The LAPL’s Cybernauts are tech aides who provide on-demand assistance and training to adult Angelenos—digital equity at work! They’re available in person at 37 library branches and by phone, chat, and text. The initiative also creates jobs in communities with 43 part-time and entry-level positions.
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of:
- Caroline Singleton Adult Literacy Endowment
- BCM Foundation
- Friends of the Chinatown Library
- Friends of Westwood Library
- Pacific Palisades Library Association
- Bowen H. & Janice Arthur McCoy Charitable Foundation
- The Muriel Pollia Foundation
- American Library Association
- Rosalind Jarrett and Lamar Sepulveda Endowment
Last year, 57 cybernauts supported patrons
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assistance applying for jobs, operating devices, cyber safety, and more.
"A Cybernaut helped me create a new resume after 30 years, and helped me create a LinkedIn account so that I could apply to jobs. I am now employed."
— Lorena M., Arroyo Seco Library Branch patron