About the Independence Branch
Located in the "Heart of Cuyahoga County," the Independence Branch serves the 11,000+ family-oriented residents of Independence, Cuyahoga Heights, Brooklyn Heights, and Valley View. The city of Independence is second only to Cleveland as a center for business in Northeast Ohio.
The library is a 15,000 square foot colonial style building constructed in 1992. It is adjacent to the Independence Civic Center. The facilities include meeting rooms, quiet study area, and a computer/typewriter room. The library houses a book collection of over 50,000 volumes, and more than 12,000 audio-visual items including books-on-tape/CD, video, DVD, CD-ROM, and music cassettes and CDs. In 2000 the Independence Branch checked out more than 352,000 items to customers.
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