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The Carnegie Library remained the main library of the system for most of the century. The library was renovated in 1950 and 1966 through city bond funding. Before 1950 the system was referred to as the Carnegie Library, but to commemorate the renovation of the central Carnegie Library the system was renamed the Atlanta Public Library in 1950. [3]
[2] [3] [4] The library, constructed in 1982, is named for Robert Winship Woodruff, former CEO of the Coca Cola Company. [5] In 2010, the library completed a $16.2 million renovation, partly funded by donations from the Coca Cola Company. [6] [7] [8] The library is a member of ARCHE, Lyrasis, OCLC and the HBCU Library Alliance.
The ninth library to in the US to receive a grant from Carnegie and the second after Pittsburgh to have multiple branches commissioned. Demolished in 1977 4: Atlanta South Branch Atlanta: Oct 3, 1898 — 5: Atlanta Ann Wallace Branch Atlanta: Oct 3, 1898 — 523 Luckie St. NW Now a bank 6: Atlanta Auburn Ave. Branch Atlanta: Oct 3, 1898 — 333 ...
The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, features a surprising celebrity cameo. I visited Jimmy Carter's presidential library. Here are 6 things that surprised me ...
This is a list of all public library systems in Georgia, United States, serviced under the Georgia Public Library Service. [1] Georgia has 62 library systems [2] consisting of 387 branches serving its 159 counties. [3]
The Atlanta Central Library in Downtown Atlanta is the main library and headquarters of the Atlanta–Fulton Public Library System. [1] The visual conceptualization of the building was influenced by mid-century modernism and the International Style, with the exterior cladding and surface being Béton Brut; an architectural aesthetic that later became known as Brutalism or Brutalist.
The Auburn Avenue Research Library opened in 1994 as the first library in the Southeast to offer specialized reference and archival collections for the study and research of African American culture and history and of other peoples of African descent. [2] Its collection was housed at other libraries and became known as the Samuel W. Williams ...
The Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS) is the state agency for libraries in the U.S. State of Georgia and a unit of the University System of Georgia.The service was initially founded in 1996 after the inception of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), and in July 2000 moved from the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education (DTAE) to the Georgia Board of Regents and ...