Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus, OH 43201
Phone: (614) 645-2275
- Cross Street:
- State Street
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 9am-9pm, Fri-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 1pm-5pm
Editorial Review for Columbus Metropolitan Library – by John Oklok
Overview
Seinfeld's right: The public library is like a childhood friend--they're both eager to please, so you can borrow anything they have and return it at your leisure. And in Columbus, with the public library that was rated tops in 1999 and No. 2 in 2000, we may have the best friend a city ever had.
Facts
While the exterior dates from 1904 and is only questionably welcoming, the interior is bright and airy. Artwork, often with a local theme, is distributed throughout the building. Coffee and pastries are available just outside the entrance. The main branch offers free Internet access at dozens of terminals. For music-lovers, CDs of everything from the sublime to "Christmas With Boxcar Willie" are available for borrowing. And in 2000, CML began offering DVDs to augment its vast video collection.
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Insider Tips
How It WorksAny adult resident can obtain a CML card with ID and proof of current address. DVDs and videos check out for five days, magazines for seven, books for 28.
Good Neighbors ICML branches are sprinkled throughout the city, the most picturesque being the branch by the Park of Roses.
Good Neighbors IINext to the main library is one of the city's best urban escapes, the Topiary Garden.
User Reviews for Columbus Metropolitan Library
06/03/2003 Posted by Kittensinmyhair
I don't know why anyone would pay to rent movies with a great library system like Columbus Public. Now if only all those who use the system could afford to support it....
Pros: cheap parking, huge AV section
Cons: waiting lists
10/10/2002 Posted by Lmouery
The Grant Library surpasses any that I've seen in the entire nation ( I haven't been lucky enough to visit the one in New York) . I've been to Los Angeles and was extremely disappointed. I thought that if I were to conduct research, that would had been the place( but it wasn't), oh well.
Pros: On the busline, excellant selections, nice employees
Cons: none, noisy kids, none
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