Susan Schlaeger
Community Library Manager
5939 Golden West Ave.
Temple City, CA 91780-2292
Phone: (626) 285-2136
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Events Calendar:
10/01/2009 - 08/31/2010, Every 1st Wed
Elementary Book Detectives, Grades 4-5 |
10/01/2009 - 08/31/2010, Every 2nd Tue
Book Crunch Grade K - 3 Readers Book Club |
10/01/2009 - 08/31/2010, Every Thu
Age 4 and up Storytime |
10/01/2009 - 08/31/2010, Every 2nd Wed
Pizza and Pages for Gals, grades 6 to 8 |
10/01/2009 - 08/31/2010, Every 3rd Wed
Pizza and Pages for Guys, Grades 6-8 |
10/01/2009 - 08/31/2010, Every Wed
Bounce and Rhyme Babytime |
10/01/2009 - 08/31/2010, Every Wed
Library Tots |
10/01/2009 - 08/31/2010, Every Wed
Toddler Storytime |
10/01/2009 - 08/31/2010, Every 2nd Sat
Family Storytime |
01/06/2010 - 12/29/2010, Every Wed
Teen Lounge |
01/19/2010 - 12/21/2010, Every 3rd Tue
Teen Board Gaming |
01/19/2010 - 12/21/2010, Every 3rd Tue
Teen Advisory Board |
Tue, 02/23/2010
Reading Rascals |
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History
Founded when Willa Samson initiated a small lending library in her home.
In 1924, Mrs. Samson's rental cottage (9961 Woodruff Avenue) became the first
official library site with Mrs. Samson as Temple City's first librarian. When
the library outgrew its surroundings, it was relocated in the abandoned Pacific
Electric building (corner of Las Tunas and Kauffman). In 1941, the library
moved to the new Woman's Clubhouse's west wing. In January 1953, the library
was housed in the County's new building on Kauffman where, for the first time,
a children's department was added. The present location was opened in 1963.
Collection
The collection totals 120,637 books, 5,530 audio recordings, 5,813
video and DVD recordings, and 88 magazine and newspaper titles, as well as
other special materials such as Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese and Japanese language materials, telephone directories, business
reference materials and college catalogs.
Services
Services include public access to the Internet, wordprocessing,
photocopier, public meeting room,
and online library catalog.
Facilities
The library (11,408 square feet) features an adult section, children's area,
and a public meeting room.
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