Address: 5225 Library Lane
Maple Heights, Ohio 44137-1291
(located off Libby Rd. between Broadway Av. & Lee Rd.)
Phone: 216-475-5000
216-587-7290 (TDD)
FAX 216-587-7284
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Friday, Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(Closed Sundays during summer months)
Manager: Judith Cramer
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| In 1924, a handful of Maple Heights high
school students landed a "swell" after-school job— keeping
the new Maple Heights Library open two afternoons a week. This "book
station," with fewer than 800 books, was located in the old Maple
Heights High School on Broadway Avenue.
The town's need for library services grew steadily, and in 1928 the
little library became an official branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library.
Maple Heights Library occupied a variety of school facilities until after
World War II. Its patriotic librarians, by the way, resigned to join
the WAVES and SPARS, the women's branches of the Navy and Coast Guard.
With the post-war population boom and its central location among the
southeast suburbs, Maple Heights successfully lobbied for a regional
library, one that would be a hub for smaller libraries in the area. In
1951, the Maple Heights Regional Branch Library opened in the former
Ohio Bell Telephone Exchange building on Libby Road, becoming the first
regional library in the system.
The library's current building opened in 1978. An example of library-city
cooperation, it also houses the Maple Heights Civic Center. The building
was thoroughly remodeled and modernized in 1998.
About Our Branch
The Maple Heights Regional Library has a collection of over 200,000 items.
The collection specializes in business, law, education, religion, philosophy
and sociology and also has materials for adult new readers and their
tutors. The children's area has an extensive folk/fairy tale collection
and a large castle in which a vast selection of picture books are shelved.
Annexed to the building are the Civic Center, which has a large auditorium,
and two meeting rooms that non-profit organizations may request to use.
An electronic classroom is also part of this center and hosts free classes
for the public covering many subjects such as the Internet, Online Catalog,
and Electronic Resources for both adults and children.
InfoPlace is also located here and offers free assistance to adults in
making career choices.
Free delivery of library materials can be made to patrons in Maple Heights
and the surrounding communities who are unable to visit the library due
to a medical condition. Materials are also sent to institutions such
as senior centers and nursing homes.
We offer many other programs such as "how to start a business" for
our adult patrons and regularly scheduled story times for our youngest
patrons. The library also has Internet computers for free public use
and personal computers that can be reserved for word processing and other
projects.
Please visit their website at http://www1.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us/branchespages/MHR.htm
for more information.
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