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The library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1] [3] In 2001, Prince anonymously donated $12,000 to keep the library from closure. [10] Today, the library is home to the African-American Archives, a collection of great historical documents and resources focusing on African-American narratives and experiences.
In 1950, the library established WFPL ("Free Public Library") as an educational radio station and then opened WFPK as a classical radio station in 1954. The library was the first library in the nation to put its own FM-radio station on the air. Both were donated in 1993 to help found Louisville Public Media.
3D printers in the Louisville Public Library's Makerspace. In the foreground is a laser wood engraving machine. Following a trend among public libraries, the Louisville Public Library has a Makerspace with 3D printers, a laser wood engraving machine, and other equipment for patrons to create their own designs for personal or business use. The ...
The Crescent Hill Branch Library, constructed in 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky, was one of the first of nine Carnegie-endowed libraries built in Louisville, and is a branch of the Louisville Free Public Library. The building has a Beaux-Arts architecture style created by the Thomas & Bohne architect firm. The west side of the library was added ...
The Louisville Main Library is sited at Fourth and York streets, south of Broadway, adjacent to downtown Louisville. In 1969, a $4 million north building was added to the classicizing Carnegie structure. This provided an additional 110,000 square feet (10,000 m 2) of floor space, compared to the 42,000 sq ft (3,900 m 2) in the original building.
Books on Bikes [53] is a program begun in 2013 by the Seattle Public Library that uses a customized bicycle trailer pulled by pedal power to bring library services to community events in Seattle. [54] The Library Cruiser is a "book bike" from the Volusia County Libraries that debuted in Florida in September 2015. Library staff ride it to ...
The William F. Ekstrom Library is the main branch of the University of Louisville Libraries system. Located on the university's Belknap Campus in Louisville, Kentucky , Ekstrom Library contains collections in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
Moving the books from the former Margaret I. King Library to the new William T. Young Library was not an easy task. If stretched out from end-to-end, the number of books in the old library would snake from Lexington to St. Louis. [4] The university hired William B. Meyer, part of United Van Lines, to move 1.2 million volumes from four locations ...