Remember when you were little and your teacher told you to be quiet, it turned out that the loudest, most obnoxious kid was always the teacher's pet shushing everyone? Well, this video captures what happens when that kid (sort of) grows up and has a meltdown during finals week in the CSUN library. more ›

Librarians in Laguna Beach are facing an awkward problem as homeless men have taken to gathering 'round public computers to watch adult-themed clips. KTLA reports that the problem is growing (no dirty pun intended), and that on Saturday, eight men were found huddled over a Laguna Beach Public Library monitor to view a porn site. more ›

Check it out: A 44-year-old Carlsbad woman was arrested this week after she was found to be in possession of over 2,000 books and DVDs taken from multiple San Diego County libraries. more ›

Book borrowers, rejoice: Your favorite Los Angeles Public Library Branch will resume its hours of operation on Mondays, starting July 18th. Thank Measure L, the ballot initiative L.A. voters passed back in March: That's where the funds are coming from. more ›

The County of Los Angeles Public Library and the Los Angeles Public Library have partnered with Library Ideas, a network of public library websites that "offer access to hundreds of thousands of songs from Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists," to allow library cardholders free and legal music downloads beginning in July, according to a news release. more ›

The Los Angeles Public Library’s Silver Lake Branch is one of--if not the--innovative of the system's branches, and now they are getting ready to launch a mobile app that will allow patrons to use their own smartphone to check out materials from anywhere within the library. more ›

The third installment of This is Your Library takes place tonight at 7:30 pm at the Mark Taper Auditorium-Central Library. It’s a talk show-style event that features “well-known and not so well-known Angelenos talking about what they do, how they do it and what it means to be doing it in Los Angeles, with dj’s, live music, Pink's Hotdogs and full bar.” Guests tonight include TV treasure Huell Howser, art critic and author Chris Kraus, theater artist Diane Rodriguez and special musical guest Amanda Jo Williams. Tickets: $15, $10 Young Literati and Library Associates. $5 concert only. more ›

At a City Council meeting today, the city's head librarian stated that he was against putting software filters on public library computers to block users from accessing porn, reports Fox News. Arguing that the filters would prevent patrons from accessing legitimate information -- such as a search for "breast cancer" -- City Librarian Martin Gomez added that he also feels it's parent's responsibility to monitor what their kids do online. more ›

What better day is there than the Tuesday than during National Library Week for the Los Angeles City Council's Arts, Parks, Health and Aging Committee to take up the vital discussion of the permissibility of internet porn in our libraries? more ›

The Newport Beach Public Library could boldly go where most libraries have yet dared not go: Book-less. They are considering relocating the Balboa Branch to a section of the Marina Park Community Center, but leaving out the 35,000 items--comprised of books, DVDs, and other materials--and offering a librarian-free "electronic library" instead, according to the Daily Pilot. more ›

A prattling, three-minute, cleavage shot video rant from UCLA student Alexandra Wallace has earned this unfortunate, small-minded specimen of a girl the un-enviable title of Worst Person Ever of the Day by the The Daily What following a racist, anti-Asian diatribe taking issue with, among other things, the non-use of "American manners" when she's studying "political science theories and arguments and all that stuff," in the library. more ›

Today would've been the 107th birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991), best known for his words of wisdom inked under the nom de plume Dr. Seuss. Creator of the Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, Oh, the Places You'll Go and so many more, it's refreshing if not just for sentimental purposes to celebrate Seuss' birthday by recalling his great one-liners. more ›

World-renowned writer Jorge Luis Borges famously said, “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” In LA, Paradise is closed twice a week, in need of new books, and hard up for hired help. In the wake of City Council’s 2010 decision to cut library resources and employees, while simultaneously enforcing LAPL to pay for their own water and power, the city is experiencing a library crisis. more ›

It's been a rough year for libraries in L.A., thanks to budget cuts, but patrons still used the Los Angeles Public Library's 72 branch locations to check out books. I asked the LAPL what the most checked-out book was in 2010: Book borrowing Angelenos spent last year following Robert Langdon as he worked to untangle the mysteries of Freemasonary in Dan Brown's novel The Lost Symbol. more ›

