Julie Sorensen
Community Library Manager
500 S. Del Mar Ave.
San Gabriel, CA 91776-2408
Phone: (626) 287-0761

History
The library was founded in 1915 and moved to its present site in 1967. The Friends of the Library was founded in 1967. A historical mural was painted in 1984.

Collection
The library has over 104,806 books, 4,239 video recordings and 4,293 audio recordings. The library also carries 40 current magazine and newspaper subscriptions. The material collection includes book and non-book items in English, Chinese and Vietnamese.

Services
Services available to our customers include CD-ROM workstations (adult and children's software), public access Internet computers, online library catalogs that provide access to the entire County Public Library collection and to online reference databases, coin-operated typewriter and copier, and a public meeting room. The library also provides reference and readers' advisory services, pre-school storytimes every Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m., a Homework Center open weekday afternoons and a summer reading program for kids under 16.

Facilities
The library is a two-storied building with 12,000 square feet. The upper level is the meeting room for public use with the capacity of about 100.

Political Representatives

• U.S. Congressional District: 29th
  Adam Schiff
  URL: http://www.house.gov/schiff/

• State Senate District: 21st
  Jack Scott
  URL: http://dist21.casen.govoffice.com/index.asp

• State Assembly District: 49th
  Mike Eng
  URL: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a49/

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

Local Links

	City of San Gabriel URL: http://www.sangabrielcity.com/
	San Gabriel Police Department URL: http://www.sgpd.com/ General information about the San Gabriel Police Department.