BEST Friends of LAPL

BEST Friends of LAPL is the support group for the Los Angeles Public Library's Business & Economics and Science, Technology & Patents Departments, as well as the Octavia Lab, at the Central Library. 

Our purpose is to raise funds to provide financial assistance to these departments, and to create awareness of the many valuable services that both departments provide to the public.  

Your participation helps BEST Friends of LAPL continue this important work. Join today!

Check out our Winter 2024 Newsletter for the latest updates from BEST Friends and the LAPL departments we support!

SIGN UP for our mailing list to receive the BEST Friends of LAPL quarterly newsletter and invitations to upcoming programs.

Recent Events

Tour of the Library

In November 2023, we hosted a private tour of the library's fascinating architecture and history, led by the President of LAPL Docents! We welcomed current members as well as those interested in membership.

You can view more past programs here. To hear about our next events, sign up for our newsletter! 

Announcements

More Hidden Heroes, Historic Places is  now available for purchase on Amazon!

This family-friendly coloring book celebrates fifteen of Los Angeles’s forgotten heroes through coloring pages, biographies, location descriptions, and activities. Its thirty-four pages give readers—whether they are young or old, L.A. history buffs or people just starting to learn about the city—a fun and interactive way to explore. 

The book is published by BEST Friends of Los Angeles Public Library, and all proceeds go to helping sustain library programs. Learn more about the book here.


The original Hidden Heroes, Historic Places is also available on Amazon! 

LAPL's Octavia Lab partnered with the LA Conservancy to create a coloring book for all ages. The book celebrates Los Angeles’s forgotten heroes and the architecture of their worlds, through beautiful coloring pages, biographies, location descriptions and activities.

All proceeds from Hidden Heroes, Historic Places go directly to programming, materials, and supplies for LAPL. Joining BEST Friends of LAPL as a member, in addition to purchasing a copy of Hidden Heroes, Historic Places, is what we depend on to sustain our support of the BEST departments at LAPL's Central Library.

SIGN UP for our mailing list to receive the BEST Friends of LAPL quarterly newsletter and invitations to upcoming programs.