With roughly 1.1 million people visiting the Cerritos Library each year, this titanium-clad city jewel has earned a stellar reputation for its futuristic design, world-class customer service and cutting edge services and features. 

City Librarian Don Buckley tells Patch that the library currently has about 22,000 members/cardholders and roughly 3,000 people walk through the library's doors each day.

With such consistent pedestrian popularity, have you ever wondered what make our local library members tick?

We've gathered a list of the most checked out items from the Cerritos Library in 2011:

Fiction

• Now You See Her
  by James Patterson, 1947
  

Non-Fiction

• Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to The First Modern Humans
  by Brian M. Fagan, 2010

Young Adult Fiction

• Mockingjay
  by Suzanne Collins, 2010 

Children’s Fiction

• The Giant Diamond Robbery
  by Gerónimo Stilton, 2011

Children’s Picture Book

• Dora Saves Mermaid Kingdom
  by Michael Teitelbaum, 2007

Children’s Easy Reader

• Princess Polly and The Pony
  by Susanna Davidson, 2007

Children’s Non-Fiction

• Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  Scholastic, 2007

Feature Movie DVD

• High School Musical
  Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, 2010 

Music CD

• The Vampire Diaries -- original television soundtrack
  Virgin Records/EMI, 2010

HOW TO GET A LIBRARY CARD

(This information is provided on the Cerritos Library website.)

A Cerritos library card is available for free to:

• anyone who lives or owns property within the city of Cerritos
• citizens who attend school in Cerritos, work in Cerritos, work for the ABC School District 
• anyone who is an employee or student at Cerritos College, Irvine University or attends any ABC Unified School District school

Those who do not qualify for a free library card may purchase a card for $100 a year.

To obtain or renew a Cerritos library card, the following information is required:

• Valid California Driver's License with Current Address OR
• Valid California I.D. Card with Current Address AND
• Proof of age for minors and a photocopy of parent's orguardian's California Driver's License,
• Proof of age may be in the form of a certified copy of a birth record or a statement by the local 
  registrar or a county recorder certifying the date of birth, or a baptism certificate duly attested,
• or a passport, or, when none of the foregoing is obtainable, an affidavit of the parent, guardian
• or custodian of the minor. 

In addition one of the following forms of identification is required:

• Utility Bill (postmarked within 60 days)
• Rent Receipt, Escrow Papers or Property Tax Bill (postmarked within 60 days)
• Credit Card statement or Bank statement (postmarked within 60 days)

For more information, contact the Cerritos Library directly at (562) 916-1350.

Library Hours

The library is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.