| Annual Reports | Annual Reports | <i class="fas fa-file-alt"></i> | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/about/annual-reports | Your Phoenix Public Library is more than a warehouse for books! Our mission is focused on what we can do for and with people in our communities. We are a cornerstone that supports early literacy, education, entrepreneurship, empowerment, and engagement. | <div class="ExternalClass0308FE3CF2EE46A2A24D2D0D9D393750"><p>Your Phoenix Public Library is more than a warehouse for books! Our mission is focused on what we can do for and with people in our communities. We are a cornerstone that supports early literacy, education, entrepreneurship, empowerment, and engagement. Take a look at a highlight of our accomplishments throughout recent years.<br><br></p></div> | annual-reports | |
| Library Advisory Board | Library Advisory Board | <i class="fa-solid fa-people-group"></i> | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/about/library-advisory-board | Learn about the Phoenix Public Library Advisory Board. | <div class="ExternalClassB3BF4816C2964FFA92B221D5932D2A76"><h4>The Phoenix Public Library Advisory Board, consists of seven members, each serving a staggered three-year term. Members are nominated by the Mayor of Phoenix and appointed by the Phoenix City Council. The Library Advisory Board serves in an advisory role, providing information and making recommendations to the Phoenix City Librarian, Mayor and City Council on matters of library-related public concern.</h4><h4>Current Phoenix Public Library Advisory Board members:</h4><p>Abraham James, Chair</p><p>Brenda Thomson, Vice Chair</p><p>Kathleen Ingley</p><p>Adam McAnally</p><p>Dominique Medina</p><p>Anne Thorne</p><p> <br></p><h4>Visit <a href="https://boards.phoenix.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="0">City of Phoenix Boards and Commissions</a> and <a href="https://boards.phoenix.gov/Home/BoardsDetail/33" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="1">Library Advisory Board</a> to learn more.</h4><h4>Visit <a href="https://www.phoenix.gov/cityclerk/publicmeetings/notices" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="2">City of Phoenix Public Meeting Notices</a> for Library Advisory Board meeting postings.</h4><p></p></div> | library-advisory-board | |
| Library Updates | Library Updates | <i class="fas fa-thumbtack"></i> | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/about/library-updates | Learn about Burton Barr Central Library's construction project and if it will affect your visit. | <div class="ExternalClass7619DF1362EF410380191E6826CD7762"><div><div><p><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2"><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Please pardon the dust, noise and parking impacts as we make critical upgrades to <a href="/locations/burton-barr">Burton Barr Central Library</a>. Burton Barr Central Library is a dynamic, 280,000 square foot facility that serves a diverse population and welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. This means we routinely need to update, replace and improve many features of our building. Two substantial building upgrades are coming to Burton Barr Central Library. These two projects are large and include a lot of moving parts. Burton Barr Central Library will remain open during these projects, but temporary restrictions on parking and temporary relocation of public library services are scheduled in phases to minimize disruptions.</span> Scroll down to learn</span></span> about Burton Barr Central Library's construction projects.<br></p><h4><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2"><br></span></span></h4><div><h3><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}">Burton Barr Central Library 's Roof and Fire Suppression System Replacement Projects</span></h3><h4><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}">Monday, November 11 through September 2025<br></span></h4></div><div><h3>Roof Replacement Project</h3><p><strong>Monday, November 11, 2024 to February 2025</strong></p><p>The roofs over the Café (1st floor, northwest corner of <a href="/locations/burton-barr">Burton Barr Central Library</a>), Pulliam Auditorium (1st floor, northeast corner of Burton Barr Central Library), <a href="/collegedepot" target="_blank">College Depot</a> (2nd floor, south side of Burton Barr Central Library), and multiple lower/side roofs will be replaced.<br></p><h3>Fire Suppression System Replacement Project <br></h3><p><strong>Projected to start Monday, December 2, 2024 and go through September 2025<br></strong><em>Check back frequently as details will be updated regularly.</em></p><h3> </h3><p>The entire Fire Suppression System for the library will be replaced, making critical safety updates to the building. <span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">The work is scheduled to occur in phases throughout the building to minimize the impact and maintain library services.</span></p><h3>How will these projects affect my library visit?