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Cholla Library is located on Metro Parkway (the inner loop of Metrocenter Mall) just south of Peoria Avenue and west of the I-17 freeway. Please see the Valley Metro website for public transportation routes serving the library. Size: 30,000 square feet on two levels
Opened: Originally opened in 1977, enlarged and remodeled in 1990 Total Staff: 18.3 FTE
Total Items in Collection: 108,917
Total # of Public PCs with Internet: 40

Cholla Library's architectural features include massive cement walls, a Quonset-style corrugated metal roof, and bright yellow shelving with red accents. A yellow brick road in the lobby directs customers to self-check stations.  Xeriscaping has been used to accent areas around the building.

The first floor features popular movies and bestselling books in a "Best Picks" collection, a new book area, fiction collection, a Sight and Sound section for audio-visual materials, the children's collection with a First Five Years/Los Primeros Cinco Años interactive learning space for families with young children and a print enlarger for the visually impaired.

The second floor features a multi-purpose room for community meetings as well as library programs, Teen Universe - a special "teen only" area, Spanish-language materials collection, adult nonfiction, magazines and newspapers and Internet-accessible public computers.  WiFi is available throughout the library.


Public Art
"Language of Light" kinetic light sculpture by Joseph McShane - commissioned by the Phoenix Arts Commission.

Design Excellence Award from American Society of Interior Designers, Arizona North Chapter for remodeled first floor.
1 William Bruder