L.A. Public Library
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Los Angeles Public Library serves the largest and most diverse urban population of any library in the nation. Tweets en español @laplenespanol.
Joined April 2009
believe the series is 3-1.
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That's why you don't start celebrating in June.
San Diego Public Library staff are feeling a bit groggy this morning. Must be from all that sweeping. 🧹@LAPublicLibrary how are you doing? @Padres @BiblioSzabo
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Feeling generous, free books for all Dodgers fans 📚.
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The library The library.with a blue check without a blue check
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With your library card, you can stream or download BTS songs from 2013 to present through Freegal:
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Guess without any World Series titles you get excited about regular season sweeps. 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑.
San Diego Public Library staff are feeling a bit groggy this morning. Must be from all that sweeping. 🧹@LAPublicLibrary how are you doing? @Padres @BiblioSzabo
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The unusual substance falling from the sky is called rain. Learn more about it at the library:
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Should we ever stop retweeting this?.
San Diego Public Library staff are feeling a bit groggy this morning. Must be from all that sweeping. 🧹@LAPublicLibrary how are you doing? @Padres @BiblioSzabo
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N95 masks are available for the public at all LAPL locations while supplies last. Visit for hours and updates. Emergency information and resources can be found at
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Free books for life for all the Dodgers ⚾️🧢🏟️.
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Los Angeles Public Library has been fine free since 2020
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#1 in the 🌎. For the second year running, Los Angeles Public Library is the number one lending library in the world on Overdrive/Libby with over 14 million items borrowed in 2024. We couldn't have done it without you 🫶📚🎉.
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To celebrate what would have been Stan Lee's 97th birthday we dug up a few images from the 1998 Comic Art and Animation Festival. #StanLeeForever
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LA PUBLIC LIBRARY AND LA COUNTY LIBRARY ARE ACTUALLY TOTALLY DIFFERENT LIBRARY SYSTEMS.
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On the second day of #LibraryCardSignUpMonth Keanu was born. ..Learn about all the benefits that come with having the #BestCardInLA at
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Government buildings are the hot music venues of 2021.
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@Loganchance We'll let that first sentence slide off our backs. Thanks for promoting our services.
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In memory of El Toro 💙⚾️💙. The phenomenon known as Fernando-mania swept through L.A. in 1981, when Valenzuela started 8-0, led the Dodgers to the World Series, and won both the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards. Herald Examiner - Rob Brown
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Always a big supporter of libraries. @TheRealStanLee at the 1998 Comic Art & Animation Festival held at Central Library
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Lindsay Ellis is an author, Hugo finalist & video essayist who creates online content about media, narrative & film theory. She recently agreed to talk to us about her debut novel "Axiom's End."
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If you thought your library card was blocked, check it again. We've been clearing overdue fines, and we'd love to welcome you back!.
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This Map Explains the Hidden Ways L.A. Places Got Their Names: via @lamag @etymology_nerd
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Kobe's Bookshelf - We looked through old interviews and social media posts to piece together a reading list of books that inspired the Black Mamba:
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ICYMI.It’s Parade Day for our Los Angeles Dodgers! 🧢. Central Library is closed today due to extensive street closures and restricted access to allow for the Dodgers Championship Victory Parade. Find LAPL branches open near you on our website:
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🎶 BTS – Map of the Soul: 7 🎇 Listen online here 👉 or download the Freegal app & listen with the #BestCardInLA.
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Everyone gets an extra hour of reading today.
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ok.
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Hope those pearls fit in your carry-on.
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Answers to a couple of questions we've gotten from New Yorkers. ✅ Yes we have a library system in Los Angeles, it's only 152 years old. ✅ We do read in Los Angeles. LAPL is the number one lending library on Overdrive/Libby in the world.
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The City of Angels is a city of readers!. On the Overdrive platform, Los Angeles Public Library is the top-circulating library in the United States for the second year in a row.
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For the Champions 💙⚾️💙. Central Library is closed on Friday due to extensive street closures and restricted access to allow for the Dodgers Championship Victory Parade.
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Before Los Angeles, there was Yangna, home to the Tongva people, Native Americans who numbered at least 5,000 in the Los Angeles Basin before the arrival of Europeans: #IndigenousPeoplesDay2020
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Regardless of the location, seats are still free at the library.
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Don't discount the LAPL bump. Amanda Gorman: The Linda Lindas:
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Today, we welcomed 90 children from 25 countries—ages 4 to 17—as they officially became U.S. citizens.
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We are on other social platforms. Find us by our name.
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Public libraries, the trusted resource when magnets inexplicably fall off your fridge. #StrangerThings
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@SDPublicLibrary @Padres @BiblioSzabo 💀💀💀. We usually reserve our posts for games that really matter.
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Keanu Reeves' birthday coincides with #LibraryCardSignUp Month. 🤯..Sign up for an e-card and enjoy all the digital offerings available from the library:
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We gave it all we had. #Dodgers. Congrats to the Braves and @cobblibrary. Considering who you're playing in the World Series we might kind of be rooting for you. Thanks to everyone for following along, it's been a blast!
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Must have been a glitch because that doesn’t look correct.
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LIBBY IS GREAT BUT THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER APP CALLED HOOPLA AND YOU CAN CHECK OUT E-BOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS, AND GRAPHIC NOVELS AND THE BEST PART IS EVERYTHING IS AVAILABLE ON DEMAND.
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Been waiting for the right time to bring out the googly eyes.
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The Los Angeles Public Library launched a limited-edition library card to honor P-22 yesterday! Did you get yours? Available now at all locations while supplies last. 🔗
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We are excited to partner with @NonameBooks to keep you up to date in finding all the selections free of charge. This month they are reading "The Wretched of the Earth" by Frantz Fanon and "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi:
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On this day in 1935, the Griffith Observatory officially opened. Explore photos in our archive:
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Before Los Angeles, there was Yangna, home to the Tongva people, Native Americans who numbered at least 5,000 in the Los Angeles Basin before the arrival of Europeans:
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