Library gathers all staff together for first time in dept. history.

On Nov. 14, Library closed all 73 libraries so that staff could gather together for the department’s first ever staff development day, held at the Convention Center. The day included keynote addresses that everyone attended...

Library is now loaning ukuleles.

Uke Can Do It! Always wanted to play a musical instrument? The Library is now loaning ukuleles and chord books, plus offering lessons at select branches. With your regular library card, you borrow a kit that...

In the Grip of Influenza: Spanish Flu 2018

Historical amnesia deprives us of the painful and sometimes tragic lessons learned at someone’s expense in our collective past...

Public Library partially reopens with convenience, safe curbside service.

July 2, the Library and Mayor’s Office inaugurated Library to Go -- opening 18 Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) branches for curbside pickup and drop-off across the city...

Read All About It: It’s Halloween!

In the spirit of Halloween, the Los Angeles Public Library makes suggestions to get Club readers into the spirit of Halloween...

Read All About It: It’s Thanksgiving!

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Alive! reached out to the Children’s Literature Dept. at our favorite Library, Los Angeles Public Library, for suggestions to get young Club readers into the spirit of this quintessential American holiday...

This just in: Central Library, branches begin phased reopening May 3.

The Los Angeles Public Library launches the next phase of its rolling reopening May 3 with limited in-person services at the Central Library downtown and 37 branches across the City...

Loud Library Love Proclaimed Near and Far

Meet the Library team behind two of the world’s biggest social media viral hits during the pandemic, and why that matters...

Read All About It: It’s Halloween!

Alive! reached out to Librarians at our favorite library, Los Angeles Public Library, for their recommendations for awesomely scare Halloween reads and watches. We decided to ask again, and here are fresh...

Map legend Glen Creason, Librarian III, retires after 42 years of City service

“I’ve been here for eight presidents, five mayors, many numbers of Microsoft Windows, three Dodgers World Championships, 11 Laker crowns, subways, a spectacular Olympics, a book and the birth of a wonderful daughter.”..