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September is Library Card Sign-Up month, and the Long Beach Public Library wants to make sure that everyone in Long Beach has the smartest card of all - a library card.
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Saturday, September 4
OPEN LIBRARIES: El Dorado, Bret Harte, Mark Twain and North Neighborhood Libraries.
CLOSED LIBRARIES: Main Library, Alamitos, Bach, Bay Shore, Brewitt, Burnett, Dana, and Los Altos Neighborhood Libraries.
Sunday and Monday, September 5-6
All libraries are CLOSED.
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
OPEN Libraries: El Dorado, Bret Harte, Mark Twain and North Neighborhood Libraries
CLOSED Libraries: Main Library, Alamitos, Bach, Bay Shore, Brewitt, Burnett, Dana, and Los Altos Neighborhood Libraries
Sunday, July 4, & Monday, July 5
All libraries closed. All libraries will reopen to the public on Tuesday, July 6.
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High and dry for something to do this summer? Readers of all ages are invited to join the Summer Reading Program at their local library. Make waves with programs, games, and prizes for everyone from babies to adults. Surf over to our Summer Reading page, Facebook page, and YouTube channel for more information.
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North Library will be closed for a special inventory project on Wednesday, June 9 and Thursday, June 10, 2010. The inventory will determine that all specialized technology is functioning accurately and effectively.
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Watch the Long Beach History Collection go digital. Search by keyword or browse our collections online in the LBPL Digital Archive or right inside our power search tool, Encore. Discover photos, Long Beach city directories and Long Beach high school yearbooks. We're just getting started. The LBPL Digital Archive will eventually include more than 10,000 historic photographs!
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Saturday, May 29, 2010:
OPEN Libraries - El Dorado, Bret Harte, Mark Twain and North Neighborhood Libraries
CLOSED Libraries - Main Library, Alamitos, Bach, Bay Shore, Brewitt, Burnett, Dana, and Los Altos Neighborhood Libraries
Sunday, May 30 & Monday, May 31, 2010:
All Libraries closed. All libraries will reopen Tuesday, June 1.
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The LBPL Kids Blog is a site for both children and adults. Discover what books LBPL librarians are recommending, find cool craft ideas, read fun facts, and more! You can also subscribe via FeedBurner to have new posts sent directly to your e-mail.
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Burnett Library will be closed for a special inventory project on Wednesday, May 19 and Thursday, May 20, 2010. The inventory will determine that all specialized technology is functioning accurately and effectively.
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All Long Beach Public Libraries and Love In the Mirror are partnering in May for a month-long drive to collect personal hygiene items for homeless children in Long Beach.
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We invite you to explore the many ways that "Communities Thrive @ Your Library" during the month of April. Join us for entertaining and informative free programs that show there really is something for everyone @ Long Beach Public Library! Click here for a complete list of what's happening during National Library Month.
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Participate in Long Beach Reads One Book from March 3 - 14. The selection for 2010 is The Soloist: a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music by Steve Lopez.
Check out the events at Long Beach Public Libraries and around the city.
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Encore, our library power search, was recently upgraded. Search results now include a related searches tag cloud and a popular choices list that will help you discover more library resources.
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The Dana Branch of the Long Beach Public Library is working with Soles 4 Souls to collect gently worn shoes to be donated to the earthquake victims of Haiti.
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These holiday hours apply to all Long Beach Public Library locations.
December 31, 2009 - Closing at 5:00pm
January 1, 2010 - CLOSED
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In Long Beach, every resident counts! It's important that all residents participate in the 2010 Census. Participation is easy and safe. Learn more here.
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Peace Corps values the contributions of people over the age of 50. Join us for a specially tailored session Saturday, January 9th from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium.
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All Long Beach Public Library locations are CLOSED on Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27. Our online services are always available. We resume normal library hours on Saturday, November 28.
