A collaboration among the City Club of Cleveland, ideastream, Playhouse Square, and all nine local public library systems, One Community Reads is designed to broaden and deepen our appreciation of reading and to cultivate dialogue based upon a shared reading experience for the Greater Cleveland community. From January through March 2020, county residents are encouraged to read Palaces for the People by…
Business Insights (CPL Cardholders) Business Insights provides access to a wide variety of global business information including competitive intelligence, career and investment opportunities, business rankings, company histories and much more. Business Leader Profiles for Students (CPL Cardholders) Gale Reference Ebooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) – Covers 350 prominent individuals who have made significant contributions to business and industry. Profiles…
African America, Communists, and the National Negro Congress, 1933-1947 (CPL Cardholders) The National Negro Congress was established in 1936 to “secure the right of the Negro people to be free from Jim Crowism, segregation, discrimination, lynching, and mob violence” and “to promote the spirit of unity and cooperation between Negro and white people. This collection comprises of the voluminous working…
A bronze walrus statue stands outside Cleveland Public Library’s Eastman Branch at W. 116th and Lorain Avenue. Known affectionately as “Wally,” the sculpture has presided over Eastman since 1980, the year the building opened, and bears an excerpt from “The Walrus and the Carpenter” by Lewis Carroll: ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things: Of…
1900 Fulton RoadCleveland, OH 44113Phone: 216-623-6927Email: Carnegie.West.Branch@cpl.orgManager: Angela Guinther Hours About The Carnegie West Branch is located in the heart of Ohio City in Frank Novak Park. Thanks to a unique relationship with the City of Cleveland, Carnegie West is positioned within the grounds of this city park to better serve patrons in the thriving Ohio City community. Carnegie West may…