Sharon Johnson
Community Library Manager
240 W. Compton Blvd.
Compton, CA 90220-3109
Phone: (310) 637-0202

For residents of the unincorporated areas, please contact your Supervisor for all matters of local government.

History
The Compton Library branch of the Los Angeles County Free library opened its doors in July of 1913, the 11th branch of today's County of Los Angeles Public Library. The library was located in a storefront building near Main and Tamarind Streets and was later moved to the Compton Union High School at 212 S. Acacia Street. In 1925 a separate building was erected in the City Hall Park at 123 W. Almond Street, where it remained until 1974, when the current facility was dedicated at 240 W. Compton Boulevard.

Collection
The Compton Library currently has over 104,000 books and magazines, and 13,000 audiovisual materials, including videos, DVD's, cassettes and CD's. Specialty collections include 16mm films on African American history and the Multicultural Collection highlighting African American, Latino and Samoan cultures.

Services
The Compton Library offers adult, children's and Spanish language materials, reference service, a Literacy Center, a Homework Center, 2 study rooms (3 person capacity), public computers with Internet access and word processing capabilities, seasonal family programming, and a public multipurpose room. Special services offered in the Literacy Center include one-to-one basic literacy tutoring, English as a Second Language (ESL) group instruction, and self-help instruction on audiocassettes, videocassettes and computer-based training. The staffed Homework Center has four computer workstations with Internet access, word processing capability, and various games for young children.

Facilities
Compton Library is a 20,000 square foot facility on a 1.5 acre lot, located in the Compton Civic Center.

Political Representatives

• U.S. Congressional District: 37th
  Laura Richardson
  URL: http://richardson.house.gov/

• State Senate District: 25th
  Rod Wright
  URL: http://dist25.casen.govoffice.com/

• State Assembly District: 52nd
  Isadore Hall
  URL: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a52/

• Supervisorial District: 2nd
  Mark Ridley-Thomas
  URL: http://ridley-thomas.lacounty.gov/default.htm

Local Links

	City of Compton URL: http://www.comptoncity.org/ Official website for the City of Compton.
	Compton Community College URL: http://www.compton.cc.ca.us Information about the college which serves the cities of Compton, Lynwood, Paramount and Carson.
	Compton Unified School District URL: http://www.compton.k12.ca.us/ Information about the school district serving Compton, Carson, Enterprise, South Los Angeles and Willowbrook. Información en Español.