According to internal calculations, as of June 30, 2005, GPL owned well over 700,000 volumes of print materials, with a majority (over 400,000) being housed at the Central Library.

GPL also owns a large body of non-English print materials, (specializing in Armenian titles), as well as a "Genocide Memorial Collection" of works pertaining to many of mankind's worst moments.

The women of the Tuesday Afternoon Club, a social and philanthropic organization, raised money through a series of lectures to fund a library collection.

Between 1940 and 1942, two side wings were added, one becoming a children's library called the Hans Christian Andersen Room and the other housing Readers' Service.

The new upper level includes an expansion of the Special Collections room to accommodate the valuable historical information housed there.

The Library is staffed by subject specialist librarians and has over 110,000 items, including books, scores, DVDs, CDs, LPs, and magazines.

The design is similar to the East Indian Pavilion built for the 1893 Columbian World Exposition held in Chicago and visited by Mr.

The architecture is considered Saracenic, with crenellated arches, bulbous domes and minars combining characteristics of Spanish, Moorish, and Indian styles.

[4][7] ReflectSpace is an educational exhibition space that has explored the Armenian Genocide, presenting personal as well as reflective narratives, along with topics such as Asian Comfort women, slavery, the Holocaust, Native American genocide in the United States, LGBTQ issues, Internment of Japanese Americans, immigration, and the Incarceration in the United States.

GPL offers classes on various software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, in addition to their extremely popular "Computer Club for Beginners".

The Glendale Public Library Adult Reading Program offers a unique approach to learning literacy skills.

[9] Glendale Library, Arts & Culture's Be the Change Series is a program "to build collective understanding of systemic racism, elevate the voices and stories of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)".