We’re Back! Reopening Plans Officially Announced!
The Library reopens its doors to visitors and resumes computer usage and other services
Renew Your Expired Library Card Online
You can now renew expired Library cards online. If you need to renew your card, but it has not yet expired, please call or visit your nearest Cleveland Public Library.
Own a Unique Piece of Artwork by Legendary Comics Creator Sina Grace!
You can pick up your free 11 x 17 cardstock poster to celebrate Free Comic Book Summer from Carol & John’s Comic Book Shop.
A Letter to Our Community
Cleveland Public Library is truly saddened by the senseless deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and the many other Black lives in America.
Reopening plans have officially been announced! Library plans to reopen Monday, August 24. Read the Director’s letter.
January 18, 2018 AGENDA A. Election of Officers B. Election of Fiscal Officer and Appointment of Deputy Fiscal Officer (EXHIBIT 1) C. Renewal of Surety Bonds on Fiscal Officers (EXHIBIT 2) ADJOURN
Following a decade of exemplary service, Cindy Lombardo, Deputy Director and Chief Operations Officer of Cleveland Public Library, will retire effective January 12. Ms. Lombardo held a variety of leadership roles during her ten years of employment with the Library, including six years as Deputy Director. “Throughout her tenure at Cleveland Public Library, Ms. Lombardo helped guide our mission with…
One Community Reads is a collaboration among the City Club of Cleveland, Playhouse Square, and all nine local public library systems to create a shared reading experience for the Greater Cleveland community. Throughout January through March 2018, county residents are encouraged to read Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond and join in community discussions among the public…
In the early hours of March 24, 1970, one of Cleveland’s most visited landmarks, an enlarged cast of Auguste Rodin’s famous sculpture The Thinker, was changed forever. The beloved statute outside the Cleveland Museum of Art was rocked by an explosion caused by a metal pipe bomb attached to a ten-foot, military-style fuse. According to the Cleveland Museum of Art,…
December 21, 2017 Trustees Room Louis Stokes Wing 12:00 Noon AGENDA Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting of 11/16/17. Presentation: Kaz Rael, Artist COMMUNICATIONS IV. FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT (Mr. Seifullah, Chair) Resolution to Accept Gifts for the Month of November (EXHIBIT 1) Tenth Amendment to the Year 2017 Appropriation (EXHIBIT 2) Year 2018 Annual Appropriation Measure…
December 19, 2017 Trustees Room Louis Stokes Wing 12:00 Noon AGENDA FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING (Mr. Seifullah, Chair) Tenth Amendment to the Year 2017 Appropriation Year 2018 Annual Appropriation Measure Resolution to Authorize Payment of Fees to the CLEVNET Special Revenue Fund Covering the Period February 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019 Resolution to Accept the State Library of Ohio LSTA…
