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The first library in Benton County was a privately-owned circulating library operated in Corvallis during the decade of the 1860s by a resident named J.W. Souther. [2] Souther advertised in the local newspaper, the Corvallis Gazette the opportunity for subscribers to take advantage of his 730 volumes of "choice reading" for a fee of $5 per year.
LA County Library was a finalist for the IMLS National Medal in 2018 and 2019. [15] [16] LA County Library won the 2018 Marketer of the Year Award, [17] the 2019 Librarian of the Year Award for Skye Patrick, [18] and the 2019 Library of the Year Award.
Solano County Library is the public library for Solano County, California, United States, including the cities of Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Vacaville, and Vallejo. The library consists of nine branch locations, the Solano County Law Library , and the Solano County Library Adult Literacy Program.
The library’s special services include the Learn and Play Space, a preschool discovery center; VITAL, an adult literacy program; CATS, a five-channel community access television network; the Indiana Room, a local history and genealogy collection and grants center (part of the Foundation Center’s Cooperating Collections National Network ...
The San Mateo County Libraries (SMCL), formerly San Mateo County Library, is a public library system and Joint Powers Authority headquartered in San Mateo, California. [5] Its motto is "Open for Exploration". It is a member of the Peninsula Library System. It serves the smaller cities of San Mateo County who do not have a city library.
The Central Library of the Tulsa City-County Library became one of six libraries in North America to be honored with the 2019 New Landmark Library designation from Library Journal. [ 12 ] John Wooley , a writer and retired columnist for the Tulsa World , authored an updated history of the public library, "Tulsa City-County Library: 1992-2021: A ...
Library Journal and Gale (part of Cengage Learning) conferred the 2012 Library of the Year award on the San Diego County Library. [ 5 ] During the 2015–2016 fiscal year the San Diego County Library circulated over 11.5 million books, CDs, DVDs, and other material formats; recorded 5.4 million visits to library branches and hosted 34,890 ...
The Leon County Public Library was established in May 1955 and the first Leon County free public library opened its doors on March 21, 1956, in 5,000 square feet of The Columns, one of the oldest remaining antebellum homes in the Leon County area, and located at Park and Adams. Close to 5,000 volumes were on its shelves.