![]() ![]() ![]() Join the Library Foundation of Los Angeles.For more information click here or talk to your local librarian. Friends groups raise money for improvements to their library through memberships, used book sales and other activities. There is a “Friends of the Library” group for most branch libraries and departments of the Central Library. You can support the Los Angeles Public Library in several ways: With more people than ever before using the library-a record 17 million last year alone-your support helps the Library provide people with the resources they need to succeed and thrive. Through its Central Library and 72 branches, the Los Angeles Public Library provides free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology that enrich, educate and empower every individual in our city's diverse communities. By 1991, the library was fully automated with an electronic catalog, and opened 41 hours per week.The Los Angeles Public Library serves the largest most diverse population of any library in the United States. In 1984, the first professional librarian was hired. In order to increase memberships and services, the library joined an area system called WOLF (Wayne Oakland Library Federation). ![]() The Franklin Community Library Association turned over all its corporate assets and its holdings to the Village of Franklin, and officially became Franklin Public Library. In 1973, the Village Office and Police Station relocated at the Broughton House (32325 Franklin Rd, still Village Office as of today). The collection amounted to 755 books (100 on loan from the State Library) and 157 villagers were registered as patrons. By the end of 1939, the school’s PTA had turned the library collection over to an executive board, which hired Margaret DeView, a Franklin resident, as librarian. In 1939, it was expanded and remodeled to serve as Village Office, Police Station and Library. Smith gave the building to the Franklin PTA for the two-year-old library. The structure first served as a real estate office for George Wellington Smith. In 1931, a shed attached to a house at Thirteen Mile Rd and Wellington Rd was moved to the current spot and placed on the foundation of the Sam Green House. Franklin Public Library was started at Franklin School (now Huda School & Montessori, on Franklin Rd) by the PTA, with a collection of donated books. ![]()
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