- Jefferson County Library Cooperative
The Jefferson County Library Cooperative (JCLC) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt educational
consortium of public libraries inJefferson County, Alabama . The JCLCadministrative office is located at the Birmingham Public Central Library. The member libraries within thecooperative areautonomous , with each one maintaining its own board, director andbudget .History
Jefferson County has had a countywide public library service since 1924, however, no-fee service for Jefferson County citizens began in 1978. In 1985, it was reorganized as Birmingham Area Library Services under the framework issued by the
Alabama Public Library Service . In 1997, it was renamed the Jefferson County Library Cooperative and continues to operate as a not-for-profit educational organization. [cite web
url = http://www.jclc.org/AboutJCLC/history.asp
title = JCLC History and Purpose
accessdate = 2007-09-07
year = 1999
month = May
publisher = Jefferson County Library Cooperative]Member libraries
* Adamsville Library
* Avondale Regional Branch Library
* Bessemer Library
* Birmingham Botanical Gardens Library
* Central Library
* East Ensley Branch Library
* East Lake Branch Library
* Eastwood Branch Library
* Emmet O'Neal Library
* Ensley Branch Library
* Five Points West Regional Library
* Fultondale Library
* Gardendale-Martha Moore Library
* Graysville Public Library
* Homewood Library
* Hoover Public Library
* Hueytown Public Library
* Inglenook Branch Library
* Irondale Public Library
* Leeds-Jane Culbreth Public Library
* Midfield Public Library
* North Avondale Branch Library
* North Birmingham Regional Branch Library
* Pleasant Grove Public Library
* Powderly Branch Library
* Pratt City Branch Library
* Slossfield Branch Library
* Smithfield Branch Library
* Southside Branch Library
* Springville Road Regional Branch Library
* Tarrant Public Library
* Titusville Branch Library
* Trussville Public Library
* Vestavia Hills Public Library
* Walter J. Hanna Library
* Warrior-Evelyn Thornton Public Library
* West End Branch Library
* Woodlawn Branch Library
* Wylam Branch LibraryReferences
External links
* [http://www.jclc.org/ Jefferson County Library Cooperative]
* [https://vulcan.bham.lib.al.us/ Jefferson County Library Cooperative Catalog]
* [http://jclc.org/information/maps/map_jclc_libraries.htm Map of the Jefferson County Library Cooperative's Libraries]
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