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The University of Minnesota Libraries is the library system of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, operating at 12 facilities in and around Minneapolis–Saint Paul. It has over 8 million volumes and 119,000 serial titles that are collected, maintained and made accessible. [ 1 ]
Many of the branches of the current library system were established by entities other than the system itself. The Minneapolis Public Library was founded in 1885 to serve Minneapolis, the county's largest city. [4] It opened its first two branches in 1890. [5] During the 1890s, many areas of Minnesota, especially rural zones, lacked free libraries.
The Lincoln Branch Library is a former Carnegie library building in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota, United States. It was constructed from 1915 to 1917 as the first permanent home of a Duluth Public Library branch first established in 1892. The Lincoln Branch Library was built of brick and limestone in the Late Gothic ...
Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. Clemens, Kevin (2011). Carnegie Libraries of Minnesota. Lake Elmo, Minn.: Demontreville Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-9789563-7-0. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John ...
In 1875 the Lincoln City Library and Reading Room Association was formed as a private organization. In 1877, the Nebraska State Legislature passed a bill allowing the municipal governments of any community in the state of Nebraska to form a public library system and the Lincoln City Library and Reading Room Association was subsequently incorporated as a city-owned and tax-funded organization ...
For many years, Hosmer Head Librarian Roy Woodstrom was at the vanguard of innovation in delivering services to patrons. Following significant budget cuts in 2004, [13] the City of Minneapolis elected to reduce libraries' hours of service. At Hosmer, open days dropped to four days a week.
Lincoln Main Lincoln: Dec 20, 1899: $87,000 136 South 14th Street 38: Lincoln Branch Lincoln: Dec 20, 1899: $10,000 [6] 2121 N 27th St The library was built at the SW corner of 27th & Orchard Street. In 1992 it was moved to the current location. [6] 39: Loup City: Loup City: Mar 31, 1916: $8,000 652 N St. 40: Madison: Madison: Jan 31, 1911 ...
Designed by Minnesota State Architect Clarence H. Johnston, the building served as the university's primary library for much of the twentieth century. The library was named in honor of Frank Keller Walter in 1959. Walter, who had participated in the planning of the library, was the University of Minnesota Librarian from 1921 to 1943. [2]