Call-in Number: 1-408-418-9388 | Meeting number (access code): 126 029 4124
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Hours & Locations
- Main Library
Main Library
Address:
60 South High Street
Akron, Ohio 44326
Phone: 330.643.9000
* The first hour of service on Tuesdays and Thursdays is reserved for at-risk customers.
Hours:
Monday-Thursday: *10 am - 8 pm
Friday: 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday: Closed
Drive-up Window Hours
Closes ten minutes before the building closes for the day.
Your Library is Sensory-Inclusive.
A Social Story for each of our Library locations is available through the KultureCity app.
Upcoming Branch Programs
To search for specific location programs, activities and age groups, check out our Events Calendar.
About Main Library
Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.
Subject divisions include: Business & Government, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Science & Technology, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.
Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.
Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.
Parking
There are four convenient parking lots located just a short walk to Main Library:
- High & Market Deck (across from the Akron Art Museum)
- Super Block Garage
- Cascade Parking Garage
- John S. Knight Center Parking
