Strategic Plan Community Meeting
Wednesday, May 13
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Join us for a community meeting to discuss the finding of GLAC's community survey and provide feedback for the Library's 5-Year Strategic Plan.
In March and April of 2026, the Glendale Community was invited to participate in a community survey, focus groups, and key stakeholder interviews to inform Glendale Library, Arts & Culture's Strategic Plan.
In this community meeting, join Glendale Library, Arts & Culture Director, Lessa Pelayo-Lozada and consultant Susan Kent as they share the findings from GLAC's Strategic Plan community survey and focus groups. Attendees will have an opportunity to provide feedback on the results as well as next steps towards finalizing GLAC's 5-year strategic plan.
Light refreshments will be provided
Glendale Central Library
Established in 1906.
Library services in Glendale were first provided in 1906. The women of the Tuesday Afternoon Club, a social and philanthropic organization, raised money through a series of lectures to fund a library collection. The library opened in a renovated pool room at Third and E (Wilson and Everett) Streets with seventy books, soon supplemented by a State Traveling Library of fifty more, and served a population of 1,186.
In 1907, the City Trustees passed Ordinance 53 which established and supported a library which "...shall be forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the City of Glendale..." The first year the library had 251 books, 165 registered patrons, and a budget of $248.88.
In 1913, a Carnegie grant of $12,500 made possible the construction of the main library at Kenwood and Fifth (Harvard Street). The building was completed and dedicated November 13, 1914.
