Schlow Centre Region Library

The Schlow Centre Region Library, formerly known as the State College Public Library and the Schlow Memorial Library, serves the State College, Pennsylvania area.

Schlow Centre Region Library
Established1957
LocationState College, Pennsylvania
Service areaCentre County, Pennsylvania
Websitehttp://schlowlibrary.org
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History

The library was named after local businessman Charles Schlow, who in 1957 donated space in a West College Avenue house for the original library. The library quickly grew and moved to a new location on South Allen Street.

A new building opened in 2005, replacing the original. The new two-story 38,577-square-foot (3,583.9 m2) building cost $10 million to construct. The public facilities include 66 computers. There were over 37,000 card holders when the new library opened in 2005.[1] According to the 2005 Annual Report, Schlow had more than 291,000 visitors and 592,000 books in circulation.

References
  1. Smeltz, Adam (2005-10-04). "New Schlow wows library patrons". Centre Daily Times.


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