Main Branch - Jacksonville Public Library - Jacksonville, FL
N 30° 19.747 W 081° 39.522
17R E 436679 N 3355438
The Main Branch of the Jacksonville Public Library is located in downtown Jacksonville near City Hall.
Waymark Code: WM8XT2
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2010
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From the
Jacksonville Public Library website:
"Designed by architect Robert A.M. Stern, the new library is almost three times the size of the Haydon Burns Main Library. The North Laura facility is 300,000 square feet with the capacity to hold one million books. A 600-space parking garage across from the library building on Duval Street makes the Main Library easily accessibly. State-of-the-art technology offers 250 public computers, satellite, and video conferencing capabilities with infrastructure to support future technologies. And that's only the beginning."
Another
Jacksonville Public Library website provides the following history of the library:
"On September 3, 2005, the Haydon Burns Library closed its doors for the last time. The Main Library building was now over 30 years old and showing its age. Due to space and wiring limitations, the building is inadequate for the needs of the growing Jacksonville community. In September of 2000, the citizens of Jacksonville voted for the Better Jacksonville Plan, which provided funding for a new Main Library building, six new regional branch libraries and improvements at most existing branches."
"On November 12, 2005, the new Main Library opened to the public. The opening is a historic event for the library system and the City of Jacksonville. It marks the completion of an unprecedented period of growth for the system under the Better Jacksonville Plan. It adds to the city's architectural and cultural landscape and provides a wonderful gathering place downtown for the entire community. The new Main Library offers specialized reading rooms, public access to hundreds of computers and extensive collection of books and other materials."
"The Main Library remains the centerpiece for a library system which has developed and grown dramatically for over a century. With the construction of new facilities and the modernizing of old ones, Jacksonville's libraries continue to change to meet the needs of its customers . It is with optimism and enthusiasm that the Jacksonville Public Library looks ahead to the years to come."
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