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Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

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( USA).

Dallas Public Library

The city of Dallas is served by the

Dallas Public Library The Dallas Public Library system serves as the municipal library system of the city of Dallas, Texas ( USA). History In 1899, the idea to create a free public library in Dallas was conceived by the Dallas Federation of Women's Clubs, led by pr ...

system. The system was originally created by the Dallas Federation of Women's Clubs with efforts spearheaded by then-president Mrs. Henry (May Dickson) Exall. Her work in raising money led to a grant from philanthropist and steel baron

Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in ...

, which enabled the construction of the first branch in 1901. Today the library operates 25 branch locations throughout the city including the

J. Erik Jonsson Central Library The J. Erik Jonsson Central Library is the Main Library Branch of the Dallas Public Library system. It is located at 1515 Young Street in the Government District of downtown Dallas, Texas, directly across from Dallas City Hall. About The stru ...

, the eight-story main branch in the Government District of

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Branches

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in West Dallas * Audelia Road Branch Library in

Lake Highlands Lake Highlands is a neighborhood constituting most of Northeast Dallas. The neighborhood is a collection of dozens of subdivisions served by Richardson ISD and Dallas ISD public schools, as well as an array of private schools. Geography Overview ...

* Bachman Lake Library in

North Dallas North Dallas is an area of numerous communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas (United States). The phrase "North Dallas" is also sometimes used to include any suburb or exurb north of Dallas proper within the metropolitan area. The majority of ...

* Casa View Branch Library in the

Casa Linda Casa Linda Estates, or simply Casa Linda is a neighborhood in east Dallas, Texas ( USA). It is situated to the south and east of White Rock Lake and to the south of Garland Road ( SH 78). It is in Dallas Council District 9.east Dallas East Dallas, also referred to by the East Dallas Chamber of Commerce as the Lake & Garden District, is an expansive area of numerous communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas ( United States) that border nearby suburban cities to the ea ...

Dallas West Branch Library Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County wit ...

in West Dallas * Forest Green Branch Library in

* Fretz Park Branch Library in

* Grauwyler Park Branch Library in

* Hampton-Illinois Branch Library in

Oak Cliff Oak Cliff is a neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, that was formerly a separate town in Dallas County; Dallas annexed Oak Cliff in 1901. It has since retained a distinct neighborhood identity as one of Dallas' older established neighborhoods. Oak Cl ...

Highland Hills Branch Library Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) ...

in the Highland Hills neighborhood of South Dallas * Kleberg-Rylie Branch Library in far

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. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. *

Lakewood Branch Library Lakewood may refer to: Places Australia * Lakewood, Western Australia, an abandoned town in Western Australia Canada * Lakewood, Edmonton, Alberta * Lakewood Suburban Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Philippines * Lakewood, Zamboanga del ...

Lakewood Lakewood may refer to: Places Australia * Lakewood, Western Australia, an abandoned town in Western Australia Canada * Lakewood, Edmonton, Alberta * Lakewood Suburban Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Philippines * Lakewood, Zamboanga del S ...

* Martin Luther King Jr. Library and Learning Center near

Fair Park Fair Park is a recreational and educational complex in Dallas, Texas, United States, located immediately east of downtown. The area is registered as a Dallas Landmark and National Historic Landmark; many of the buildings were constructed for th ...

* Mountain Creek Branch Library in

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* North Oak Cliff Branch Library in

* Oak Lawn Branch Library in Oak Lawn * Park Forest Branch Library in

* Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest Branch Library in South Dallas * Pleasant Grove Branch Library in Pleasant Grove * Polk-Wisdom Branch Library in Southwest Dallas * Preston Royal Branch Library in

* Renner Frankford Branch Library in Far North Dallas * Skillman Southwestern Branch Library in

East Dallas East Dallas, also referred to by the East Dallas Chamber of Commerce as the Lake & Garden District, is an expansive area of numerous communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas ( United States) that border nearby suburban cities to the ea ...

* Skyline Branch Library in

* Timberglen Branch Library in Far North Dallas

UT Southwestern Medical Library

The

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern or UTSW) is a public academic health science center in Dallas, Texas. With approximately 18,800 employees, more than 2,900 full-time faculty, and nearly 4 million outpatient vis ...

in the Stemmons Corridor operates a

library A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vi ...

across two branches on its north and south campuses. The library holds 259,000 volumes in all formats, including 86,000 books and 54,000 full-text electronic journals.UT Southwestern Library Facts and Statistics
Retrieved on 17 April 2008.

References

External links

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