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Our new Popular Lists page shows you how to find tagged lists in Encore. On the left-hand side of our homepage, mouse over the Library Catalog menu to the Popular Lists sub-menu and click. If you need help or have suggestions for lists, just ask a Librarian!
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All Long Beach Public Library locations are OPEN for Veterans Day. Check out the complete list of holiday hours.
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OverDrive, our downloadable audiobook service, serves both Mac and Windows users. Plus, you can browse and download on the go with your smartphone. Explore Overdrive!
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Effective November 1, 2009, fines and fees will increase for the Long Beach Public Library. Increases were recently approved by the City Council to generate additional revenue to balance the City's budget for fiscal year 2010. Click here to see the updated fines, fees, and loan periods.
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The Main Library is the site of many mysterious happenings. IS THE LIBRARY HAUNTED? Join us for a historical and paranormal tour of the areas where security, staff and patrons have experienced unusual activities.
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Kids, ages 4-12, are invited to read five books and receive a certificate good for a free hamburger, cheeseburger, or cheese sandwich at any In N Out Burger location. The Food for Thought programs runs October 10-November 21. Participants can receive a maximum of three certificates.
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Ghosts, the supernatural, vampires, evil plots, diabolical plans.....Writing contest open to teens, grades 6-12. Submit your one-page story by October 31st. Prizes for the top three stories. Learn more here!
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Long Beach Public Library now lends Braille books to blind children and adults and their caregivers. This new service is made possible through a partnership with the Braille Institute. Braille books are located on the lower level of the Main Library next to the New Large Print books. Please call (562) 570-5709 for additional information.
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Catcher in the Rye, Of Mice and Men, Harry Potter...What's your favorite book? Chances are good that someone has tried to ban it. Celebrate YOUR freedom to read during Banned Books Week, September 26 to October 3, with a visit to your local library. Check out the list of Banned Books available at Long Beach Public Library.
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All Long Beach Public Libraries are OPEN on the last Friday of the month when City Hall and other City facilities are closed. A complete list of open and closed facilities is available at www.longbeach.gov.
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Are you interested in volunteer work? The Long Beach Public Library, in partnership with the California State Library, has enhanced access to volunteer opportunities both at our Long Beach libraries and throughout the community. You can now easily match your skills, interests, and passions with available volunteer positions. Click here to begin searching.
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On Sunday, August 16, between the hours of 7:00 AM and noon, the library will be performing maintenance to the system. Intermittent outages of Encore and the Library Catalog will be likely. Features such as viewing your account, placing holds, renewing materials, and creating and saving lists will be temporarily unavailable. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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Due to the economic hardships faced by the City of Long Beach, there have been major cuts to the library book budget. You can help the library by purchasing a book from our wish lists on Amazon.com or from your local bookstore. See our Fiction, Nonfiction,
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Our new library system is now live! You may place holds, access the bestseller lists, and much more. Want to know more about Encore? Check out our brief introduction on Vimeo or YouTube. Need help? Please visit our newly added FAQ page!
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On June 23, 2009 all twelve Long Beach Public Libraries will be closed to the public while staff complete training on the new Millennium Integrated Library System, final data migration and verification is accomplished and the project “goes live."
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Dance, paint, act, play, and read at the Long Beach Public Library this summer! Programs for children, teens, and adults begin Saturday, June 13. Contact your library to sign up. Be creative, express yourself, and master the art of reading!
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As part of the preparation for our new library system, we cannot accept new holds on any library material starting June 10th. We will continue to fill hold requests that have already been submitted.
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Are you interested in learning more about your family's history? Come hear Liz Myers from Questing Heirs speak about genealogy research.
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Dana Library will be closed for a special inventory project on Wednesday, June 10 and Thursday, June 11, 2009.
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Claudine Burnett, author of Haunted Long Beach and Strange Sea Tales Along the Southern California Coast, will be talking about her latest book Murderous Intent? Long Beach, CA 1880's-1920 at the Dana Branch Library, on Tuesday, May 26th at 6:30p.m. Learn about some of the city's early murders and other grisly happenings in Long Beach history.
