3680 Atlantic Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90807
(562) 570-1042
If you’re really interested in finding out what’s going on in our community, the Dana Branch Library in Long Beach is the best place to start.
It’s the hub of the community. It houses the history and the spirit of everything love about Bixby Knolls. It’s a nice quiet spot where the whole family can go to get the latest books, join a club, or just settle in for some much needed family time. My wife loves going there. They have so many resources for school, work and leisure.
Whether you’re looking for popular fiction titles music CDs, movies, audio books, Spanish language materials, graphic novels, classics, magazines or area newspapers, the Dana Branch Library features a large selection of all of your favorites.
What does the Dana Branch Library offer?
- the Dana Neighborhood Library Book Club: The Dana Library Book Club meets the second Saturday of the month in the Dana Library Auditorium
- Story times and summer reading programs for the kids
- The Family Learning Center provides homework assistance to students from Kindergarten to Grade 8. The center is staffed with homework helpers to provide help with homework assignments and computer assistance, as well as English-As-A-Second-Language (ESL) software available for public use
- Computers with free internet access, a full library catalog, access to Microsoft Word and Excel, and various online reference resources for anyone who wants to brush up on their computer skills
- Overdrive Audio Books for Download are available free to LBPL card holders. You can check out the Overdrive downloadable audio books for work, school, or even on the road
- MyLibrary DV Digital Video for download is also available free to all LBPL card holder
- You can also rent the community meeting room which holds 90 people
Check out their calendar of events right here: http://www.lbpl.org/events/full_calendar.asp
The History of the Dana Branch Library
Having started out as the California Heights Station in 1928 at 913 Wardlow Road, the Dana Branch Library moved to 3924 Atlantic in 1941 and made it’s final move just down the street to it’s current location at 3680 Atlantic Avenue on May 30, 1958. The Library was named after Richard Henry Dana, Jr. who sailed on the ship Pilgrim from Boston in 1834 to the collect and process animal pelts along California coast. He wrote the classic memoir Two Years Before the Mast based on his experiences during those years.
If you look around as you enter the library, you’ll see a tile mosaic representation of his ship Pilgrim right in the entrance hall.
I highly recommend checking out the library.
You never know what you’ll find.
Sincerely,
Mark Shandrow
Real Estate Broker,
Owner Shandrow Group
562.364.9505
markshandrow.com
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