• Building size: 48721 sq. ft.
• Meeting Room: Capacity 200
• Children's area with Family Place
• Teen Space
• Study Room available
• Book Drop for returning items accessible 24 hours

nearby libraries

• Littlerock Library
• Lake Los Angeles Library
• Quartz Hill Library
• Acton Agua Dulce Library

getting here

• Get Directions to: 601 W. Lancaster Blvd. Lancaster, CA 93534

• Metrolink Antelope Valley Line
• Large parking lot available behind the building.

• Veterans Resource Center
• Metro Tap Cards
• Passport Acceptance Services
• Non-English Language Collection(s):
  
  Spanish Books for Adults
  Spanish Books for Kids
  Spanish DVDs for Kids and Adults
  
• Other Special Collection(s):
  
  Large Print
  
• Children's Special Collection(s):
  
  Family Place Collection
  
• Online Collections - Available 24 hours:
  
  Online research
  Downloadable Audiobooks from OneClick Digital
  Downloadable eBooks and Audiobooks from Overdrive
  Downloadable Music from Freegal
  Streaming Movies, Audiobooks & Music from Hoopla
  

local digital history

• Lancaster Library Digital History

your local papers

• Los Angeles Times
• Antelope Valley Press

Find more magazines and newspapers.

• Veterans Resource Center
• Metro Tap Cards
• Passport Acceptance Services
• In person and telephone research assistance
• Photocopier

children's services

• Live Homework Help
• Family Place

teen services

• Teen Advisory Board
• Live Homework Help
• LearningExpress Library (username = 13-digit library card number, password = create your own)

online services

• Email a Librarian
• Online Catalog
• Research Databases
• Downloadable Audiobooks, eBooks and Music

Lancaster Library has:

• Public computers: 18
• Children's computers: 4
• Early literacy computers: 6
• Teen computers: 2
• Express computers (15 minutes only): 5
• Free Wi-fi

Computer policies for the County Library

friends of the library

Friends of the Lancaster Library is a volunteer-run organization that supports the library and library events - join today to get involved!

Friends of the Lancaster Library provides these service(s) to support the library:

• Friends of the Library Book Sale

library history

The original Lancaster Library was established by the Los Angeles County Free Public Library in October 1912 in the Antelope Valley Union High School which was located on the southwest corner of Tenth Street (now Lancaster Boulevard) and Cedar Avenue. Subsequently, the Lancaster Library occupied space in a local drugstore, the Chamber of Commerce, and the County Justice Court.

In 1950, the Library moved to Fig Avenue and provided library services from this site for the next fourteen years. The expanded Lancaster Library opened on West Avenue J in 1964.

Due to rapid population growth throughout the Antelope Valley, a new library was built in 1995-1996 on Lancaster Boulevard in the Lancaster Old Town Site to provide library services to the residents of Lancaster and the surrounding communities.

local digital history

• Lancaster Library Digital History

political representatives

• U.S. Congressional District 23: Kevin McCarthy
• California State Assembly District 36: Tom Lackey
• California State Senate District 21: Scott Wilk
• County Supervisorial District 5: Kathryn Barger

local links

• Antelope Valley College: Information about local community college serving the area. This site includes admissions, class schedules, distance education, library, campus news and events.
• Antelope Valley Press: Local newspaper's site with recent stories, photos, classified and personal ads.
• City of Lancaster: Information on the City Council members, agendas, the city budget, the Planning Commission, and other municipal matters.
• Recent Earthquakes in California Nevada: Southern California map shows earthquakes recorded during the past week by Caltech/USGS Seismic Network. Magnitudes are indicated by the sizes of circles on the map.