LAPL Blog
rare books department
Angela B. Charles, April 17, 2024
"Art is humanity’s greatest tool for insight."
Juan Avalos, October 12, 2022
There is something special about visiting the library and losing yourself in a good book. It can become more special when you find a surprise inside that book. An item meant to be forgotten, found again and given new meaning.
Ani Boyadjian, June 14, 2022
June 16 marks Bloomsday, a day of celebration in honor of Irish writer James Joyce’s seminal novel Ulysses (1922).
Emma Roberts, February 15, 2013
Many visitors to Central Library are curious to know what the oldest book in our collection might be. In recent months we have been fortunate enough to find out a great deal of new information about a very special item in our Rare Books collection.