Budget woes and book blues aren't just striking Los Angeles County's extensive library system, they're also forcing the library to take a break in a community largely considered one of the more affluent ones in the region: Beverly Hills. more ›

Los Angeles County dedicated its first "green" library today in Whittier. The new Sorensen Library is a state-of-the-art facility that was built using recycled materials and includes sustainable features. This 10,655 square foot library replaces the original 1,048 square foot Sorensen Library opened in 1956, once the smallest in the County's public library system. more ›

When library hours were shortened by two days this summer, thanks to budget cuts, there was a movement to save them via the ballot. The prospect of that is nearing reality. Today the L.A. City Council voted to have language drawn up to put such a measure before voters on March 8th, 2011. more ›

Just like Los Angeles' budget-saving move in closing libraries twice weekly earlier this year, Long Beach today followed suit. Its system of 12 libraries will all now be closed two days a week (Sundays and Mondays). Previously, four libraries were open six days a week, with Monday on the schedule. "This action is a result of the Long Beach Public Library's implementation of the City's adopted budget to offset a structural deficit of $18.5 million for [Fiscal Year 2011]," stated the city's website. more ›

LA Public Libraries are closed on Sundays and Mondays due to unruly budget cuts. This includes the historic Central Library - a downtown landmark and one of the largest libraries in the country - in addition to all 70+ LAPL branches. Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and Burbank patrons can access their library's resources 7 days a week. How can we fix this? more ›

Sunday marks a big day of transition for Los Angeles, thanks to the city's budget shortfall. Both the Library and the city's 24-hour operator service shorten hours. more ›

Blame the budget: Several libraries in Los Angeles County will close one or two days a week starting Monday, according to the Star-News, thanks to "an $8.8 million budget cut." more ›

Hundreds of City of Los Angeles employees will be laid off or subject to furloughs as of today, thanks to the start of "an austerity budget" that starts with today's fiscal year, according to the Daily News. more ›

When the year began, Los Angeles' stock of 83 libraries were open seven days a week. Then budget cuts forced shorter hours, leaving them open six days a week. This week -- once again, thanks to budget cuts -- hours will be shortened to five days a week. more ›

Los Angeles voters may see a parcel tax measure that would help fund libraries on a ballot next year instead of this November if city budget officials have their way. The Board of Library Commissioners earlier this month approved a $39/year parcel tax for the November ballot that would fund libraries enough to open them six days a week, restore jobs and enhance other programs. more ›

A recommendation to place a parcel tax measure that would help fund libraries on the November ballot was approved by the board that oversees Los Angeles' system of 83 libraries last week. If approved by the L.A. City Council, a ballot measure would ask voters to place a $39/year parcel tax to re-expand library hours after cuts earlier this year, hopefully to six days a week, and beef up other programs. more ›

It's not just the Los Angeles Public LIbraries that are facing budget cuts, forcing reduced hours, but libraries across the region. At California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), students were put into a bind when officials shortened hours from midnight to 8 p.m. That's bad news, but what makes it worse is that it was finals week. more ›

A proposal to shut Los Angeles libraries down another day of the week was reluctantly approved yesterday by the board that oversees them. Starting July 6th, libraries will be open five days a week, a move to keep the system of 83 libraries solvent during budget cuts and workforce reductions. This comes after the Board of Library Commissioners voted to shorten hours earlier this year from seven days a week to six due to budget cuts. More details of the proposal can be found on LAist's post from before the meeting. more ›

Budget cuts already forced the hands of Los Angeles' system of 83 libraries earlier this year by shortening hours, slashing staff and offering one less day of service. Now, facing even more cuts within the upcoming budget cycle that begins in July, the Board of Library Commissioners are scheduled to vote (.pdf) on a proposal today that would mean libraries would be closed yet another day, bringing them to be open a total of five days a week. more ›