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At the start of FY09 it was agreed that the Main Library would remain open for 31 Sundays from October 2008 through May 2009, to coincide with the traditional school
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Did you know that the World Book Encyclopedia is available now online to LBPL cardholders? Search articles, pictures, and videos from the library or from home.
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Explore Volunteer Opportunities @ Your Library during National Volunteer Week April 19-25. The theme this year is Celebrating People in Action.
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From April 7 to April 20, Long Beach Public Library is participating in a nationwide Internet survey to find out how people use the free computers and Internet connections in public libraries and how to make these services better. Please take our survey!
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National Library Month @ the Long Beach Public Library is the time to celebrate the important role libraries and library workers play in our community.
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Whatever your goal, Learning Express resources will help you succeed. Learning Express offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life.
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Come experience the art on display at the Main Library through the end of April. Now showcasing two Long Beach artists! Paula Tay's paintings of the California landscape and Michelle McNeil's beaded textiles are not to be missed.
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Discover author read-alikes, book talks, book discussion guides, themed reading lists and much more. NoveList is a searchable database of more than 150,000 fiction titles reviewed for readers of all ages. Not sure what you're looking for? Try the Recommended Reads to browse books by reading level or genre. Discover new fiction today in NoveList.
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This year's selection, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, focuses on themes of peace, empowerment, global awareness, environment, compassion, education, and perseverance. The Long Beach Reads One Book program will be held March 6 - 14, 2009.
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Bret Harte Library will be closed for a special inventory project on Thursday, February 26 and Friday, February 27, 2009. The inventory will determine that all specialized technology is functioning accurately and efficiently. A standard inventory of all
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An exhibit featuring photographs, videos and other information about Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Daisaku Ikeda will kick off the 2009 Season for NonViolence Long Beach, which is part of an international 64-day grassroots campaign dedicated to demonstrating that nonviolence is a powerful way to heal, transform, and empower our lives and our communities.
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Southern California Edison will be performing maintenance on the electrical system in the area of the Los Altos Library on
February 3. In order to perform this work safely, power will be off
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Mark Twain Library will be closed for a special inventory project on Wednesday, February 11 and Thursday, February 12, 2009.
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All Long Beach Public Libraries carry basic federal and state tax forms. Additional forms and instructions are available from the following links.
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Don't forget to check out the wonderful book clubs here at LBPL. This month's selections tell very different stories; from the inherent violence of mankind to the oppressive feeling of a small town to a pair of celebrity Siamese twins. You can find more information on the Book Clubs at LBPL page under Events & Classes.
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Out of work or looking for a better job? Check out the library's Online Job Search Guide for a list of recommended job search websites and online resources.
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Kids ages 5 and up can join the Poly High School Alphabet Soup Club for stories and crafts on Friday, December 12th from 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Each month the ABC Soup Club comes to the Dana Library and puts on this free children's program. Check out the calendar for more dates!
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* Cosmopolitan * Entertainment Weekly * Forbes * MacWorld * National Geographic * The New Yorker * Newsweek * Outdoor Life * Parenting * Real Simple * Rolling Stone * Sports Illustrated * Time * Vanity Fair
A Long Beach Public Library card gives you free access to the new and improved EBSCOhost, a comprehensive database of more than 1,700 full-text magazines.
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Take fabulous holiday photographs! Learn the elements of good composition and how to use them with your digital camera. Taught by photographer and instructor Louis Dominguez.
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Join us at for some quiet time to work on your current craft project. Make friends and share your craft ideas and expertise. All needleworkers and crafters are welcome. Coffee, tea, cookies, soothing music, and pleasant conversation will be provided.
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Blu-Ray DVDs are the new optical disc format that enables the ultimate high-definition entertainment experience. Blu-Ray discs provide these key features and advantages: maximum picture resolution, larger storage capacity, best audio possible, and enhanced interactivity. Note: Blu-Ray DVDs will not play on a standard DVD player.
