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They received $25,000 from Carnegie, along with an additional $2,000 from local railroad executive James J. Hill, and the St. Cloud Public Library opened in 1902. [4] In 1969 the library expanded services to become the Great River Regional Library system. The current St. Cloud Public Library was built in 2008. [3] St. Cloud Public Library facade
Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382. Bobinski, George S. (1969). 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.
The Library Book: Centennial History of the Minneapolis Public Library. Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center. ISBN 978-0-9613716-0-9. Christensen, Karen; Levinson, David, eds. (2007). Heart of the Community: The Libraries We Love. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-9770159-2-4.
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The library was granted on March 14, 1902, and opened on February 7, 1905. It is still open and serves as a library today, as part of the Great River Regional Library. [3] Of the 66 Carnegie libraries built in Minnesota, it is one of the 50 still standing and one of the 23 to still function as a library. [5]
In 2011, the Arrowhead Library System received $457,762.74 in legacy funding, and was able to provide 134 programs to 22,496 residents in northeastern Minnesota. [ 7 ] Member libraries
LARL established 10 Library LINK sites which provide small collections, computer terminals connected to the LARL catalog, regular hours and volunteers trained and supported by library staff. In 2014, the LINK site in Shelly, MN closed due to funding issues. Nine LINK sites remain to support rural communities throughout the region. Cormorant; Frazee
Included in the library is a collection of folktales in Vietnamese cherished by patrons from Vietnam. [13] Several days each week during the school year, homework helpers are available to tutor K-12 students. Since 2007, the library has co-hosted a kite festival in June in partnership with Friends of Augsburg Park Library and the Richfield ...