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Avon has a public library, a branch of the Lorain Public Library. [18] As of October 2022, this library was under construction to add 16,000 square feet to the existing library after receiving the funds necessary for such an expansion after passing in a levy in May 2020. [19] The expansion opened in January 2023. [20]
As of 2021, the CHPL's collection held around 9.6 million volumes, the 13th-largest overall library collection in the U.S., [6] [7] and the 2nd-largest public library collection in the U.S. [7] Its electronic book holdings were nearly six million, the most of any public library in the country. [7]
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Dayton Metro Library is a multi-branch library system serving 531,687 residents of the Dayton Metropolitan Area. It has 19 locations across the area (as well as two bookmobiles ). Almost 5.8 million items were borrowed in 2018. [ 2 ]
This information includes Ohio public library resources; regional, state, and federal resources; and electronic information resources. OPLIN is established by the Ohio Revised Code section 3375.64 [2] as an independent agency within the State Library of Ohio. OPLIN is governed by an eleven-member Board of Trustees, who are appointed by the ...
Troy Township was renamed "Avon Township" by petition in 1824. In 1915, Avon Lake separated from the rest of the Township of Avon to form the Township of Avon Lake. In 1960, Avon Lake was granted the status of a city. [citation needed] Avon Lake became a qualified Tree City USA as recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation in 1993. [9]
The Ohio Common Schools Act, passed on 14 March 1853, included provisions for the establishment of school libraries in Ohio. It allowed Rufus King, the president of the Board of Education, to found a central public library in Cincinnati's Central School. The library was located on Longworth Street, a street which no longer exists. [1]
Greene County's Public Library System has been named one of the "Great American Public Library Systems" by HAPLR (Hennen's American Public Library Ratings). It has ranked in the top ten in the nation for libraries of its size and population served (100,000–250,000) in 2002 (6th), 2003 (9th), and 2004 (8th).