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The Whitehall Branch was recognized by the American Institute of Architects/American Library Association (AIA/ALA) with a Library Building Award in 2017.

Institute of Museum and Library Services National Medal for Library Service, 2011.

Library staff celebrate the Library Journal Library of the Year award, 2010.

City Council members Shannon Hardin (left) and Jaiza Page (center) tour the construction site with CEO Patrick Losinski (right) in early 2016 during the most recent renovation of Main Library.

NBC meteorologist Willard Scott (right) aired segments of the Today Show from Main Library. Also pictured are Board President Terry Casey (left), Ohio Governor George Voinovich and First Lady Janet Voinovich (center).

The expanded library was officially dedicated on April 30, 1991 in a ceremony that included First Lady Barbara Bush, Ohio Governor George Voinovich and Columbus Mayor Dana Rinehart.

Construction of the 378-space Main Library parking garage.

Although construction was delayed a year due to restrictions on purchasing steel as a result of the Korean War, the library service building opened in back of the Carnegie Library in 1953. A second addition was built between 1961 and 1964.

The library began offering newspapers on microfilm in 1948.