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                               Central Library


Demographic   

    The Central Library opened May 23, 2004. The 11-floor building contains an innovative "Books Spiral," a 275-seat auditorium, and open spaces where patrons can meet, study, search the web or read. The Library has centers for children, teens and adult readers, along with expanded collections and a large computer lab. The library has attracted people from all over the world and has more than 8,000 visitors a day. The  Central Library's program area is 362,987 square feet. Designed with growth in mind, the Central Library has a capacity for more than 1.45 million books and materials.

Special Collections

    The Central Library offers four different special collections.


  • Seattle Room and Seattle Collection: The collection features unique articles, news clippings, photographs, postcards, city documents, maps, atlases and illustrations, as well as autographed and signed works by famous Americans ranging from Helen Keller to T.S. Eliot. 
 
  • Maritz Map Room: This collection contains over 50,000 circulating and reference sheet maps, and more than 100 current and historical atlases. 
 
  • Aviation History Collection: Learn about aviation’s early history through publications by airplane manufacturers Boeing, Curtiss and Douglas, from 1930 to 1950. 
 
  • Genealogy Collection: More than 40,000 items tracing the history of North American families, dating back to Colonial times. They also have an genealogy librarian on hand.

Central Library's blog and Podcast. 

   The Central Library has a blog called Shelf Talk where you can learn and talk about books. The blog is updated a couple of times a week so you will be able to find great new reads. I enjoyed reading some of the blog posts and even found a few books I would like to read. I loved how the latest blog post focused on books that are about our local environment. Blogs are an effective communication strategy for libraries because it puts librarians in touch with people who may not have time to go to the library frequently. You are still able to help and recommend reads through blogs and comments. 

   The library also has a Podcast you can list to as well and they host readings, lectures, and discussions by authors and other public figures.

Why I chose this Library 

I chose the Central library because of it's beautiful architecture, new technology and the huge book selection they have. 

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