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Lorraine Sandstrom, Branch Manager
4653 South Campbell, Springfield, Missouri 65810-1723
Phone: (417) 882-0714 
Fax: (417) 889-2547
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Hours of Operation: Monday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m.; Drive-up Window: Monday-Saturday, 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
The Library Center is the headquarters of the Springfield-Greene County Library District. The 82,000-square-foot building houses major collections of print and electronic resources. These include special collections such as business, local history and genealogy as well as fully equipped computer labs, private study rooms, state-of-the-art reference technology and many more expanded services. In addition, the Library Center includes other amenities characteristic of larger urban libraries. Those features include a 185-seat auditorium, a glass-enclosed recreational reading room, a story hour room, outdoor story garden, a 134-seat public meeting room, five other meeting rooms of various sizes and capacities, a Between Friends gift shop and MudHouse café. The facility is located at the intersection of Campbell and Lakewood, the second lighted intersection south of the James River Freeway.
For information about bus service, see the City Utilities Transit Services page.
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Beth Snow, Branch Manager
101 East Main Street, Ash Grove, Missouri 65604
Phone (417) 751-2933 Fax (417) 751-2275
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Hours of Operation: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
Founded in 1938, the Ash Grove Branch Library is the oldest county branch of the Springfield-Greene County Library. The branch is located on the southeast
corner of Main Street and Calhoun Street (Highway V) in the northwest Greene County town of Ash Grove. Thanks to its friendly staff, who know many patrons by name, the branch retains its small-town charm while providing up-to-date library service.
In partnership with Price Cutter Plus grocery store, the Library sponsors Book Stop, an off-site Library access point located at the Price Cutter Plus store at 3260 E. Battlefield Road near 65 Bypass. An outdoor book drop is located near the entrance of the grocery store for book returns from any Library facility. Patrons can also pick up hold materials at the store's service desk.
Marilyn Prosser,
Branch Manager
2214 Brentwood Boulevard, Springfield, Missouri 65804-3298
Phone (417) 883-1974 Fax (417) 883-6412
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Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Located on the corner of Brentwood Boulevard and Seminole Street, one block east of the intersection of Glenstone Avenue and Seminole Street, the Brentwood Branch Library has served southeast Springfield since 1971. The branch, convenient to such popular shopping centers as the Plaza, Brentwood Center, Battlefield Mall and Primrose Marketplace, is popular with young and old alike.
For information about bus service, see the City Utilities Transit Services page.
Allison Eckhardt, Branch Manager
81 South Orchard Boulevard, Fair Grove, Missouri 65648-8421
Phone (417) 759-2637 Fax (417) 759-2638
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Hours of Operation: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
The townspeople of Fair Grove had long been faithful patrons of their once-a-week
bookmobile stop. They were rewarded for their faithfulness when the Fair Grove
Branch Library became the eighth branch of the Springfield-Greene County Library
District in 2000. The branch is located in the new City Hall Building on the corner
of Orchard Boulevard and Old Mill Road in the northeast Greene County town
of Fair Grove.
Melissa Davis, Branch Manager
2535 North Kansas Expressway, Springfield, Missouri 65803-1184
Phone (417) 865-1340 Fax (417) 862-6514
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Hours of Operation: Monday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m.; Drive-up Window: Monday-Saturday, 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
The Library Station is the newest "destination library" in the Springfield-Greene
County Library District. The 36,000-square-foot facility houses a large collection
of print and electronic resources, a consumer law collection, an automotive repair
collection and a local history and genealogy department. In addition, there is
a fully-equipped mobile computer lab, private study rooms, state-of-the-art reference
technology and numerous other expanded services. The Library Station includes
other amenities characteristic of larger, urban libraries. Those features include
ten different configurations of meeting rooms, a large, comfortable reading room,
a Between Friends Gift Shop and a Panera Bread café.
The branch is located on North Kansas Expressway between Kearney Street and Interstate
44.
For information about bus service, see the City Utilities Transit Services page.
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Jim Miller, Branch Manager
397 East Central Street, Springfield, Missouri 65802-3834
Phone (417) 862-0135 Fax (417) 866-1259
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Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
This stately Carnegie library opened its doors in 1905, and ever since, the
Midtown Carnegie Branch has been serving the information needs
of the citizens of Greene County. The Midtown Carnegie Branch
has been renovated to make it a cozy neighborhood library,
and to restore it to the architectural glory of its earlier
years. There are more wooden library tables and comfortable
reading chairs. Centrally located at the northwest corner of Central Street and Jefferson
Avenue, the Midtown Carnegie Branch is at the heart of
the city's Government Plaza.
For information about bus service, see the City Utilities Transit Services page.
Allison Eckhardt, Outreach Manager
4653 South Campbell Avenue, Springfield, Missouri 65810-1723
Phone (417) 883-5366
Initially formed in 1955 as the Bookmobile department of the Greene County
Library, Outreach Services today encompasses many different programs which reach
out to those citizens of Greene County who are not able to use traditional library
services. These include operation of a Bookmobile, special rotating collections at
various locations, Memory Bags and Walking
Books, delivery of library materials to those who can't easily travel to the Library.
Aleah Weltha, Branch Manager
128 Park Central Square, Springfield, Missouri 65806-1311
Phone (417) 831-1342
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Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 7 a.m.-10 p.m.
The Park Central Branch Library, an arts- and media-themed non-traditional facility, features a small collection of popular fiction and nonfiction books, a wide selection of local, national and international newspapers and magazines, all on face-out shelving, plus DVDs and CDs. More than a dozen computer stations provide downtown patrons with high-speed access to the Internet, e-mail and the Library's informative research databases. The facility includes flat-screen TVs, a self-checkout machine, gallery walls, reading cubes, ottomans and lounge chairs. Beverages, pastries and snacks are available via an interior doorway to the adjacent The Coffee Ethic.
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Kim Flores, Branch Manager
1264 U.S. Highway 60 East, Republic, Missouri 65738-1248
Phone (417) 732-7284 Fax (417) 732-1256
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Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
The Republic Branch Library was opened in 1961 as a consolidation of book deposits
held at several locations in this western Greene County city. The branch has relocated
four times as use of the library continues to grow. The storefront branch is presently
located in the Merchant's Park Shopping Center, on Highway
60 East, just east of the turnoff to Highway 174.
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Allison Eckhardt, Branch Manager
101 State Highway 125, Suite H, Strafford, MO, 65757-8998
Phone (417) 736-9233
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Hours of Operation: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
Within view of Old Route 66, the automobile-themed Strafford Branch Library gives residents of this eastern Greene County community their own facility, and becomes the tenth library in the Springfield-Greene County Library district, and the fifth outside of Springfield.
The Strafford Branch occupies 2,500 square feet of leased space in Chestnut Plaza, an attractive shopping center south of Interstate 44 on State Highway 125. Near Strafford schools, the Library is easily accessible to students.
The Friends of the Library, who, for more than 25 years, have steadfastly raised money through their highly popular annual book sales, donated $26,300 to buy most of the furnishings for the branch. Empire Bank donated $4,000 for two murals that enhance the vintage car décor.
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Beth Snow, Branch Manager
304 East Jackson, East Shopping Center
Willard, Missouri 65781-0517
Phone: (417) 742-4258 Fax: (417) 742-4589
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Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday-Saturday,
9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Drive-up window: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
The Willard Branch Library opened its doors in 1992 after the northwest Greene County community pledged its support of a local branch. The branch, located in the East Shopping Center just a few blocks north of Highway 160 on Jackson Street (Z Highway), is conveniently located across the street from the Willard Middle
School.
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