We will perform server maintenance on Sunday, January 4, 2026, starting at 5:30 pm. During this time, customers will not be able to access My Account, Catalog, the Mobile App, or our Digital Library.
Join us as our Friends of the Norwalk Libraries sell a wide selection of children's, teen, adult, and foreign language books, as well as DVDs, Books on CD, and music CDs!
Discover great reads and more! Fill a bag for just $5! From 4:00–5:30 PM, enjoy a special BOGO deal (buy one bag, get one free). Imagine how much you can take home!
All proceeds directly support Norwalk's libraries by funding new books, programs, summer discovery program incentives, supplies, and more.
Your support makes it possible for us to keep offering great books, programs, and more.
Norwalk Library started out in July, 1913 as the 17th branch of the Los Angeles County Free Library through the efforts of a committee of the Commercial Club. The collection of 500 books was housed in a second floor room of the Stiffler Building at 537 E. Front Street. In 1919, Hattie Sproul, a member of the city's founding family, supervised the library.
When oil was discovered in nearby Santa Fe Springs in the 1920's there was a population boom in Norwalk; the library's collection and circulation also increased to the point that it needed a building of its own. In January, 1926, the library moved to new quarters built by Charles Stage at 13620 S. San Antonio Drive.
In 1956, a year before the city was incorporated, a new library building was opened across from the old one on San Antonio Drive. In just 13 years, the collection outgrew that facility despite the addition of a wing to accommodate the expanding children's department.
The city inaugurated the opening to public service of the 39,000 square foot building at 12350 Imperial Highway in July 1969. The Library was dedicated on Saturday, July 19, 1969
