Cherie Shih
Community Library Manager
16254 Colorado Ave.
Paramount, CA 90723-5085
Phone: (562) 630-3171

History
A desk and a reading room in a building in the Clearwater-Hynes unincorporated community became the 26th branch of the Los Angeles County Free Library in September 1913. The Clearwater Branch was located on Paramount Boulevard, (then known as Ocean), north of Alondra Boulevard, (then known as Center). It contained 121 books and the first month's circulation was 60 books. The library was moved to a rented building in 1930. In 1946, the library was moved to 15718 Paramount Boulevard. Two years later the Clearwater-Hynes Community became known as Paramount, although incorporation was still 9 years away. The library's name was changed accordingly to Paramount Library.

A new building was opened in 1955 at 7913 E. Madison and was considered spacious until the new library at present location was completed in 1967. In November 1987, the building was purchased by County of Los Angeles Public Library which all along had been providing services and materials to the community of Paramount and the adjacent area

Collection
The current collection includes 90,685 books, 51 magazine and newspaper subscriptions, 4,318 audio recordings and 4,702 video recordings. The collection includes Spanish language materials and large print books.

Services
The library provides basic services to both adult and children, including reference service; public access Internet computers and children's programs. The online library catalogs provide public access to the entire County Public collection and to online reference databases. The Paramount Library also has a Literacy Center for adults working on their personal reading and writing goals and a Homework Center for children in grades 3 to 6.

Facilities
With handicapped access, the 8,750 square foot building has a divided adult and children's study area. A coin operated photocopy machine is available for public use.

Political Representatives

• U.S. Congressional District: 39th
  Linda Sanchez
  URL: http://www.house.gov/lindasanchez/

• State Senate District: 27th
  Alan Lowenthal
  URL: http://dist27.casen.govoffice.com/

• State Assembly District: 52nd
  Isadore Hall
  URL: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a52/

• Supervisorial District: 4th
  Don Knabe
  URL: http://knabe.com/

Local Links

	City of Paramount URL: http:www.paramountcity.com/ City issues, public information, calendar of events, council agendas, and general information on the City of Paramount.
	Long Beach Unified School District URL: http://www.lbusd.k12.ca.us/ Links to the school district and other educational resources in the local community.
	Paramount Chamber of Commerce URL: http:www.paramountchamber.com/ Information on local events, community links, Business Resource Center, monthly newsletter and local businesses.
	Paramount Unified School District URL: http://www.paramount.k12.ca.us/ Links to schools and educational resources.
	Press Telegram URL: http://www.presstelegram.com Online local news and information service from the Long Beach Press Telegram, a local newspaper that serves the area. Includes local sports and entertainment news.