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In 2010, the Library presented 813 free events that reached 38,725 people. In 2010, almost 2,929,080 items were checked out of the library. Of the items checked out, 57% were for children’s books. Over 1.5 million people visited the Library in 2010. That’s an average of 4,000 library visitors every day. The library offers 97 Internet and database computers, which are heavily used. There were close to 20,000 user sessions each month in 2010. Summer Reading at the library helped over 6,000 children and teens keep up their reading skills while school was out. The Library has over 500,000 items on the shelves and purchased 66,152 new items in 2010 with help from the Foundation; including books (audio and e-books), movies, magazines, and CDs.

The Library received 128,960 reference requests in 2010. Over 100,000 community members have a Eugene Public Library card. All three library branches have wireless internet access.

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**A Rich History**

 In 1893 a group of enthusiastic women formed an organization called the Fortnightly Club with the object of bringing together others interested in cultural pursuits.

 The first of their projects was the donation of an assortment of books and the acquisition of a vacant room in a downtown store building where they opened Eugene's first reading room. This project blossomed into a plan to establish a library.

 They succeeded in interesting Andrew Carnegie, industrialist and philanthropist, and with the help of private gifts and the City of Eugene, the project came to great success with the establishment of Oregon's first Carnegie Library at the corner of 11th Avenue and Willamette.

 The Fortnightly Club's 657 volumes became the nucleus of the Eugene Public Library collection. The Club continued to be important in gathering public support when the crowded and cramped Carnegie Library was replaced in 1959 with Eugene's second library at 13th Avenue and Olive Street. The Fortnightly Club also funded the Library's first bookmobile in 1959.

The Fortnightly Club continues to fund memorial books for the new Eugene Public Library and recently gifted a major window for the Library. Today's library users thank the Fortnightly Club and those enthusiastic women from 1893 who began the planning for our community library in Eugene. They would be pleased with what they helped us build.

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source:http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=491&PageID=4393&cached=true&mode=2&userID=2 Where to find the Eugene public library is source:http:\\en.wikipedia.org\wiki\Eugene_Public_Library In 1898 people came and made a small private library. It was opened to the public in 1904. Team Eugene Public Library work area, breakout area, discussion area, sharing ideas area.

source:www.eugene-or.guv info: 1,500 items in 1902 and over 400,000 items in 2012 info:there are two branches in Bethel and Sheldon in 2003 new library building won 1st place in American Institute of Architects award in SW OR--joshua file:///Users/student/Desktop/DownloadedFile.jpeg

source:www.oregenlive.com info:Dr. Fredrick Rankin left $1,100,000 as a gift when he died--Joshua

source: personal visits to library info: has a court yard,display cases for collections cafe,meeting rooms,events such as read to a dog,shows etc.--joshua

source: eplgrandopining.pdf info: 1898 Eugene fortnightly club starts library in home only open once a week to members.became public in 1906 info: opened at 11 and willamette in 1906 --joshua

source: Claire R., children's library info: 4th floor is currently city offices, but plans are that library will eventually extend onto the 4th floor

source: Eugene public library main website --under about the library and then art in the library, there are some great videos of the artists talking about their artwork here are some facts


 * Art at the Eugene Public Library –**

Source: Eugene public library main website – under about the library and then art in the library, there are some great videos of the artists talking about their artwork--joshua

__James Carpenter – sculptures__

In children’s section is “Leif’s dream.”

Loosely based on a dream his son had when he was five

Materials: bronze, wood, copper, rocks

Can you find: 3 bugs, frog, mole, dragonfly, crawdad, fish?

__John Rose – stained glass on West and East large windows__

He chose very light glass to let lots of light through

He was interested in glass with different properties which would “interpret light differently”

The circle centerpieces are sparkly by day and reflective by night

__Lilli Ann and Marvin Rosenberg – mosaics in children’s courtyard__

Poems and animals from around the world

Lots for kids to find and read and touch

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--joshua

script joshua

Slide 2 In 1898, the Eugene Fortnightly Club started a private library in a house. It was only open once a week, and there were only 657 books. The Fortnightly Club helped to open the first public library in Eugene at 11th and Willamette in 1906. Here are two pictures of the inside and outside of this library. When this library became too crowded, a second library was built at 13th and Olive. This also became too small, so the current library was built.

Slide 3 The grand opening of this library was on January 11th, 2003. This library won first place in the American Institute of Architects award in SW Oregon. The building has also been praised for being energy efficient. For example, the lights near the windows can be dimmed on brighter days, which occasionally come in Eugene.

Slide 4 If you go upstairs, you can see some beautiful stained glass windows created by John Rose. He was interested in glass with different properties which would, as the artist said, “interpret light differently” The circle centerpieces are sparkly by day and reflective by night

Slide 5 If you go downstairs and through the children's section to the courtyard, you can see some art by Lilli Ann and Marvin Rosenberg. The Rosenbergs wanted there to be lots for kids to find and read and touch. They chose poems and animals from around the world.

Slide 6 On your way back to the front door, on the left side, don't miss "Leif's Dream" by James Carpenter.This sculpture is called Leif's dream because it was loosely based on a dream his son Leif had when he was five. Can you find: 3 bugs, a frog, a mole, a dragonfly, a crawdad, and a fish? To see more work by James Carpenter, go see the state outside the library of an important figure in Eugene history.