Westerville Public Library

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The Westerville Public Library serves the community of Westerville, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. Westerville is part of both Franklin County and Delaware County.

In late 2004, the Westerville Public Library (WPL) started a renovation that was completed in May 2006.

In 2005, the library loaned more than 1.7 million items to its 78,000 cardholders. Total holding are over 347000 volumes with over 500 periodical subscriptions.[1]

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[edit] Anti-Saloon League Museum

Main article: Anti-Saloon League

The Library is also the home of a museum for the Anti-Saloon League, a famous American temperance organization that was established in Oberlin, Ohio on May 24, 1893 and dissolved in 1933. The organization was established to "work for unification of public anti-alcohol sentiment, enforcement of existing temperance laws, and encourage the enactment of further anti-alcohol legislation."[2] The city of Westerville, Ohio was dry for well over a century. Westerville was once called the "dry capital of the world"[3], however it has recently relinquished that title as the first legal drink in recent times was served in Westerville in 2006.[4]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ 2005 Ohio Public Library Statistics:Statistics by County and Town. State Library of Ohio. Retrieved on October 30, 2006.
  2. ^ Anti-Saloon League. Westerville Public Library. Retrieved on December 25, 2006.
  3. ^ Ohio History Central. Ohio History Encyclopedia. Retrieved on December 25, 2006.
  4. ^ Rice, Lin (December 2006). Uptown alcohol sales:Merchants say area is revitalized. ThisWeek Community Newspapers. Retrieved on December 25, 2006.

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