<br></h3></div><p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">To accommodate these construction projects and skilled tradespeople, we will have restrictions to parking availability in three (3) of our parking lots and you can expect some extra noise, activity and temporary changes to where things usually are. </span></p><p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"><a href="/locations/burton-barr">Burton Barr Central Library</a>’s book drop will remain available 24/7 and all Burton Barr Central Library, <a href="/startupphx" target="_blank">StartUpPHX</a>, and <a href="/collegedepot" target="_blank">College Depot</a> programs will continue as listed in our <a href="https://calendar.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/calendar/burtonbarr?cid=-1&t=g&d=0000-00-00&cal=-1&inc=0" target="_blank">online calendar of events</a>. If during your visit, you can’t find something in its usual place, please be sure to ask.</span></p><p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"><em>Relocation of library services within </em><a href="/locations/burton-barr"><em>Burton Barr Central Library</em></a><em> is scheduled to begin in the early spring of 2025.</em></span><br><br></p><div><h4><strong>Restrictions<br></strong>Monday, November 11 through February 2025<br></h4><h3><span style="color:#444444;font-family:"segoe ui", segoe, tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br></span></h3><p><strong style="color:#ed0033;">CLOSED/RESTRICTED</strong></p><ul><li>Portions of the Solar Panel (North) Parking Lot </li><ul><li>All Accessible parking spots will NOT be available. Four (4) additional alternate parking spaces will be allocated near the two (2) existing Accessible parking spots near the library's east entrance. These parking spots will be identified as Accessible parking.<br></li></ul><li>The east row of parking spots along the the Pill (Center) Parking Lot as you enter Burton Barr Central Library off of Willetta Street will NOT be available.<br></li><li>Portions of the Employee Parking Lot (immediately adjacent to Margaret T. Hance Park on Culver Street.<br></li><li>Children's Garden (immediately adjacent to Children's Place, 1st floor, southeast corner) will be CLOSED from November 11, 2024 through February 2025.<br></li></ul></div><div><p>All work is expected to be performed between the hours of 6 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.<br></p><p></p><p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"><em>Details are subject to change. Check back often.<br><br></em></span></p><div><h3><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"><strong>Thank You!</strong></span></h3><br>We appreciate your support of our library and all it has to offer and apologize for any inconveniences our construction projects might cause. </div><div><br></div><div>Consider using your Phoenix Public Library card to its fullest potential during this time and plan a visit to one of our other <a href="/locations">16 library locations</a>. You can always use your card to check out books and items from any of our 17 locations and return them to any Phoenix Public Library book drop. </div><div><br>Thank you for your patience during these critical infrastructure upgrades.<br></div><p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"><br></span></p><div><h3><strong>Things to Consider</strong></h3><p>Expect to experience:<br></p><ul><li>Noise (removal of rock and materials, drilling, etc.)</li><li>Vibrations (movement of heavy equipment, hand tools, etc.)</li><li>Dust and debris</li><li>Odors </li><ul><li>The library is taking mitigating measures to reduce the intensity of odors.<br></li></ul></ul></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div> | library-updates | |
| Phoenix Public Library Milestones | Phoenix Public Library Milestones | <i class="fas fa-history"></i> | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/about/history | Since 1897, Phoenix Public Library has served the growing communities of this southwestern metropolis. Discover the milestones in our historical timeline. | <div class="ExternalClass8B9ED522D8AC41EAACCC737C5F8BFFA7"><div class="table-responsive"><table class="table table-hover table-stripe"><thead role="rowgroup"><tr role="row"><th role="columnheader" scope="col" class="w-25">Date </th><th role="columnheader" scope="col">Event </th></tr></thead><tbody role="rowgroup"><tr role="row"><td role="cell">November 1897</td><td role="cell">Fourteen women organize the Friday Club to start a public library.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">June 21, 1898</td><td role="cell">Friday Club opens first Phoenix Public Library in the Fleming Building at Washington and First Avenue.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">September 16, 1899</td><td role="cell">Phoenix Library moves from the Fleming Building to City Hall.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">March 29, 1901</td><td role="cell">First library board of trustees appointed by the Phoenix City Council.