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The library opened on June 1, 1930, at the corner of Carson and Florissant Road with 575 books in its collection. [4] Between 1930 and 1995, the library moved several times before securing a single-use building. [4] In 1966, Ferguson Municipal Public Library joined the Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis County (MLC). [5]
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Missouri provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Missouri, where 33 public libraries were built from 26 grants (totaling $1,502,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 2 institutions (totaling ...
St. Louis County Library (SLCL) is a library system that serves residents of St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. It is the busiest public library in Missouri, circulating more than 11 million items in 2023. [3] It consists of 20 branches, including the Headquarters branch, which is located at 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd in Ladue, Missouri.
Boards from both the Springfield Public Library and the Greene County Library decided that it would be more effective to operate as one entity and merged in 1971 becoming the Springfield-Greene County Library District. The first library in the district was built with a grant from Andrew Carnegie in 1903 and served as the main district library ...
They publish the Missouri Public Library Standards, maintain a directory of all the libraries in the state, the Wolfner News, and an e-newsletter called the Show Me Express. [6] They also create reference guides for other state agencies in Missouri. [7] The Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library is housed within the State Library and offers ...
[2] [3] The Kansas City Public Library is a separate library system with facilities primarily serving Kansas City in Jackson County, Missouri. On May 8, 2014, the Mid-Continent Public Library received the National Medal for Museum and Library Service [4] during a ceremony at the White House in Washington D.C. [2] The medal is the country's ...
The Joplin Public Library District was established in 1902 when the citizens of Joplin, Missouri voted for a 10-cent tax to operate a public library. A Carnegie Foundation grant of $40,000 paid for the construction of a library building, with the community's having raised money to provide operating and maintenance funds.
This established the Indianapolis–Marion County Public Library as a municipal corporation serving all Marion County residents, except for Beech Grove and Speedway. [ 5 ] Established in 1971, Nora Branch Library (pictured in 1998) was one in a wave of new branch openings following the formation of the Marion County Public Library Board in 1966.