• Building size: 11722 sq. ft.
• Meeting Room: Capacity 63
• Children's area with Family Place
• Teen Space
• Study Room available
• Book Drop for returning items accessible 24 hours

nearby libraries

• Hollydale Library
• Leland R. Weaver Library
• Compton Library
• East Rancho Dominguez Library
• Willowbrook Library

getting here

• Get Directions to: 11320 Bullis Rd. Lynwood, CA 90262

• Los Angeles Metro:
  
  Metro Shuttle Line 612
  Metro Local Service Line 251
  Need more info? Try the Metro Trip Planner
• Medium parking lot available behind the building.

• Non-English Language Collection(s):
  
  Spanish Books for Adults
  Spanish Books for Kids
  Spanish DVDs for Kids and Adults
  
• Other Special Collection(s):
  
  Large Print
  
• Children's Special Collection(s):
  
  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
  Streaming Movies, Audiobooks & Music from Hoopla
  

your local papers

• Los Angeles Times
• The Long Beach Press - Telegram
• LA Watts Times
• Los Angeles Wave
• Nuestra Comunidad

Find more magazines and newspapers.

• In person and telephone research assistance
• Photocopier

children's services

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

teen services

• 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

Lynwood Library has:

• Public computers: 15
• Children's computers: 3
• Early literacy computers: 2
• Free Wi-fi

Computer policies for the County Library

friends of the library

The Friends of the Library groups are volunteer charitable organizations that provide additional library funding and support. For more information, including how to join, contact your local community library manager.

library history

Lynwood Library was established in May 1915. It began as a volunteer library, but soon joined the Los Angeles County Public Library System. From a small club-house room on Long Beach Boulevard, the library was moved in 1917 to a storeroom at the corner of Long Beach Boulevard and Fernwood Avenue, then to Elmwood Avenue, from 1918-24. From 1924 to 1956, the library was housed in the old building on Sanborn Avenue.

In 1956, a new structure was built in the Civic Center to house this fast-growing County Library facility. During the next decade, the library patronage again outgrew the library building.

In 1977, a new library at the present location opened for service. The library was refurbished in the fall of 2004.

political representatives

• U.S. Congressional District 44: Nanette Barragan
• California State Assembly District 63: Anthony Rendon
• California State Senate District 33: Ricardo Lara
• County Supervisorial District 2: Mark Ridley-Thomas

local links

• City of Lynwood: Latest information on city programs, city officials, a community calendar and the school district as well as a community history.
• Lynwood Unified School District: Information about the School District, including school calendar, teacher and class profiles, student and parent sections and school newsletters.