Akron-Summit County Public Library

Akron-Summit County Public Library
Main Library located in downtown Akron, Ohio
Main Library located in downtown Akron, Ohio
South Main Street entrance to the Akron-Summit County Public Library Main Library
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41°5′0.2″N 81°31′0.1″W / 41.083389°N 81.516694°W / 41.083389; -81.516694
Location60 South High Street, Akron, Ohio, 44326, United States
TypePublic library
EstablishedMarch 1, 1874; 150 years ago (1874-03-01)
BranchesMain Library and 18 branch libraries
Collection
Size7,500,000 (2024)
Legal depositSelective federal depository library[1]
Access and use
Circulation6,000,000 (2022)
Population served377,446 (2022)
Members335,000 active (2022)
Other information
Budget$41,638,701 (2022)[2]
DirectorPamela Hickson-Stevenson (Executive Director since 2018)[3]
Employees400
Websitewww.akronlibrary.org

The Akron-Summit County Public Library is a public library system in Akron, Ohio. Founded in 1874, it operates the Main Library on South High Street and South Main Street in downtown Akron, 18 branch libraries located throughout the city of Akron and Summit County, the Akron Art Library (located on the Second Floor of Main Library,[4][5] and at the Ellet Branch,[6][7] the North Hill Branch, and the Odom Boulevard Branch), the Project LEARN of Summit County[8] Training Room (located on the First Floor of Main Library), Mobile Services (located on the Lower Floor of Main Library), and Project LEARN of Summit County[8] (also located on the Lower Floor of Main Library). As of 2013, they have a lion cub mascot, named Paws.[9]

  1. ^ "Akron-Summit County Public Library". GPO Federal Depository Library Directory. United States Government Printing Office. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "Akron-Summit County Public Library Permanent Budget" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Board of Trustees Committees | Akron-Summit County Public Library". www.akronlibrary.org. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Akron Art Library". Akron-Summit County Public Library. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  5. ^ "Akron Art Library". Akron Art Museum. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  6. ^ "Akron Art Library Grows: New Art Mail Collection At Ellet Branch Library". Akron Art Museum. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  7. ^ "Akron Art Library Ellet Branch Opening Celebration". Akron Art Museum. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Project LEARN of Summit County". Project LEARN of Summit County. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  9. ^ "Akron-Summit County Public Library on Facebook". Akron-Summit County Public Library. Retrieved May 20, 2022.