Alida Montanez-Salas
Community Library Manager
7110 S. Garfield Ave.
Bell Gardens, CA 90201-3244
Phone: (562) 927-1309

History
The Bell Gardens Library first opened in August, 1938 at 5656 Live Oak St. As the City of Bell Gardens grew and expanded, so did the library. On September 22, 1958 the library moved to 7515 Eastern Ave. (a store front location). The library moved to its current location, 7110 S. Garfield Avenue, on May 7th, 1970. On July 21, 2007 the library had a Grand Re-Opening ceremony to celebrate a 6-month major refurbishment project.

Collection
The library's collection consists of 50,569 books, 378 CDs, 3,739 videos, 587 DVDs and 59 magazine and 2 newspaper titles, as well as local history information. The library's holdings include Spanish language materials for adults and children.

Services
Services available to customers include two online library catalogs that provide access to the County Library collection and to online reference databases, a coin-operated copier and ten public access Internet workstations are also available free of charge to customers with a County of Los Angeles Public Library card. There is also a Children's storytime and crafts program every Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.

Facilities
The library is a single story building, located in the Bell Gardens civic center. The library is 5,190 square feet. There is an ADA bathroom, handicap parking, and doors that automatically open for customers who need entry/exit assistance.

Political Representatives

• U.S. Congressional District: 34th
  Lucille Roybal-Allard
  URL: http://www.house.gov/roybal-allard/

• State Senate District: 30th
  Ron Calderon
  URL: http://dist30.casen.govoffice.com/

• State Assembly District: 50th
  Hector De La Torre
  URL: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a50/

• Supervisorial District: 1st
  Gloria Molina
  URL: http://molina.lacounty.gov/

Local Links

	City of Bell Gardens URL: http://www.bellgardens.org/ Official City of Bell Gardens website providing information on city officials and services. Includes commercial zoning and ordinance and downloadable applications, the city newsletter in English and Spanish and city employment information.
	Friends of the Bell Gardens Library URL: http://fbgl.org The Friends of the Bell Gardens Library is a group of individuals who help the library promote literacy in the City of Bell Gardens.
	Montebello Unified School District URL: http://www.montebello.K12.ca.us/default.htm Homepage for all the schools of the Montebello Unified School District.