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">March 3, 1902</td><td role="cell">City Council levies annual tax to support the library.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">January 1904</td><td role="cell">Andrew Carnegie gives $25,000 to Phoenix for a library building.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">February 14, 1908</td><td role="cell">Carnegie Library at 1101 W. Washington St. dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">May 17, 1917</td><td role="cell">First library is established at Second and Washington streets.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">January 16, 1940</td><td role="cell">Mae Bartlett Heard donates eight acres at Central Avenue and McDowell Road for a civic center to contain a central library, art museum and auditorium.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">September 11, 1950</td><td role="cell">Harmon Library at 411 W. Yavapai St. dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">August 2, 1952</td><td role="cell">Carnegie Library closed after 44 years of service.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">March 1, 1953</td><td role="cell">Central Library at Central Avenue and McDowell Road dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">1954</td><td role="cell">Phoenix resident Alfred Knight loans his extensive collection of 3,000 rare books to the library with the understanding that it will become Phoenix Public Library property upon his death.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">October 4, 1964</td><td role="cell">Saguaro Library at 2804 N. 46th St. dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">April 26, 1966</td><td role="cell">Palo Verde Library at 4402 N. 51st Ave. dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">August 23, 1967</td><td role="cell">Ocotillo Library at 102 W. Southern Ave. dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">January 5, 1969</td><td role="cell">Acacia Library at 750 E. Townley dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">June 5, 1969</td><td role="cell">Yucca Library at 5648 N. 15th Ave. dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">December 16, 1973</td><td role="cell">Century Library at 1740 E. Highland Ave. dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">May 7, 1977</td><td role="cell">Cholla Library at 10050 Metro Parkway East dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">October 21, 1982</td><td role="cell">Mesquite Library at 4525 Paradise Village Parkway dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">July 14, 1990</td><td role="cell">Expanded Cholla Library opens at same location.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">October 26, 1991</td><td role="cell">Ironwood Library at 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">May 20, 1995</td><td role="cell">New Central Library at 1221 N. Central Ave. dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">July 13, 1996</td><td role="cell">Juniper Library at 1825 W. Union Hills Road dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">July 19, 1997</td><td role="cell">Desert Sage Library at 7602 W. Encanto Blvd. dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">February 26, 2005</td><td role="cell">Desert Broom Library at 29710 N. Cave Creek Road dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">January 28, 2006</td><td role="cell">New Palo Verde Library opens at same location.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">June 7, 2008</td><td role="cell">New Saguaro Library opens at same location.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">June 5, 2009</td><td role="cell">Agave Library at 23550 N. 36th Ave. dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">September 12, 2009</td><td role="cell">New Harmon Library at 1325 S. 5th Ave. dedicated.</td></tr><tr role="row"><td role="cell">September 24, 2011</td><td role="cell">South Mountain Community Library at 7050 S. 24th St. dedicated.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br></div> | history | |
| Policies | Policies | <i class="fas fa-list-ul"></i> | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/about/policies | | <div class="ExternalClass5240579EBBBB435482421131330178D7"><p>Phoenix Public Library has a number of policies in place to provide the community with the best service possible.<br></p></div> | policies | |
| Press Room | Press Room | <i class="fas fa-newspaper"></i> | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/about/press-room | Media contacts and Phoenix Public Library News. | <div class="ExternalClass5817191C8ACB48938D897E36EC133F0C"><h3>Members of the Media</h3><p>To learn more about Phoenix Public Library programs, services, resources and events and/or talk to a library spokesperson, please contact:</p><p>Lee Franklin<br>Community Relations Manager<br><a href="mailto:lee.franklin@phoenix.gov">lee.franklin@phoenix.gov</a><br>602-534-2025 (desk)<br>602-769-4450 (cell)<br></p></div> | press-room | |
