-764-1338	East Valley	Sun Valley
53	Pacoima		13605 Van Nuys Blvd.	91331-3613	818-899-5203	East Valley	Pacoima
54	Sylmar		14561 Polk St.	91342-4055	818-367-6102	East Valley	Sylmar
55	Playa Vista		6400 Playa Vista Dr.	90094-2168	310-437-6680	Western	Playa Vista
56	Granada Hills		10640 Petit Ave.	91344-6452	818-368-5687	West Valley	Granada Hills
57	Valley Plaza		12311 Vanowen St.	91605-5624	818-765-9251	East Valley	Valley Glen/North Hollywood	Formerly known as Vanowen Park Branch
58	Woodland Hills		22200 Ventura Blvd.	91364-1517	818-226-0017	West Valley	Woodland Hills
59	Northridge		9051 Darby Ave.	91325-2743	818-886-3640	West Valley	Northridge
60	Chatsworth		21052 Devonshire St.	91311-2314	818-341-4276	West Valley	Chatsworth
61	Fairfax		161 S. Gardner St.	90036-2717	323-936-6191	Hollywood	Fairfax
62	Lake View Terrace		12002 Osborne St.	91342-7221	818-890-7404	East Valley	Lake View Terrace
63	Chinatown		639 N. Hill St.	90012-2317	213-620-0925	Northeast	Chinatown
64	Little Tokyo		203 S. Los Angeles St.	90012-3704	213-612-0525	Northeast	Little Tokyo
65	Platt		23600 Victory Blvd.	91367-1349	818-340-9386	West Valley	West Hills
66	Mid-Valley Regional		16244 Nordhoff St.	91343-3806	818-895-3650	West Valley	North Hills	Regional Branch
67	Porter Ranch		11371 Tampa Ave.	91326-1729	818-360-5706	West Valley	Porter Ranch
68	Harbor City-Harbor Gateway		24000 S. Western Ave.	90710-1741	310-534-9520	Central Southern	Harbor City & Harbor Gateway
69	Edendale		2011 W. Sunset Blvd.	90026-3122	213-207-3000	Northeast	Echo Park
70	Pico-Union		1030 S. Alvarado St.	90006-3712	213-368-7545	Hollywood	Pico-Union
71	Westwood		1246 Glendon Ave.	90024-4914	310-474-1739	Western	Westwood
72	Silver Lake		2411 Glendale Blvd.	90039-3217	323-913-7451	Northeast	Silver Lake

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
• Samuel Bradford Caswell (1828–1898), one of the first trustees of the first Los Angeles public library, owned property where the Central Branch was built
• Donald D. Lorenzen, City Council member who supported renovation of library
• Althea Warren, head librarian, 1943–1947
• Leontyne Butler King, first black member of the Los Angeles Library Commission (appointed 1961)

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External links

• Official Los Angeles Public Library website
• Los Angeles Public Library online Photo Collection: Photo Collection search engine.
• Library Foundation of Los Angeles
• SaveLAPL website opposing budget cuts impacting L.A. libraries
• Fodors.com— L.A. Central Library
• Consider The Library op-ed from LAist
• Image of the Los Angeles Public Library's Central Library under construction, Los Angeles, approx 1925. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.