Cleveland Public Library - Main Library Departments

Main Library Departments

Main Building (built 1925)

  • 1st Floor: Popular Library magazines, newspapers, and music CD's change made in 10/2011
  • 2nd Floor: Literature includes fiction, film, comics, and television
  • 3rd Floor: Fine Arts includes art, architecture, and music. This floor also houses Special Collections which includes the John G. White Collection of Folklore, Orientalia, and Chess, "the largest and most comprehensive chess library in the world."
  • 4th Floor: Youth Services and Foreign Literature
  • 5th Floor is book storage

Basement Walkway to Louis Stokes Wing

Louis Stokes Wing (added 1997)

  • Lower Level: Computer Lab coming in 2012. The library's Auditorium is also on this level.
  • 1st Floor: Audio Visual moved in 2011
  • 2nd Floor: Business, Economics, and Labor. The Computer Learning Connection where the public can take free computer classes is also on this floor.
  • 3rd Floor: Science and Technology
  • 4th Floor: Photograph Collection and Government Documents (a Federal depository library collection)
  • 5th Floor: Social Sciences includes religion, politics, education, and sports
  • 6th Floor: History and Geography also includes an extensive genealogy collection. The Map Collection is also on this floor. United Nations documents are deposited here too.
  • Floors 7-9 are book storage
  • 10th Floor: Library Administration

Cleveland Public Library has a public administration library located at Cleveland City Hall.

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