With a collection founded on essential knowledge and shaped by the interests of our robust population, a walk through the stacks reveals a grand Lakewood conversation taking place between generations, backgrounds and worldviews.
The works of local authors, artists, scholars, historians, filmmakers and musicians line the shelves. A vast collection of materials for children and teens demonstrates our commitment to the encouragement of young people in all their intellectual endeavors.
Access to online practice tests, rooms full of computers and pioneering work in the distribution of eBooks and other digital materials hint at the future to come and our commitment to being a part of it.
eBooks & Digital Media
Lakewood Public Library will always have room in its burgeoning collection for good old fashioned paper books, but new digital formats have allowed us to expand our holdings far beyond the limits of our physical shelf space.
We have partnered with Ohio Digital Library and Hoopla Digital to offer our patrons thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, movies and music titles—all without late fees and using only your library card number.
Request an Item or Interlibrary Loan
If you’re looking for something that we don’t have, you are encouraged to make a request by phone, in person at either the Main Library or the Madison Branch, or by submitting your request online. If we are unable to acquire it for our own collection we will try to borrow it from another library through Interlibrary Loan.
Periodicals
The Library subscribes to over 550 periodicals. With subjects ranging from science, news and opinion to entertainment, home and health, there is something for everyone’s reading interest in our periodical collections.