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Check your voter registration status, find your polling place, see early voting details, and view your sample ballot on the Los Angeles County website, LAVote.net.
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Check out the fall festivities in our online Events Calendar. Featured events include a Halloween Storytime at the El Dorado Neighborhood Library and a Halloween Flashlight Storytime and Costume Party at the Brewitt Neighborhood Library.
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U.S. veterans, your story needs to be told. We want to help. Bay Shore Neighborhood Library, Storyteller Productions, and the Library of Congress are working together to collect and preserve personal stories of wartime service.
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Attention, kids ages 4-12. Come into your local library and sign up! Read five books and earn a Food For Thought Achievement Award good for a free hamburger, cheeseburger, or grilled cheese sandwich at any In-N-Out Burger location.
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Have you ever wondered what stories your old Long Beach house could tell? Maureen Neeley, librarian, local historian and recipient of the Preservationist of the Year award, will show participants what information is available and how to research the history of Long Beach homes.
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Effective Saturday, October 4, 2008, the Main Library will be closed on Mondays and Thursday evenings. The hours are unchanged for all neighborhood libraries.
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Effective October 1, 2008, extended use fees for overdue adult library materials (excluding DVDs and videos) will increase to $.30 per day. The fee for overdue children’s materials remains unchanged.
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Experience the imagination and creativity of children in the Artful Healing program at Miller Children's Hospital. The artwork will be on display through September 29, 2008 at Main, Los Altos, Mark Twain, Dana, and Bay Shore Libraries.
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As part of the Blanche Collins Forum, Ray Bradbury will make a special appearance at the Main Library this Saturday, September 6, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. Bradbury will speak about the future of libraries and the importance of books.
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On Friday, August 22nd the Main Library got a visit from hip-hop star Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus. Snoop, a Long Beach native, interviewed the City's 6th District Councilperson, Dee Andrews.
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Check out our new audio book download service. Browse hundreds of audio books on our Overdrive e-Media catalog then check out and download best-selling titles to your PC at home, in the office or anywhere in the world - 24/7.
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Fast bug, slow bug, red bug, blue bug, big bug, little bug. Catch the reading bug! It’s coming to Long Beach Public Library beginning June 14. Kids, teens, adults and families can explore the amazing world of bugs, learn about metamorphosis and other transformations, and enjoy tons of other activities during the library’s summer reading programs.
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The Long Beach Public Library Foundation is hosting the 5th annual "Grape Expectations," a fundraiser to raise money for our libraries, especially the Family Learning Centers which provide homework assistance and educational resources to families.
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Come celebrate how "Libraries Change Lives" during National Library Month. Experience entertaining, informative free programs that show that there really is something for everyone at the Long Beach Public Library!
The public library is like no other place in the community. A library patron recently said, "The Long Beach Public Library is the community’s knowledge store."
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Celebrating its 7th year, Long Beach Reads One Book engages the local community by encouraging them to read the same book and discuss it in a variety of venues and formats. This year's book, Grayson, by local author, Lynne Cox, is an autobiographical story. The story details Cox's adventures during one of her routine morning swims off the coast of Long Beach. She encounters a baby whale separated from its mother, and embarks on a quest to reunite the two.
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The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, teachers, and scholars with an authoritative and comprehensive source on the African American experience. It includes the full content of five major encyclopedias, 100 primary source documents, 1,000 images, and charts, tables, and graphs, maps, timelines, and learning resources.
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Staff members sucessfully purchased a total of 1,105 books from Cambodia for the New Mark Twain Library and the rest of the Long Beach Library system in January.
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Check out our BookNews page to view and/or subscribe to monthly e-mail newsletters that highlight new books in our collection. BookNews is also your source for keeping up to date with the latest bestsellers and award winning books.
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Bestselling author and Watergate whistleblower, John Dean will speak at the Main Library on Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 2 p.m. at 101 Pacific Avenue. Mr. Dean has been called "...one of the most trenchant and respected commentators on the current state of American politics."
