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City Of Glendora: Library Is Celebrating 50 Years At 140 S. Glendora Ave
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02/17/2022 7:19 AM
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The Glendora Public Library is Celebrating 50 Years at 140 S. Glendora Ave
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Glendora, CA – On Monday, February 28, 2022, the Glendora Public Library’s Board of Library Trustee’s will celebrate the institution’s 50 years at their current location, 140 S. Glendora Avenue. Supported by the Glendora Public Library and the GPL Friend’s Foundation, the Board of Library Trustees have invited the City’s Mayor and Councilmembers, partner agencies, and the public to commemorate the occasion with a ribbon cutting ceremony, followed by a brief celebration. The event will take place at 140 S. Glendora Avenue in Glendora beginning at 2:00pm.
Reading clubs and a public library have a long history in Glendora dating back over 100 years, beginning with organizations such as the Athena Club in 1904, and the Glendora Women’s Club in 1911. After the incorporation of Glendora as a City in 1911, the Glendora Public Library was adopted as a department of the city government in 1912 and moved to the east area of City Hall in 1922. Growth of the Library led to the construction of a new facility just south of City Hall, and the doors at 140 S. Glendora Ave opened to the public on February 28, 1972.
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Outside of the pandemic, the Glendora Public Library and Cultural Center building has approximately 5,000 visitors a week. It’s home base for 130,000 volumes, including books, ebooks and audio books, both on CD and via download, music, movies, magazines, computer databases, access to the Internet and digital resources that can be used from home, office, school and on site. It’s a gathering place for exploration, discovery, and discussion. And it’s the headquarters for an expert and mobile staff, ready to connect the community with the world of ideas, information, and imagination.
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Board of Library Trustees
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