Mentor Public Library

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Mentor Public Library has many chapters in its history. Formed in 1819, the Mentor Library Company was the first library association in Lake County. It was a subscription library that provided its stockholders borrowing privileges from the collection of 79 volumes. By 1890, the Garfield Library was started, which was Mentor's first public library. Over the years, Mentor Public Library has had numerous names and locations due to the growing population of the city and the demand for access to information. Generations of Mentor residents have shaped Mentor Public Library into what it is today.

With 55,000 registered patrons and a collection size of 250,000 volumes, Mentor Public Library circulated 755,000 items in 2006.

The cities of Mentor, Ohio and Mentor-on-the-Lake have a combined total population of approximately 58,000 people. Mentor and Mentor-on-the-Lake are located in Lake County, Ohio. The communities of Mentor and Mentor-on-the-Lake have one public high school, 3 public junior high schools, 10 public elementary schools and 4 private schools. Mentor is located 30 minutes east of Cleveland, Ohio.