Long Beach Library Boasts Largest Collection of Cambodian Books in U.S.

The Long Beach library has the largest collection of Cambodian materials of any library in the United States.

Every book at the library written in Khmer goes through Sanghak Kan, a contractor who works for the United Cambodian Community in Long Beach. He came to the U.S. almost two years ago to be with family in Texas.

He later moved to Long Beach because it’s home to the largest Cambodian population in the U.S.

He uses a special keyboard to enter each book into the library's computer system. The Long Beach library system has about 4,500 Cambodian books.
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