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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 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]
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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.
Therefore, ALS will be serving their constituents by "promoting and facilitating cooperation among the academic, public, school library media centers, and special libraries" [4] as well as continuing to provide the member public libraries with support to "provide free access to library services for all residents of the region without ...
Libraries and their patrons can access a number of different services and information resources. These components include the MNLINK, ELM, Minnesota Digital Library, Ebooks Minnesota, AskMN, and the Minnesota Library Access Center. The MNLINK system allows user to request materials from one of 600 participating Minnesota libraries to be shared. [6]
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