Mobile Public Library Totally Explained

Everything about The Mobile Public Library totally explained

The Mobile Public Library is public library system primarily serving Mobile County, Alabama. The system is a department of the city of Mobile and receives funding from Mobile County and the city of Saraland.

History

The Mobile Public Library has roots going back to the 1850s, when it was started as a subscription organization by the Franklin Society. The library was officially established as the Mobile Public Library in 1902 The library association appealed to city leaders in the late 1910s to provide operating funds for the library and offered to give the city the library property if it would build a new building to house the collections. The city declined to finance the construction of a new building, but did approve funding on 2 April 1918. Due to increasing public demand, on 15 December 1925, the city commissioners voted to schedule a special election on a $250,000 bond issue. The voters approved the bond and, along with a gift of $30,000 from Eli H. Bernheim of New York City, the new library building was constructed. Architect George Bigelow Rogers designed the building in Classical Revival style. The new structure, now known as the Ben May Main Library, was opened on 15 September 1928. The system opened a new branch, the West Regional Branch, in 2002, with First Lady Laura Bush making an address.

Services

In addition to basic services, participation in several interlibrary loan systems, and internet access at all locations, the Mobile Public Library provides a range of other services. Free library cards are made available to all residents in the Alabama counties of Baldwin, Washington, Clarke, Monroe, Escambia and Conecuh.

Reference

Basic reference material and on-line tools are located at all library locations. Research materials on many subjects including business, laws and regulations, medicine, biographies, art and collectibles, colleges and careers, patents and trademarks, and travel are located at the Ben May Main Library. The system also offers telephone reference assistance, document delivery by fax, reference research appointments, and a variety of reference classes.

Local history and genealogy

The Local History and Genealogy Division includes works by local authors, Mobile histories, periodicals, Mobile newspapers on microfilm from 1819 to the present, city directories from 1837 onward, federal census records for most of the Southeastern United States, and the Mobile Historic Development Commission's survey of historic architecture in Mobile with 10,000 images stored and indexed on CD-ROM.

Ben May Main Library
701 Government Street
Mobile, Alabama
Local History and Genealogy Division
753 Government Street
Mobile, Alabama
West Regional Branch
5555 Grelot Road
Mobile, Alabama

Moorer/Spring Hill Branch
4 McGregor Avenue South
Mobile, Alabama

Parkway Branch
1924-B Dauphin Island Parkway
Mobile, Alabama

Theodore Oaks Branch
5808 Highway 90 West
Theodore, Alabama

Toulminville Branch
601 Stanton Road
Mobile, Alabama

Trinity Gardens Community Library
2668 Berkley Avenue
Mobile, Alabama

Saraland Public Library
111 Saraland Loop
Saraland, Alabama

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