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Los Angeles Public Library
South entrance of the Richard J. Riordan Central Library at Hope Street
Location
Headquarters: 630 West 5th Street Los Angeles, California, United States
Type
Public
Established
1872; 152 years ago (1872)
Branches
72
Collection
Size
6,393,429
Access and use
Circulation
18 million (2008)
Population served
4,030,904 (city)
18,783,638 (metro)
Other information
Budget
US$134,630,543
Director
John F. Szabo (Fall 2012)
Employees
944
Website
lapl.org
References: [1][2]
The Los Angeles Public Library system (LAPL) is a public library system in Los Angeles, California. The system holds more than six million volumes,[3] and with around 19 million residents in the Greater Los Angeles area, it serves the largest metropolitan population of any public library system in the United States.[4] The system is overseen by a Board of Library Commissioners with five members appointed by the mayor of Los Angeles in staggered terms, and operates 72 library branches throughout the city.[5] In 1997 a local historian described it as "one of the biggest and best-regarded library systems in the nation."[6] It is not to be confused with the LA County Library system which operates several library branches across certain areas of Los Angeles County.
^Martin Gomez (February 2010). "City Librarian's Report to Friends Groups". Los Angeles Public Library. Archived from the original (.PPS) on June 20, 2010. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
^"Los Angeles Library Foundation - Annual Report 2008-2009". Library Foundation of Los Angeles. 2009. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
^"Los Angeles Public Library Facts 2013 (for fiscal year 2012-13) | Los Angeles Public Library". www.lapl.org. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
^Szabo, John (2015). "LAPL Strategic Plan 2015-2020" (PDF). Retrieved March 6, 2016.
^"Board of Library Commissioners | Los Angeles Public Library". www.lapl.org. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
^Pitt, Leonard; Pitt, Dale (1997). Los Angeles A to Z: An Encyclopedia of the City and County. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. p. 300>. ISBN 0-520-20274-0.
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