Lincoln City Libraries
Lincoln City Libraries is the official public library system in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. There are eight total branches.
The main location is Bennett Martin Public Library in Lincoln's downtown area, which includes three floors and a basement. Bennett Martin is also home to Polley Music Library and the Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors.
Branches
| Name | Address | Phone Number | Hours | Wi-Fi access?[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett Martin Public Library (main) | 136 South 14th Street (68508) | 1-402-441-8500 | Monday - Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Sunday: 12:00 - 6:00 PM | Y |
| Victor E. Anderson Branch | 3635 Touzalin Avenue (68507) | 1-402-441-8540 | Monday - Thursday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM, Friday - Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Sunday: 12:00 - 8:00 PM | Y |
| Arnold Heights Branch | 3815 NW 54th Street (68524) | 1-402-441-8580 | Monday: 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Tuesday - Wednesday: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Thursday: 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Friday: - Saturday: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Sunday: closed | Y |
| Bethany Branch | 1810 North Cotner Boulevard (68505) | 1-402-441-8550 | Monday - Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Sunday: closed | Y |
| Loren Corey Eiseley Branch | 1530 Superior Street (68521) | 1-402-441-4250 | Monday - Thursday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM, Friday - Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Sunday: 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Y |
| Charles H. Gere Branch | 2400 South 56th Street (68506) | 1-402-441-8560 | Monday - Thursday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM, Friday - Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Sunday: 12:00 - 8:00 PM | Y |
| South Branch | 2675 South Street (68502) | 1-402-441-8570 | Monday - Thursday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM, Friday - Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Sunday: 12:00 - 8:00 PM | Y |
| Bess Dodson Walt Branch | 6701 South 14th Street (68512) | 1-402-441-4460 | Monday - Thursday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM, Friday - Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Sunday: 12:00 - 8:00 PM | Y |
Information
Lincoln City Libraries provides services to Lincoln and Lancaster County residents.
The library system owns over 880,000 items, which together allow yearly circulation totals to exceed three million checkouts. In addition to circulation, LCL provides youth, teen, and adult programming to its customers throughout the year.
Lincoln City Libraries was evaluated in 2003 by Dubberly Garcia Associates, who performed a customer and non-user survey. The survey concluded that nearly 86% of customers were either 'satisfied" or 'very satisfied' with the library. Dubberly Garcia Associates indicated this was the second highest score among twenty-one similarly sized library systems throughout the country. Additionally, Hennen’s American Public Library Ratings ranks Lincoln City Libraries as one of the top ten in the nation in its population category based on circulation, staff, materials and reference service. Lincoln City Libraries has appeared in the top ten three previous times.
References
External links
- Official site (also lincolnlibraries.org)
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- ^ Public Libraries Survey, 2005
- ^ [2], 2006