Goldsmid and Robert Allen, 128 Yale Ave, Claremont, CA 91711, US

The Claremont Library hosts some 168,000 books, 180 magazine subscriptions, 5,900 videocassettes and more than 5,900 audio books and recordings. It also boasts a rare microfiche and microfilm reader with a viewing room for archival footage. The majority of funding for this library comes from Los Angeles County. However, the city and a support group called Friends of the Claremont Library help keep the community location open additional days and provide support for a children's center. The library hosts free events on a regular basis, from poetry readings to puppet shows and cooking classes.