Cleveland Public Library
The Cleveland Public Library is a public library system in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1869, it had a circulation of 3.5 million items in 2020. It operates the Main Library on Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland, 27 branches throughout the city, a mobile library, a Public Administration Library in Cleveland City Hall, City Hall, and the Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled. The library replaced the State Library of Ohio as the location for the Ohio Center for the Book in 2003. History Founding In 1811, the idea behind the Cleveland Public Library came "out of small beginnings" when sixteen of Cleveland's sixty-four residents subscribed to its first library, established to distribute the rare printed book. The members read books such as the history of Rome, ''Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Lives of the English Poets'', Goldsmith's ''Greece'', and ''Don Quixote''. In 1867, the Cleveland Board of Education, Cleveland, Cincinnati Board of Education, Cin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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CLEVNET
CLEVNET is a library consortium headquartered at Cleveland Public Library. It was founded in 1982 and includes over 40 public library systems in northeast Ohio. CLEVNET provides access to more than 12 million titles of books, movies, music and e-books. CLEVNET was also the headquarters for Ohio's virtual reference service, KnowItNow24x7, from 2001 to its closing in 2015. History The origins of CLEVNET date to the automation of Cleveland Public Library's card catalog in the late 1970s and early 1980s under Director Ervin Gaines in partnership with Data Research Associates (DRA). In an effort to share the capabilities of the online catalog with other libraries, Director Gaines invited other area libraries to connect to the new technology. The Cleveland Heights - University Heights Libraries were the first library system to express interest. In December 1981, an agreement between the two library systems was approved, and the Cleveland Heights - University Heights Libraries came onli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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William Howard Brett
William Howard Brett (July 1, 1846 – August 24, 1918) was head librarian for the Cleveland Public Library from 1884 to 1918. ''American Libraries'' described him as one of the "100 most important leaders (librarians) had in the 20th century" His efforts to provide lifelong learning was the basis for the Cleveland Public Library to be recognized as the "People's University." Introduction As Cleveland Public Library's head librarian William H. Brett introduced the "open shelf" idea to the library system and increased the collection to over 3 million books and periodicals before his death. Brett lobbied and received funding to build library branches in the city neighborhoods. He believed in professional development and training in librarianship and so spearheaded a program at Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University) and later became dean of the "library school" established in 1903. Brett continued his contributions to the profession as president of the Ameri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the list of cities in Ohio, second-most populous city in Ohio, and the List of United States cities by population, 53rd-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. The city anchors the Greater Cleveland, Cleveland metropolitan area, the Metropolitan statistical area, 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland–Akron, Ohio, Akron–Canton, Ohio, Canton combined statistical area with 3.63 million residents. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in modern-day Northeast Ohio by General Moses Clea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anson Smyth
Anson Smyth (1812 – 1887) was an American Presbyterian minister and educator from Cleveland, Ohio. He worked with Senator Harvey Rice to reform Ohio's school system, and became the "Father of the Cleveland Public Library" through his efforts in the legislature. Biography Anson Smyth was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania, and attended Milan Academy, as well as Williams College, Massachusetts, in the class of 1839.Boston Evening Transcript Tue, May 03, 1887 ·Page 8SMYTH, ANSON Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western University, Accessed March 15, 2024 He then started teaching for a few years, and went thereafter to [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ora Coltman
ORA or Ora may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Ora'' (film), a 2011 experimental dance film * ''Ora'' (Jovanotti album), 2011, or the title track * ''Ora'' (Rita Ora album), 2012 * Ora TV, an on-demand television company * Rita Ora (born 1990), British-Albanian singer-songwriter and actress * "Ora", a 2014 song by James Booker Languages * Ivbiosakon language, spoken in Edo, Nigeria * Oroha language, spoken in the Solomon Islands (ISO 639-3:ora) Organizations * Ocean Recovery Alliance, an organization for improving oceanic health * ''Organisation de résistance de l'armée'', a paramilitary group in France during World War II * Organization for the Resolution of Agunot, a nonprofit to reform Jewish divorce * Reformist Party ORA, a political party in Kosovo * Authentic Renewal Organization (''Organización Renovadora Autentica''), a Venezuelan political party * Revolutionary Anarchist Organization, a French anarchist organization * Office of Global Regulatory Operati ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stokes Wing
Stokes may refer to: People * Stokes (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * Governor Stokes (other) * Senator Stokes (other) Science * Stokes (unit), a measure of viscosity * Stokes boundary layer * Stokes drift * Stokes equation (other) * Stokes flow * Stokes' law * Stokes' law of sound attenuation * Stokes line * Stokes number * Stokes parameters * Stokes radius * Stokes relations * Stokes shift * Stokes stream function * Stokes' theorem * Stokes wave * Campbell–Stokes recorder * Navier–Stokes equations Places * Stokes Bay (other) * Stokes Township (other) Australia * Stokes, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland * Stokes County, Queensland * Stokes National Park, in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia Canada * Stokes Mountain, a mountain in Nunavut * Stokes Range, a mountain range in Nunavut New Zealand * Stokes Valley, a suburb of Lower Hutt ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ideastream
