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Harris County Public Library (HCPL) is a public library system serving Harris County, Texas, United States. Since its inception in 1921, HCPL has grown from a system of small book stations in homes, stores and post offices to 26 branch libraries serving a population of over 1.3 million users in unincorporated areas countywide.
1907 Sanborn map showing the location of the Carnegie Library and Houston Lyceum. Julia Ideson Building in Downtown. The Houston Public Library system traces its founding to the creation of the second Houston Lyceum in 1854. [2] [3] The lyceum was preceded by a debating society, a special-interest mechanics' lyceum, and a circulating library ...
In 1921 the city of Houston disbanded the library board and made the library a branch of the Houston Public Library system. [6] Charles Norton Love, an African American civil rights activist and publisher of the Texas Freeman helped advocate for construction and funding of the library. Houston's public library system was desegregated in 1953.
CloudLibrary was created in 2011 by 3M as part of its library systems unit as a competitor to OverDrive, Inc.; in 2015 3M sold the North American part of that unit to Bibliotheca Group GmbH, a company founded in 2011 that was funded by One Equity Partners Capital Advisors, a division of JP Morgan Chase.
OverDrive, Inc. is a worldwide digital distributor of ebooks, audiobooks, online magazines and streaming video titles. The company provides digital rights management and download fulfillment services for publishers, public libraries, K–12 schools, colleges, universities, corporations, legal industries, and formerly retailers.
Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD), commonly known as WC3, [1] is a public community college district with its headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. [2] It was founded in 1967 and has six campuses: Eastern, Downtown, Downriver, Northwest, Western, and University Square.
Heights Neighborhood Library is a public library facility in the Houston Heights area of Houston, Texas. It is a part of Houston Public Library (HPL) and is located at 1302 Heights Boulevard, [2] in Heights block 170. [3] It has a pink Stucco Italian Renaissance façade and arches in its doors and windows.
Central College is a community college based in Houston, Texas. Part of the Houston Community College System, it serves Downtown, Midtown and parts of the Southeast portion of the city. Central College consists of three satellite campuses: Americana Building, Central Campus and Willie Lee Gay Campus.