Cuyahoga County Public Library

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cuyahoga County Public Library serves the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio and was ranked the number one public library in the United States among libraries serving populations of more than 500,000 by the Hennen's American Public Library Ratings 2006.^[1] It is one of the nation's ten busiest library systems, according to the Public Library Data Service Statistical Report 2006. It has 28 branches that serve 47 communities in Northeast Ohio. In 2005, more than 14 million items were borrowed from its 610,000 cardholders and 6.5 million visits were made to branches. Over 347,000 people of all ages attended free library-sponsored programs.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2006, the Library launched a new website and in August, Ektron gave the site its MVP award as the 2006 Best Overall Site.^[2] Visitors can register online for a new library card, view their account and renew items, apply for library jobs, and shop at the online gift shop. They can also order tickets for an author series and make contributions to the Library's Foundation.

As a member of OhioLINK, a consortium of 85 colleges and universities and the State Library of Ohio, Cuyahoga County Public Library cardholders have direct access to more than 11 million additional items. And, a recent consortium among the libraries of Westerville and the county libraries of Cuyahoga, Mahoning, Lucas, Trumbull, and Wood counties allow for direct access to another eight million items through Search Ohio.

The library system has branches in the suburbs of Bay Village, Beachwood, Bedford (Southeast branch) Berea, Brecksville, Brook Park, Brooklyn, Chagrin Falls, Fairview Park, Garfield Heights, Gates Mills, Independence, Maple Heights, Mayfield Village, Middleburg Heights, North Olmsted, North Royalton, Olmsted Falls, Orange, Parma (Parma-Ridge, Parma-Snow, and Parma-South branches), Parma Heights, Richmond Heights (in Richmond Town Square mall), Solon, South Euclid, Strongsville, and Warrensville Heights.