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Mar 12, 2013 Comments Off by

Here’s what a few of our visitors had to say about the Venice Library on Yelp: Posted on YELP on February 14, 2013 People I know don’t really like going to libraries anymore. For some reason it is a thing of the past and many people our age would rather go and buy a book [...]

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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE…..

Dec 15, 2011 Comments Off by

In a new section of books at the library!   Look for the special book shelves with a diverse selection of  fiction and non-fiction paperbacks marked “Something for Everyone”. The collection includes recent releases and past favorites.  Check out the newest Scandinavian authors, award winners and things you missed or never heard of before.  Truly something [...]

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The Literacy Programs at libraries help people who can not read.

Oct 05, 2011 Comments Off by

The literacy center at the Venice Branch library is one of twenty-one centers in the LAPL system and serves the Venice, Mar Vista, Westwood, West LA Regional, Brentwood and Palisades branch libraries. Our center currently has more than seventy volunteer tutors working with adult learners who want to improve their basic literacy skills. To learn [...]

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An Era Ends at Venice’s Public Library-Head Librarian Lucille Cappas retires

Jun 01, 2011 Comments Off

Lucille Cappas has been the manager of Venice’s public library longer than the Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch has existed. “When I began here 28 years ago, Venice’s library was on California Ave.,” she said. The old Spanish style building had dark oak paneling and a fireplace with an Emily Dickinson line carved along the top, [...]

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Friends around the World

May 01, 2011 Comments Off

Rotorura, New Zealand.  It’s always reassuring when traveling to far off lands to see that Friends of the Library exists in those places too.  Makes you feel very much at home. Submitted by FOVL Board member Shelley Hochberg.

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What’s left in life that’s FREE ?

Mar 20, 2011 Comments Off

What’s left in life that’s FREE these days? Well a library card for one! With that, many things are FREE at your library. You know you can check out books; did you know you can check out DVDs, music CDs, and Books on Tape or even magazines? How about enjoying a Comedy movie night? Download [...]

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Sanctuary in the stacks…

Feb 28, 2011 Comments Off

Saving money by reducing library services is like trying to save a bleeding man by cutting out his heart……by Pico Iyer

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