Donald Rowe
Community Library Manager
12700 Grevillea Ave.
Hawthorne, CA 90250-4396
Phone: (310) 679-8193

History
The library was founded in 1913 and moved to its present location in 1962. The facility was remodeled in 1978. The Friends of the Hawthorne Libraries started in 1979. The library serves a 5.99 square mile area.

Collection
Books: 182,583; magazine and newspaper subscriptions: 123; videocassettes: 10,841; audiocassettes and CDs: 6,063. Special materials: telephone books; Sam's Photofact schematics; large print books, and local history files. The Friends of the Hawthorne Libraries sponsors a rental DVD collection and an ongoing used book sale.

Services
The library offers free public access Internet computers, coin-operated photocopiers, a coin-operated microform reader/printer, and online public access library catalogs, including magazine and newspaper databases, a public meeting room (available on a rental basis), and a bilingual preschool storytime.

Facilities
Building 20,066 sq.ft. Meeting room capacity, 130. 1 display case.

Political Representatives

• U.S. Congressional District: 35th
  Maxine Waters
  URL: http://www.house.gov/waters/

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

• State Assembly District: 51st
  Steve Bradford
  URL: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a51/

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

Local Links

	California State University Dominguez Hills URL: http://www.csudh.edu/ This site offers class schedules, admission information, distance learning and other useful information about the California University System.
	Centinela Valley Unified School District URL: http://centinela.k12.ca.us/
	Hawthorne High School URL: http://www.hhscougars.org/
	Hawthorne School District URL: http://www.hawthorne.k12.ca.us/