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Akron Book Fest

More than 75 authors, illustrators, and publishers! Enjoy panels, workshops, and fun book and art related activities for young book lovers. Saturday, March 07.

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Meet your Library's new catalog

Our new Library catalog brings you a better online browsing experience!

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Enter Today!

Writers from grades 6 through 12 are invited to submit their original written entries to compete for prizes.

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Akron Beacon Journal

Choose between full text or an image edition of the newspaper, including today's paper.

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Summit Memory

A collaborative online archive preserving history through photographs, documents, newspapers and artifacts.

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The Mailbox

Worksheets, crafts, songs, games, lesson plans, and more for grades pre-K-6.

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Ohio Means Jobs

This site offers job searching, resume building and career training tools.

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Our Mission: The Akron-Summit County Public Library provides resources for learning and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all ages that support, improve, and enrich individual, family, and community life.