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The Long Beach Public Library (LBPL) is an American
The Main Library's first building was funded by a $30,000 donation from Andrew Carnegie and $4,000 of city funds. The Library opened in 1909 within Pacific Park, now known as Lincoln Park, downtown on Pacific Avenue at Broadway. When the building site was condemned for construction of a New Main Library and City Hall building in the late 1970s, the library was moved to a building located on Ximeno Avenue, for a period of about 18 months.
In 2015, the Long Beach Public Library became the first library in California to begin circulating zines publicly in its collection. Now the main branch houses a few hundred zines to take home.
In January 2019, the Main Library was permanently closed in lieu of the new location, which reopened on September 21, 2019 as the Billie Jean King Main Library, with
AlamitosRuth BachBay ShoreBrewittBurnettDanaEl DoradoBret HarteLos AltosMark TwainMichelle Obama
The Alamitos branch was constructed by the
Databases
are available to Long Beach Public Library cardholders.
Overdrive Audio Books for Download
are available free to LBPL card holders for work, school, or on the road.
Kanopy
streaming is available free to LBPL card holders
Click here
to find out about getting a library card.
Long Beach Public Library on Facebook
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library system
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located in Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California.
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Main Library
The Main Library's first building was funded by a $30,000 donation from Andrew Carnegie and $4,000 of city funds. The Library opened in 1909 within Pacific Park, now known as Lincoln Park, downtown on Pacific Avenue at Broadway. When the building site was condemned for construction of a New Main Library and City Hall building in the late 1970s, the library was moved to a building located on Ximeno Avenue, for a period of about 18 months.
In 2015, the Long Beach Public Library became the first library in California to begin circulating zines publicly in its collection. Now the main branch houses a few hundred zines to take home.
In January 2019, the Main Library was permanently closed in lieu of the new location, which reopened on September 21, 2019 as the Billie Jean King Main Library, with King
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king.
*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony herself. The building occupies a first floor and lower level at 101 Pacific Avenue, at the intersection of Ocean Boulevard and Pacific Avenue, across the park from its former location.
The library displays nine murals titled "9 Children's Stories" by artist Suzanne Miller, created with the support of the Federal Art Project
The Federal Art Project (1935–1943) was a New Deal program to fund the visual arts in the United States. Under national director Holger Cahill, it was one of five Federal Project Number One projects sponsored by the Works Progress Administrati ...
and Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...
.
Branches
The Long Beach Public Library operates the following branches:Alamitos
The Alamitos branch was constructed by the
Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...
in 1938.
Databases and downloadable media
Databases
are available to Long Beach Public Library cardholders.
Overdrive Audio Books for Download
are available free to LBPL card holders for work, school, or on the road.
Kanopy
streaming is available free to LBPL card holders
Click here
to find out about getting a library card.
References
External links
*Long Beach Public Library on Facebook
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