County Library offer Chromebooks and mobile Wi-Fi hot spots for checkout. A laptop or iPad miniīoth the LAPL and L.A. (A library spokesperson declined to comment on whether its “light bulb changer kit” is popular among politicians.)Ĭardholders must be 18 and willing to return what they borrowed within seven days.ĭetails: L.A. There are more than 100 pieces available.
County Library (Compton, Lancaster, Norwalk, Rosemead and San Fernando) offer tools “to help our customers learn new skills and complete new and existing projects.”Ĭookware, sewing machines, gardening tools, power tools, bike-repair implements, extension cords of various lengths. Gardening tools, power tools and other toolsįive branches of the L.A. County and the brand-new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, where, for an additional fee, guests can strut across the stage at the (simulated) Dolby Theatre and accept a (replica) Oscar.ĭetails: LAPL, L.A. Participating partners include The Broad, La Brea Tar Pits, the L.A. County Library allows card holders to make online reservations at select museums and attractions, up to three months in advance. The “Discover & Go” program at both the LAPL and L.A. Here’s a complete list of both, and a handy map.ĭetails: LAPL, L.A. Some state parks don’t participate in this program, but the vast majority do. There’s usually a waitlist for these, so plan ahead. Here’s how.Ĭonsidering a day trip to the sapphire waters of Crystal Cove (near Newport Beach)? Headed up to Big Sur, and the cliffs of Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park? Your local library can make both trips easier with a pass for “one passenger vehicle with capacity of nine people or less, or one highway-licensed motorcycle.”
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They are available at 17 of LAPL’s 73 locations.īusiness Your L.A. Each instrument comes with a case, a book of chords and a tuner. The LAPL got quite a response to the recent TikTok video it posted about lending out ukuleles. Just remember to return them in one to three weeks. Here are eight little-known things you can check out from L.A. (But as any librarian will tell you - in a solemn tone as she lowers her glasses - reference books must remain on the premises). County and independent library locations in the city, can hook you up with nifty items such as power sanders, telescopes and free passes to the zoo.
Orlean was writing about the original Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), which today boasts 73 branches. If you don’t have one of those, well, they’re free too. And at the same low price of zero dollars.
In her ode to the fire-ravaged old library in downtown Los Angeles (and to libraries in general), Orlean points out something that’s easy to forget: These beloved literary repositories offer far more than just books. They were sitting in the library, just because it was a pleasant place to sit, and sometimes they were doing things that had nothing to do with the library.” - Susan Orlean, “The Library Book” “They were picking up tax information and getting tutored in English and checking out movies and tracing their family history.