Akron-Summit County Public Library

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 throughout the city of Akron and Summit County, the Akron Art Library (located on the Second Floor of Main Library, and at the Ellet Branch, the North Hill Branch, and the Odom Boulevard Branch), the Project LEARN of Summit County 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 (also located on the Lower Floor of Main Library). As of 2013, they have a lion cub mascot, named Paws.

Akron-Summit County Public Library
South Main Street entrance to the Akron-Summit County Public Library Main Library
41°5′0.2″N 81°31′0.1″W
Location60 South High Street, Akron, Ohio, 44326, United States
TypePublic library
EstablishedMarch 1, 1874 (1874-03-01)
BranchesMain Library and 18 branch libraries
Collection
Size7,500,000 (2023)
Legal depositSelective federal depository library
Access and use
Circulation6,000,000 (2022)
Population served377,446 (2022)
Members335,000 active (2022)
Other information
Budget$41,638,701 (2022)
DirectorPamela Hickson-Stevenson (Executive Director since 2018)
Employees400
Websitewww.akronlibrary.org
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