| Cleveland Public Library | |
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.jpg) Front entrance to the Cleveland Public Library Main Library on Superior Avenue | |
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| Location | 325 & 525 Superior Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114, U.S. |
| Established | February 17, 1869 |
| Branches | Main Library and 27 branch libraries |
| Collection | |
| Size | 13,167,127 (2020)[1] |
| Legal deposit | Selective federal depository library[2] |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 3,477,830 (2020)[3] |
| Other information | |
| Director | Felton Thomas, Jr. (Executive Director since 2009) |
| Website | www |
The Cleveland Public Library is a public library system in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1869, it had a circulation of 3.5 million items in 2020. It operates the Main Library on Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland, 27 branches throughout the city, a mobile library, a Public Administration Library in City Hall, and the Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled. The library replaced the State Library of Ohio as the location for the Ohio Center for the Book in 2003.[4]
- ^ "2020 CPL Annual Report" (PDF). Cleveland Public Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Ohio". GPO Federal Library Directory. United States Government Printing Office. Archived from the original on January 2, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ "2020 CPL Annual Report" (PDF). Cleveland Public Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Cleveland PL New State Center for the Book". Library Journal. November 21, 2003. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2022.