Programs and Services

For over 100 years, the Akron-Summit County Public Library has provided free library service to the residents of Summit County. The holdings of the entire system are available to you through the branch libraries through:

• Daily delivery service from Main Library. If you do not find what you want at your branch, ask a staff member to request it for you from Main Library, another branch library, or from any library in the country through inter-library loan.
• Access from your home, school, or office computer to the catalog of the Akron-Summit County Public Library.
• Hold service. If a title is unavailable, you may place a hold yourself, or ask a library staff member to assist you. As soon as the title you have requested is returned, you will be notified that it is waiting for you.

Each branch library provides a variety of programs and services:

• Baby and pre-school story times as well as after school and summer programs for children in grades K-6.
• Beginning in Summer 1997, a community summer reading program for all ages
• Reference and Readers Advisory Service performed by professional librarians
• Meeting rooms for use by non-profit organizations
• Photocopiers at minimal charge
• Fax service for quick transmittal of library materials.
• Book discussions, tax aide through AARP, informational programs, and tutorial sessions for adult new readers conducted by Project: LEARN are available at many branches.
• Voter registration service.
• Golden Buckeye card registration.
• Magnifiers to aid those who need assistance in reading small type.