Pasadena Public Library is a learning facility for children, teens and adults. It provides residents with a technology learning center, a coffee bar and is a national historic site used for several movies. The library has several rooms and wings including the main hall, north entrance, courtyard, children's wing, humanities wing, reference wing and centennial room. Over 55,000 people visit the library each month.
Will & Ariel Durant Library is a part of the Los Angeles community of libraries and is located on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and North Detroit Street. The West Hollywood Library is named after Ariel and Will Durant, who were both writers that were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1968 for Rousseau and Revolution, the tenth volume of The Story of Civilization. This library has a limited collection of reference books and periodicals and computer work stations. In addition to providing internet access, the workstations enable the public to search LAPLs many electronic resources, including the online catalog, over 100 subscription databases, word processing, language learning, literacy, and a large historic document and photograph collection. The library has a free parking lot at the back of the building.
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Now in its 50th year, the Montana Branch of the Santa Monica Public Library serves the community's north side. The original iteration of this branch was located at a rented storefront space near 15th and Montana; on March 1, 1960, it reopened at its current location, which was designed by architect Weldon Fulton. The Montana Branch is accessible by the Big Blue Bus (Line 3) and the Crosstown Ride.