| State of the Library | State of the Library | <i class="fas fa-file-alt"></i> | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/about/state-library | Phoenix Public Library provides an essential support system with one of the greatest empowerment gifts of all: free access to trustworthy information. | <div class="ExternalClass6C42CAA86C234673A497817F601FF246"><p>Phoenix Public Library (PPL) a system of libraries comprised of central Phoenix’s flagship, Burton Barr Central Library (BBCL) and 16 branch locations, provides greater Phoenix communities and individuals an essential support system with one of the greatest empowerment gifts of all: free access to trustworthy information. A reliable entrée to knowledge platforms, cultural experiences, career and college readiness, entrepreneurial expertise and resources that champion lifelong learning for all, throughout every stage of life…and all accompanied with the personalized expertise of a librarian, is what communities throughout greater Phoenix find at Phoenix Public Library. Circulating over 10 million library items a year provides the foundation of Phoenix Public Library’s service delivery and enables the library system to offer more than 1,000 life-changing and entertaining services, programs and workshops for kids, teens, families and adults every month.</p><h3>Read through the highlights as presented by Rita Hamilton, Phoenix Public Library City Librarian.<br></h3></div> | state-library | |
| Strategic Plan | Strategic Plan | <i class="fas fa-scroll"></i> | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/about/strategic-plan | Learn about Phoenix Public Library's 2019-2023 Strategic Plan. | <div class="ExternalClassAAD2E7321CAB4E02B5B80D3BE6C3E5DB"><p>It is my pleasure to present an outline of Phoenix Public Library's 2019-23 Strategic Plan!</p><p>In 2018, a team of Phoenix Public Library staff began the process of constructing the latest version of Phoenix Public Library’s Strategic Plan. Over the course of a year, we gathered feedback from library staff, customers, and stakeholders including multiple customer and stakeholder surveys, customer focus groups, staff group exercises, and interviews and planning meetings with Library management.</p><p>In this next chapter - our Strategic Plan 2019-2023 - we hope to expand our strengths and guide our work for the next four years. Phoenix Public Library has something for everyone…providing a platform for people to come together as a community and build a collection of ideas. Access means opportunity, and by expanding upon the hands-on expertise and guidance in early literacy, STE/AM, entrepreneurial, college access, job access/career enhancement, and engaging family friendly programs and resources our customers have come to expect from us; we hope to be part of empowering all members of our community to change or improve their lives. We are committed to our identified four strategic directions: “Enrich and Entertain”, “Increase Access”, “Build a Stronger Community”, and “Work Smarter”, while also prioritizing traditional library services.</p><p>Thank you for your continued support and patronage of Phoenix Public Library. I invite you to continue to provide us feedback and suggestions related to our Strategic Plan through our “Ask Us” tool and submit a comment or suggestion. Phoenix Public Library looks forward to continuing to be a valuable asset you rely upon.</p><p>Rita Hamilton<br>City Librarian<br></p><h3>Help us by providing feedback</h3><p><a href="/services/ask-us">I invite you to continue to provide us feedback and suggestions related to our Strategic Plan through our "Ask Us" tool</a>. Phoenix Public Library looks forward to continuing to be a valuable asset on which you rely.<br></p></div> | strategic-plan | |
| Support the Library | Support the Library | | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/about/support-library | | <div class="ExternalClass32459EFABDBB43F7893CE05DEEDB9350"><div><h2>Learn how to support Phoenix Public Library with a donation, by working with us or by volunteering your time.<br></h2></div></div> | support-library | |
| eNewsletters | eNewsletters | <i class="fas fa-envelope-open-text"></i> | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/about/enewsletters | Take a look at our current and past monthly eNewsletters. | <div class="ExternalClass68BA7F2156774C8FB65B4C996C03BF2D"><h4>Take a look at our current and past monthly eNewsletters.</h4><p><br>Phoenix Public Library would like to keep you informed about matters of interest to you!<br></p><p>If you are not already getting the eNewsletter and would like to, please subscribe to the eNewsletter by scrolling down to "Subscribe to the eNewsletter!" below.<br></p><p><strong>Please note:</strong> Phoenix Public Library sends eNewsletters out at the end of each month to cardholders with email selected as a notification method. <a href="https://catalog.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/logon.aspx" target="_blank">If you are a cardholder and would like to change the method of all your notifications, log into My Account to update your preferences.</a><br></p><p><br></p></div> | enewsletters | |
