Pui-Ching Ho
Community Library Manager
145 N. Walnut Ave.
San Dimas, CA 91773-2603
Phone: (909) 599-6738

History
Founded in 1913 as the second County of Los Angeles Public Library, the San Dimas Library was orginally located in the back of Fairbank's Drug Store. Subsequently, it moved to a storefront location on Bonita Avenue. The present building, located in the San Dimas Civic Center, was dedicated in 1971.

Collection
The collection consists of over 101,550 books, 100 magazine subscriptions, 7,601 audio CDs & cassettes, and 5,021 video recordings. The library also has the local San Dimas newspaper on microfilm from 1913 through 1982.

Services
Adult and juvenile materials in English and Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese; reference audio-visual materials including compact discs, audio cassettes, talking books, DVD's and video cassettes. The library also has a large selection of large print books. There are also Preschool Storytimes on Fridays at 10:30 a.m., special children's programs and the annual children's Summer Reading Program.

Facilities
The building is approximately 13,590 square feet, including the meeting room. Special equipment includes microfilm/fiche reader and three public access Internet workstations are available on a reservation basis.

Political Representatives

• U.S. Congressional District: 26th
  David Dreier
  URL: http://www.house.gov/dreier/

• State Senate District: 29th
  Bob Margett
  URL: http://republican.sen.ca.gov/web/29/

• State Assembly District: 59th
  Anthony Adams
  URL: http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/members/index.asp?Dist=59&Lang=1

• Supervisorial District: 5th
  Michael D. Antonovich
  URL: http://antonovich.co.la.ca.us/

Local Links

	City of San Dimas URL: http://www.cityofsandimas.com/ The San Dimas City website offers information about City services, local activities and cultural and recreational events. Includes links to area news services.
	City of San Dimas Municipal Code URL: http://www.qcode.us/codes/sandimas/
	San Dimas URL: http://www.sandimas.net/ Site gives information about City news and events. Also includes City Council Meetings on Video.