Ideastream (marketed as Ideastream Public Media) is the main public broadcaster in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, serving both Greater Cleveland and much of Northeast Ohio. Its headquarters, newsroom, and radio and television studios are located at the Idea Center in Playhouse Square in Downtown Cleveland. It operates WKSU (), the region's main radio news service aligned with NPR, and owns classical music/jazz outlet WCLV () anJazzNeo(HD 90.3-2 FM) and Cleveland PBS member station WVIZ (channel 25). Ideastream was formed in July 2001 through a merger of equals between WVIZ and then-NPR member WCPN (since supplanted by WCLV), which up to that point operated separately as Educational Television Association of Metropolitan Cleveland and Cleveland Public Radio, respectively. Talks of a cooperative agreement between the two entities began in 1999, but was first proposed in 1993, when co-founder Jerrold Wareham was named as WVIZ's general manager. WCLV, then operating as a Lorain, Ohi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cleveland Print Room
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the second-most populous city in Ohio, and the 53rd-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. The city anchors the Cleveland metropolitan area, the 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland–Akron– Canton combined statistical area with 3.63 million residents. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in modern-day Northeast Ohio by General Moses Cleaveland, after whom the city was named. The city's location on the river and the lake shore allowed it to grow into a major commercial and industrial metropolis by the late 19th century, attrac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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First United States Army
First Army is the largest OC/T organization in the U.S. Army, comprising two divisions, ten brigades, and more than 7,500 Soldiers. Its mission is to partner with the U.S. Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve to enable leaders and deliver trained and ready units for Combatant Commands. On order, First Army executes large-scale mobilization and unit eonstitution to build America’s Army for combat. First Army achieves this through four lines of effort: Develop the Profession; Deliver Combat Ready Forces; Enable Reserve Component Warfighters; and Transformation for the Total Army of 2040. History Establishment and World War I The First Army was established on 10 August 1918 as a field army when sufficient American military manpower had arrived on the Western Front during the final months of World War I. The large number of troops assigned to the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) required the activation of subordinate commands. To fill this need, First Army was t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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OverDrive, Inc
OverDrive, Inc. is a worldwide digital distributor of ebooks, audiobooks, online magazines and streaming video titles. The company provides digital rights management and download fulfillment services for publishers, public libraries, K–12 schools, colleges, universities, corporations, legal industries, and formerly retailers. The largest commercial provider of ebooks, audiobooks, and other digital content such as streaming videos in the world, a 2023 report estimated its market share as perhaps being upwards of 90%.Rachel Noorda and Kathi Inman Berens"Digital Public Library Ecosystem 2023" American Library Association. :11 OverDrive operates the ebook and audiobook app Libby, the Video streaming app Kanopy and the educational app Sora. History OverDrive was founded in 1986 and originally converted analog media to digital formats, such as interactive diskettes and CD-ROMs. In 2000, the company opened Content Reserve, an online eBook and downloadable audiobook repo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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New York Public Library
The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second-largest public library in the United States behind the Library of Congress and the List of largest libraries, fifth-largest public library in the world. It is a private, non-governmental, independently managed, nonprofit corporation operating with both private and public financing. The library has branches in the boroughs of the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island and affiliations with academic and professional libraries in the New York metropolitan area. The city's other two boroughs, Brooklyn and Queens, are not served by the New York Public Library system, but rather by their respective borough library systems: the Brooklyn Public Library and the Queens Public Library. The branch libraries are open to the general public and consist of Lending library, circulating libraries. The New York Public Library also has ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Linda Anne Eastman
Linda Anne Eastman (July 7, 1867 – April 5, 1963) was an American librarian. She was selected by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of the 100 most important librarians of the 20th century. Eastman served as the head Librarian of the Cleveland Public Library from 1918 to 1938 and president of the American Library Association from 1928 to 1929. At the time of her appointment in Cleveland, she was the first woman to head a library system the size of Cleveland's."Encyclopedia of Cleveland History" She was also a founding member and later president of the Ohio Library Association, and a professor of Library Science at Case Western Reserve University. Early life and career Eastman was born in Oberlin, Ohio and moved to Cleveland at age 7. In her biography of her friend and mentor, William Howard Brett, Eastman wrote about an early interaction she had with him that would shape her career. Visiting the Cleveland library to acquire a book she needed for school, Eastman ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |