Verna M. Dunning
Community Library Manager
14433 Leffingwell Rd.
Whittier, CA 90604-2966
Phone: (562) 946-4415

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

History
The South Whittier Library was founded in 1915. The library's first location was in a one-room schoolhouse. South Whittier's first separate built-as-a-library building was dedicated on April 16, 1956. After 16 years at that location on Laurel Avenue, the library moved to its present location at 14433 Leffingwell Road. The library closed for renovations in January 1988. Interim service to the community was provided by an outreach van from January to October 1988, when the remodeled and expanded facility opened for service.

Collection
The current collection includes over 75,840 books; 4,888 audio recordings; 3,845 videorecordings; and 80 magazines and newspapers. The library offers materials in English and Spanish.

Services
The South Whittier Library provides a full range of services including reference services, online library catalogs which includes access to the entire County Library collection and to online reference databases; public access Internet computers with CD-ROMs for adults and children. Children's services include preschool story times and a Homework Center (for grades 3-6).

Facilities
The library provides service to the residents of South Whittier, an unincorporated area north of the city of La Mirada. The South Whittier Library, with an area of 5,463 square feet, features a meeting room with a capacity of 40.

Political Representatives

• U.S. Congressional District: 39th
  Linda Sanchez
  URL: http://www.house.gov/lindasanchez/

• State Senate District: 30th
  Ron Calderon
  URL: http://dist30.casen.govoffice.com/

• State Assembly District: 58th
  Charles Calderon
  URL: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a58/

• Supervisorial District: 4th
  Don Knabe
  URL: http://knabe.com/

Local Links

	City of Whittier URL: http://www.whittierch.org/ Includes city departments, elected officials, city counsel agendas, Whittier City Hall, Whittier Chamber of Commerce, business directory, history, etc.
	Citycove.com URL: http://www.citycove.com/ General information on Whittier and local communities that surround the area.
	Whittier College URL: http://www.whittier.edu/ Information on Whittier College including calendar of events, admissions, employment, Law School and the Whittier College Library