100 Lake Morton Drive Lakeland Fl 33801 Updated

100 Lake Morton Drive Lakeland Fl 33801

Public library in Lakeland, Florida

The Lakeland Public Library's swan sculpture and sign located off of Lake Morton Drive in Lakeland, Florida.

The Lakeland Public Library is a public library located in Lakeland, Florida, within Polk County, Florida. It is a member of the Polk County Library Cooperative (PCLC). The library has three co-operative locations. The primary library is located at 100 Lake Morton Dr. Lakeland, Florida, 33801.^[one]

History^[2] [ edit ]

The history of the Lakeland Public Library tin exist traced to 1912 when The Women's Club of Lakeland organized and maintained the only library accessible to the local community.^[3] In 1923 the Women's Club successfully lobbied Lakeland to purchase state from Herbert Munn on Lake Morton between Massachusetts Avenue and Iowa Artery.^[3] The site had previously been a campground for Spanish–American War soldiers and was later on a park.^[iii] Lakeland purchased the land with a bond issue of $25,000.^[3] By a vote of 461–122, Lakeland citizens, in 1924, approved a bond issue of $75,000 to build and equip the library.^[iii] The building, the work of builder Franklin Adams Jr., was in the Mediterranean Revival style, had a steel circular staircase, and the lobby was busy with a twelve-inch frieze.^[three] On January six, 1927, the library opened.^[3] It was Lakeland's first public library and information technology was in what is now the Park Trammell Building on the n shore Lake Morton.^[3] There were v,000 volumes.^[3] The library likewise served every bit a depository for authorities

documents.^[three] By 1938 the Library had a story hour for children, a nature club, and a xv-minute circulate once a week on WLAK radio.^[3] In 1940 Mrs. Park Trammell gifted the library papers belonging to her deceased husband former Lakeland mayor and Florida governor Park Trammell.^[3] In 1954 a bookmobile began serving the city making 16 stops.^[3] A children'south department opened in the basement in 1961.^[three] That summer a Smokey the Bear Summer Vacation Reading Plan began.^[3] On May fifteen, 1962 the showtime Friends of the Library coming together was held.^[three] On April v, 1965 plans for a new library edifice were approved, through a contract bid of $317, 716, to encounter the increasing needs of citizens.^[3]

In 1966 the new facility was built on the due east shore of Lake Morton and the library moved into its electric current location.^[3] By 1970 more than 73,000 books were bachelor to citizens.^[3] In 1983 structure began to expand the library building and it was completed in July 1986.^[3] That aforementioned year the library was awarded a LSCA Title II grant if $seven, 268 to bring together the SOLINET/OCLC interlibrary loan system.^[3] A yr after in 1987 The Lakeland Room for special collections was opened.^[3] In 1988 the library joined others in Polk County to course a Reciprocal Borrowing program allowing patrons to borrow materials from any participating library.^[3] The photography collection of local lensman Dan Sanborn, was given to the library in 1990.^[3] His collection independent many photographs of local places and events.^[3] In November 1990 Polk Canton voters selected to establish county-wide library organisation.^[iii] In September 1992 the card catalog was replaced past a BiblioFile Intelligent Itemize which was a C.D. ROM organization.^[3] In September 1996 Lakeland City Commissioners voted to join the new Polk County Library Cooperative.^[3] On Oct 23, 2018 the Lakeland Public Library's first coffee shop opened to its patrons. The java store, Black & Brew Lake Morton,^[four] is a smaller version of the downtown flagship cafe, Blackness & Brew Coffee House and Chophouse, owned by Chris McArthur.^[5]

The first co-operative library was located at 1040 North Virginia Avenue. The library needed to expand its services and considering of segregation they opened a 2d branch here in 1939.^[6] Mrs. Elsie Dunbar was a teacher at Washington Park High Schoolhouse, the junior/senior high school that was segregated. She sponsored many clubs, giving her students opportunities they would non have had otherwise. She eventually became the vice principal and main of Washington Park High Schoolhouse. In 1949, she earned the kickoff awarded master'south caste from Florida A&K College.^[vi] She saw a demand for access to the library materials which were but available to white patrons because of segregation. She reached out to the librarian of the primary branch, Serena Bailey, and they worked together to find a solution. It started with a collection in Mrs. Dunbar's math classroom. They issued library cards for Inter Library Loans and worked from this satellite room for several years.^[6] In 1937, Mrs. Dunbar was able to persuade the city committee to use funds from the Works Progress Assistants to renovate a small wooden bungalow at 1040 N Virginia Artery to create a separate library space for blackness citizens. Mrs. Dunbar was the unmarried librarian until her retirement. The co-operative library was open up on select weekday afternoons and Saturday.^[6] It was the 2nd designated black library in the state and held i of the best collections. The building closed when the Coleman-Bush edifice was built in 1975. The building had a reading room with some of the sometime drove there. Eventually, the demand outgrew the edifice and the Lakeland Branch Library was opened in 1995. This library was somewhen renamed the Larry R. Jackson Library afterward a local attorney who fought for this branch library.^[six]

