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Orange Grove Entrance as seen from the southwest
 

3325 East Orange Grove Boulevard
      (626) 744-7262

Mon. - Thu.
10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Fri. &  Sat.
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

    
Neighborhood Profile

The eighth and last Pasadena Public Library Branch to be founded, the Hastings Branch building opened its doors on February 17, 1959. Its creation completed Pasadena's plan to bring library service within a mile of every home in the city.

SERVICES AND PROGRAMS

 

 

Book Groups at the Hastings Branch Library

See Book Groups at all branches
 

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Children's Programs

Pajama Storytime Mondays at 7:00 p.m.
Preschool Storytime Wednesdays at 10:15 and 11:15 a.m.

For special events and holiday programs, call (626) 744-7262. Or, for more information about programs here and throughout the Pasadena Public Library, you can visit our Community Calendar.

Hastings Branch Library is pleased to offer free wireless Internet access to patrons with appropriately equipped wireless devices. A valid Pasadena Library Card and PIN are required to access the library's wireless Internet services. For more information on this service, please visit our Wireless Internet Access page.

Hastings Branch Collection

Over 64,000 items are held at Hastings, including reference and circulating books, periodicals, spoken cassettes and music cassettes. Hastings has strong popular fiction, picture book, folk and fairytale, home arts, travel, and biography collections. There is a small Spanish language collection.
 

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Meeting Room

The meeting room accommodates up to 35 people. There are tables and chairs available for a variety of set-up possibilities. Use of the meeting room is free to groups who do not charge an admission fee or restrict admission on the basis of membership.

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Special Features

Hastings is the only Pasadena site to intershelve adult and juvenile non-fiction books for easy access. Hastings Branch has a large on-going book sale, where both hardbound and paperback books are sold.

Branch Statistics

Fiscal Year	Total Circulation	Total Visitors
2001/2002	203,360	118,345
2002/2003	210,275	119,184
2003/2004	189,114	120,894
2004/2005	189,018	139,510
2005/2006	187,139	138,527

Hastings Branch Characteristics

Opened/Expanded	1959/1967
Building Size (Sq. Ft.)	7,800
Meeting Room Seats	35
Parking Spaces	33
Collection	64,069