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For more information click here or talk to your local librarian. Friends groups raise money for improvements to their library through memberships, used book sales and other activities. There is a “Friends of the Library” group for most branch libraries and departments of the Central Library. You can support the Los Angeles Public Library in several ways: With more people than ever before using the library-a record 17 million last year alone-your support helps the Library provide people with the resources they need to succeed and thrive. Through its Central Library and 72 branches, the Los Angeles Public Library provides free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology that enrich, educate and empower every individual in our city's diverse communities. To keep the physical holds, please wait until they are fulfilled, and then Contact Us for help to merge your accounts into an eCardholder account.The Los Angeles Public Library serves the largest most diverse population of any library in the United States. If you would like to make your primary account an eCardholder account (digital checkouts only), note that any physical holds will not be able to transfer. Please Contact Us for assistance merging your accounts and for support keeping your holds in place. How can I combine the two cards while making sure my holds are transferred to the new account? I have both an eCard and a full-access library card, with holds on both accounts. No need to return (although returning early may may be appreciated by another patron waiting for that title!)

Checkouts automatically expire at the end of the loan period. You may choose your default lending periods under your account settings, from 7 days to 21 days. You can borrow up to 20 downloadable titles (across OverDrive and Libby combined), and place up to 10 holds at a time.

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