In 2019, an initiative led past City Commissioner Phillip Walker, was first presented to the City Commission to create a history middle in Lakeland to showcase the urban center'southward unique history and civilisation.^[7] With the projection unanimously canonical, funds were allocated by the Commission and the Lakeland Public Library was chosen as the location for the future exhibit infinite. An advisory committee fabricated up of educators, city officials, local business concern owners, and civic and community leaders, led by quondam Mayor Gow Fields, was established to organize and suggest the Urban center in the design, content, and construction of the exhibit.^[7]

Main Library and Branches^[8] [ edit ]

Lakeland Public Library [ edit ]

100 Lake Morton Bulldoze Lakeland, FL 33801

The oldest Lakeland library location has been in its current accost since April 20, 1966.^[9] This location likewise houses the Lakeland History Room, which features a number of original artifacts from Lakeland's history.^[10] In 2021, structure began on the Lakeland History & Culture Eye, "a dedicated showroom and research space that shares inclusive stories of Lakeland in harmony with all those who have contributed, and continue to contribute, to its culturally diverse history."^[seven]

Larry R. Jackson Branch Library [ edit ]

1700 Northward. Florida Avenue, Lakeland, FL 33805

The Larry R. Jackson Co-operative Library was originally opened in 1995, equally the Lakeland Branch Library.^[eleven] Information technology was renamed in 1998 after Larry R. Jackson, a Black attorney and president of the Lakeland branch of the NAACP who worked with city officials to establish a library in North Lakeland.^[11] ^[12]

eLibrary South Lakeland [ edit ]

4740 S. Florida Artery, Lakeland, FL 33813

The "due east" stands for express. The pocket-sized collection features recent fiction, not-fiction, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks, bestsellers, and HotSpots. Additionally, they offer ten public access computers, free Wi-Fi, and pick-upward or drib-off of items from any Polk Canton public library.^[13]

Services^[14] [ edit ]

At all 3 library locations patrons can:

Apply for a library card
Cheque out / render / renew / reserve materials
Pay fines
Check your library account
Receive a guest pass for computer use
Get help with research questions
Ask virtually online databases & eBooks
Access Gratis Wi-Fi (password required)
Fax or re-create an item (with fee)
Schedule one-on-one engineering science tutoring
Hire a mobile hotspot ^[15]
A Culture Pass to admission the local children's museum, Explorations Five.^[16]

Digital Content^[17] [ edit ]

Lakeland Public Library card holders take access to digital content including:

eBooks
eAudiobooks
eMusic
eMagazines
eLearning/Resource
eMovies/TV

References [ edit ]

^ "Lakeland Public Library". Lakeland Public Library. City of Lakeland. Retrieved 2016-03-19 .
^ "Library Special Collections > Special Collections Domicile > Lakeland Timeline". www.lakelandgov.cyberspace . Retrieved 2016-03-xix .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^fifty ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ⁵ ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab "Lakeland Public Library". USF Libraries Digital Drove. University of South Florida, Library History Project. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
^ "Blackness & Brew - Lake Morton Location - Lakeland, FL".
^ https://www.theledger.com/news/20181019/black-amp-mash-to-debut-at-lakeland-library. Library Changes. Retrieved Oct xx, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^eastward Mimms, LuAnn (2020). "Virginia Artery Branch Library". Story Map . Retrieved April 26, 2021. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Lakeland History & Culture Center". Metropolis of Lakeland . Retrieved 2021-ten-29 .
^ "Library > help > Contact Usa". www.lakelandgov.net . Retrieved 2016-03-19 .
^ "About the Library".
^ "Lakeland History Room".
^ ^a ^b "CONTENTdm".
^ Rufty,Pecker. The Ledger. "Community Pays Homage to Jackson; Funeral Services." Ledger, The (Lakeland, FL), August 15, 1997.
^ "LakelandGov.net". lakelandgov.net/library. City of Lakeland. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
^ "Services". www.lakelandgov.net . Retrieved 2016-03-19 .
^ Mobile Hotspot.https://www.theledger.com/news/20181015/who-knew-y'all-can-rent-mobile-hot-spot-from-library. Retrieved 2018-ten-20
^ "Culture Laissez passer". Lakeland Public Library. 2019. Retrieved Apr 26, 2021. {{cite spider web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Library > Digital Content". www.lakelandgov.net . Retrieved 2016-03-xix .

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