Maplewood Public Library

Maplewood Public Library is a printing service in Maplewood, MO. It holds a rating of 4.60 based on customer reviews. The Library lends books, magazines, newspapers, DVDs, books on CD, audiobooks, downloadable books, music, video, telescopes, and fishing poles. Visitors have access to Wi-Fi, computers, scanning, faxing, copying, and printing, with a small fee applying to some of these services. Programming for all ages is held regularly, and all events are free and open to the public. A meeting room is available to the public with a maximum capacity of 47 persons. Staff can attempt to locate material not held on site through Interlibrary Loan.

Founded in 1935, the Library is one of the oldest in the St. Louis area and became tax supported in 1936. It belongs to Missouri Evergreen, a cooperative of independent libraries with reciprocal borrowing privileges, and in 1996 it joined with eight other municipal libraries to form the Municipal Library Consortium, which continues as a group within Missouri Evergreen. The Library is governed by a Board of Trustees of nine members appointed by the Mayor for three-year terms. Library cards are free for anyone living in or owning property or a business in Maplewood, and also for residents of the St. Louis City, St. Louis County, and St. Charles City-County library districts. The borrowing period for most items is three weeks, and most items no longer incur fines. Staff and volunteers offer free home delivery of library materials to eligible Maplewood residents, including older adults, residents with mobility impairments or other disabilities, residents in care facilities, and new parents.

The Library sits on Lohmeyer Ave, steps from the Maplewood Family Aquatic Center and about a tenth of a mile from Maplewood-Richmond Heights High School, the Maplewood Police Department, Maplewood City Hall, and the Maplewood Fire Department.

Its positive rating reflects the customers who have reviewed it. For a suburb of St. Louis, a library founded in 1935 and still lending telescopes alongside books is a rare thing to have within walking distance of city hall.