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Celebrating the Library’s 150th: The History of Your Library

2024-09-16 18:30:00 2024-09-16 19:30:00 America/New_York Celebrating the Library’s 150th: The History of Your Library The Akron-Summit County Public Library is proud to celebrate 150 years of service in 2024. Learn about the history of the Library system and the story of the Goodyear Branch Library! Goodyear Branch Library - Community Room

Monday, September 16
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-16 18:30:00 2024-09-16 19:30:00 America/New_York Celebrating the Library’s 150th: The History of Your Library The Akron-Summit County Public Library is proud to celebrate 150 years of service in 2024. Learn about the history of the Library system and the story of the Goodyear Branch Library! Goodyear Branch Library - Community Room

Goodyear Branch Library

Community Room

The Akron-Summit County Public Library is proud to celebrate 150 years of service in 2024. Learn about the history of the Library system and the story of the Goodyear Branch Library!

Register online, in person, or by phone at 330.784.7522.

A staff member from Special Collections will share how the Library went from one small room in the 1870s to an entire system of 19 branches today.

We will also will celebrate the 85th Anniversary of the Goodyear Branch (formerly The East Branch Library). This branch became the first branch library of the Akron Public Library to occupy a building designed, built, furnished, and owned by the Library system.

Light refreshments provided courtesy of the Friends of the Goodyear Branch Library.

Goodyear Branch Library

goodyear@akronlibrary.org
Phone: 330.784.7522

Hours
Mon, Dec 16 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Dec 17 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Dec 18 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Dec 19 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Dec 20 12:00PM to 6:00PM
Sat, Dec 21 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Dec 22 Closed

About the branch

Register online, in person, or by phone at 330.643.9050.

University of Akron College of Engineering students from the NASA Robotics Design Team will teach coding with Sphero Robots. For more information about the NASA Robotics Design Team, check out their website at https://uanasarobotics.org

Contact the Children's Library & Teen Division at 330.643.9050 or cldiv@akronlibrary.org for more information.

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