• Building size: 17360 sq. ft.
• Meeting Room: Capacity 166
• Children's area with Family Place
• Teen Space
• Study Room available
• Book Drop for returning items accessible 24 hours

nearby libraries

• Gardena Mayme Dear Library
• Manhattan Beach Library
• Masao W. Satow Library
• Hawthorne Library
• Wiseburn Library

getting here

• Los Angeles Metro:
  
  Metro Local Service Line 40
  Metro Local Service Line 125
  Metro Rapid Service Line 740
  Need more info? Try the Metro Trip Planner
• Local Transit:
  
  Gardena fixed route service line 1
  Lawndale Beat - Residential line
  
• Large parking lot available next to the building.

• Non-English Language Collection(s):
  
  Spanish DVDs for Kids and Adults
  Spanish Books for Adults
  Spanish Books for Kids
  Vietnamese Books for Adults
  
• Other Special Collection(s):
  
  Large Print
  
• Children's Special Collection(s):
  
  Baby and Toddler Storytime Kits
  Family Place Collection
  
• Online Collections - Available 24 hours:
  
  Online research
  Downloadable Audiobooks from OneClick Digital
  Downloadable eBooks and Audiobooks from Overdrive
  Downloadable Music from Freegal
  

your local papers

• Daily Breeze
• Los Angeles Times

Find more magazines and newspapers.

• In person and telephone research assistance
• Photocopier

children's services

• Homework Center
• Live Homework Help
• Family Place
• Storytime Kits

teen services

• Teen Advisory Board
• Live Homework Help
• LearningExpress Library (username = 13-digit library card number, password = create your own)

online services

• Email a Librarian
• Online Catalog
• Research Databases
• Downloadable Audiobooks, eBooks and Music

Lawndale Library has:

• Public computers: 12
• Children's computers: 12
• Technology Lab computers: 10
• Free Wi-fi

Computer policies for the County Library

friends of the library

Friends of the Lawndale Library is a volunteer-run organization that supports the library and library events - join today to get involved!

Friends of the Lawndale Library provides these service(s) to support the library:

• Friends of the Library DVD Rentals
• Friends of the Library Book Sale

library history

The first library in Lawndale - one of the earliest branches of the County of Los Angeles Public Library - opened December 26, 1913 at the corner of Railroad Ave. and Market St. (now Hawthorne Blvd. and 147th St.).

The current Lawndale Library opened to great fanfare March 18, 2009 after 52 years of serving the community in a 3500 sq. ft. building next door.

The new building features a glass artwork, Subdivisions, by Anne Marie Karlsen.

political representatives

• U.S. Congressional District 43: Maxine Waters
• California State Assembly District 62: Steven Bradford
• California State Senate District 35: Roderick Wright
• County Supervisorial District 2: Mark Ridley-Thomas

local links

• California State University Dominguez Hills: This site offers class schedules, admission information, distance learning and other useful information about the California University System.
• City of Lawndale: General information on city services and programs.