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The Los Altos Library will be closed for refurbishing on Tuesday, October 16.
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The Long Beach Public Library now provides free wireless Internet access for customers at five locations: Main Library, North, Dana, Harte and Mark Twain.
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Visit the first new neighborhood library to be built in the City of Long Beach in over 35 years! On August 11, 2007, over 2,000 residents and city leaders celebrated the grand opening of the new Mark Twain Library. Click here for photos of the new library.
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On behalf of the City of Long Beach, the Long Beach Public Library cordially invites you to join us as we celebrate the Grand Opening of the new Mark Twain Library on Saturday, August 11, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at 1401 E. Anaheim Street (between Gundry & Peterson).
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Old Mark Twain Library closed July 4, 2007. The Grand Opening of the new library will be August 11, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. Join us for free food, live entertainment, story time, face-painting and the book give-away for kids!
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Beginning June 16, super sleuths and daring detectives of all ages are invited to join the 2007 Summer Reading Clubs at the Long Beach Public Library. Children and teens may sign up for "Get a Clue @ Your Library," and "You Never Know @ Your Library" reading clubs that feauture weekly special programs, prizes, library activities, and story hours.
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Join us to welcome L.A. Times food and wine columnist, Russ Parsons, as he discusses his newly published book,
"HOW TO PICK A PEACH:
THE SEARCH FOR FLAVOR FROM FARM TO TABLE".
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We are now hiring librarians due to the restoration of library hours at all neighborhood libraries and the Main Library.
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Long Beach Reads One Book week is March 18-25th. This year’s book is The Greatest Generation, by Tom Brokaw. Book week events are scheduled and everyone in the city is invited to participate by reading, discussing and attending events highlighting the chosen book and its themes. Click here to learn more about Long Beach Reads One Book!
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All computing services including the Internet, e-mail, online catalog, Library's website and electronic databases will be unavailable Monday, March 5, 2007 due to system maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Book by Authors is an anthology of creative works by local writers and artists. Proceeds benefit the Long Beach Public Library Foundation.
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Robert Scheer will speak about his new book on October 28th at 2:00 p.m. at the Main Library auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.
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The Long Beach Public Library is pleased to announce the launch of its new Premier Laptop Computer Loan Program at the Main Library, 101 Pacific Avenue, September 27th.
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Renee Firestone will join our book discussion of Malka by Mirjam Pressler on September 30th at 3:00 p.m. in the Main Library, Meeting Room 1.
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The Long Beach Public Library Foundation's 5th annual Book Week campaign is about to get underway. Click here for more details.
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Tired of receiving your library notices by snail mail? If you are 18 years of age or older, you can now receive your mail from the Library via e-mail. Contact your neighborhood library for details.
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Starting October 8th, the Main Library will be open on Sundays, noon - 5:00 p.m. Residents of Long Beach can look forward to expanded library hours, more youth literacy programs and more resources this next year thanks to the City Council's adoption of the Mayor's recommendation to restore library hours at all branches and at the Main Library.
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When you click the logo "Ask Now" you may receive assistance from a librarian from any of our participating libraries in California or other libraries throughout the US. This makes it possible for us to offer you assistance 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
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The Grove Dictionary of Art is now available from outside the library; from your home, office, or anywhere you have an Internet connection. This database contains articles, bibliographies, and images on the visual arts.
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Tired of receiving your library notices by snail mail? If you are 18 years of age or older, you can now receive your mail from the Library via e-mail. Contact your neighborhood library for details.
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The Friends of the Long Beach Public Library have started a silent auction at their bookstore located at the Main Library. Click here to get more details on what is being offered this month.
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The Long Beach Public Library supports the Long Beach Unified School District's (LBUSD) Service Learning Program by offering volunteer opportunities specifically suited to the high school student which may be used as service credit. Click here for more details.
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