Come connect with other tutor volunteers at our tutor lounge! Share ideas, success stories, and learn how to overcome challenges. Refreshments provided.
Volunteer tutors are the heart of our library's literacy program. GLAC has an amazing group of community volunteers, many of whom are seasoned classroom teachers and education professionals. This Tutor Lounge is intended for volunteers who are currently active and registered with the City of Glendale. This open space will provide an opportunity for volunteer tutors to connect with each other and gain insight and encouragement.
Please sign up with the Literacy Department.
Walk-ins welcome.
PARKING
Visitors to the Glendale Central Library receive 3-hour FREE parking across Harvard Street at the Marketplace parking structure with validation at the service desk.
Accessible parking is available on the east side of the building. For additional information about this event, please contact the Library's Literacy Department at 818-548-6450 or send us an email at Literacy@GlendaleCA.gov.
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.
