Heights Libraries is pleased to announce that it will begin offering limited services at the Lee Road branch the week of May 18, and has also started preparing its four branches for a partial reopening, scheduled for June 2 at Lee Road and June 9 for the Coventry,...
Message to the Community from the Library Board of Trustees
April 20, 2020 Dear Community Members, On March 13, following guidelines from the state of Ohio, the Board of Trustees of the Heights Libraries closed its doors to the public. However, while the buildings are closed, our staff are still busy serving the community in...
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Kathryn, in Cleveland Heights
I am 74 and my husband is 72. We had been counting on our daughter, who lives on Shaker Square, to help us out if we should catch the virus. The reverse has happened. Even though she went nowhere but to the University Heights Target, the grocery store and the drug...
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Amy, in Shaker Heights
My parents live in an assisted living facility. The administration early on prudently and wisely instituted an increasingly stringent set of rules designed to keep the residents and staff safe. It began with stopping all visitation and progressed to closing the dining...
Heights Libraries will remain closed at least through early May
Expands offerings to help community weather the closure Following Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton's executive order closing schools until at least May 1, the Heights Libraries will also remain closed during that same time, and will remain closed as...
IMPORTANT: Heights Libraries Canceling Programs and Meetings March 16-April 21
Out of an abundance of caution to protect its staff and customers against COVID-19/coronavirus, Heights Libraries is cancelling all programs, events, and meeting room reservations from Monday, March 16 through Tuesday April 21, with a few exceptions. We will still:...
Heights Library Panoramas
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Library Hits a Milestone with 2 Million Circulation in 2019
For the first time in its 100-year history, the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library circulated over two million items in one year. Director Nancy Levin confirmed the number with CLEVNET, the library consortium that manages Heights Libraries’ online...
Heights Libraries Welcomes Newest Board Members, Honors Outgoing President
The Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library is pleased to announce the appointment of its newest board members, Patti Carlyle and Gabe Crenshaw. Their terms will begin in January 2020. Carlyle will serve a full seven-year term, replacing outgoing board...
The World Inside the Library: A Guest Post from Intern Kionna Byous
What do you think of when you hear the word “library”? Some think of books, elderly librarians, a quiet place. Before I began my internship with Heights Libraries, I thought that the only use for a library was to check out and read books. Through this experience, I’ve...