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Akron-Summit County Public Library Opens a New Branch in Springfield Township

Ideastream Public Media | By Cameron Gorman,
Jeff St. Clair
Published February 15, 2018 at 8:36 PM EST
David Jennings has served as director of Akron-Summit County Public Library since 2004. He retires at the end of February having overseen the addition of 15 branches to the system.
JEFF ST.CLAIR
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WKSU
David Jennings has served as director of Akron-Summit County Public Library since 2004. He retires at the end of February having overseen the addition of 15 branches to the system.
David Jennings has served as director of Akron-Summit County Public Library since 2004. He retires at the end of February having overseen the addition of 15 branches to the system.
Credit JEFF ST.CLAIR / WKSU
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WKSU
David Jennings has served as director of Akron-Summit County Public Library since 2004. He retires at the end of February having overseen the addition of 15 branches to the system.

The Village of Lakemore and Springfield Township now have their own library. The Akron-Summit County Public Library is there this weekend.

The new location was made possible by a county-wide levy passed in 2015.

Outgoing library Director David Jennings says the opening marks one of his final goals.

鈥淭hey were waiting for a branch for a really long time, and all those years we didn鈥檛 have the funding. We just couldn鈥檛 do it, and now, once we passed the levy  ... we鈥檙e going to get it open just before I retire.鈥�

The satellite location is the first new facility for Akron-Summit County Public Library in a decade.

Jennings says that locations like the new branch are key in making progress on positive community initiatives.

鈥淲e are more engaged with our community, not only in Akron but in all the communities we serve than we ever have been before," says Jennings.

He says the public library is a unique institution. "We鈥檙e perceived as neutral, so we鈥檙e a really good collaborative partner because nobody thinks we鈥檙e gonna steal their cheese.鈥�

The Springfield-Lakemore Branch Library is the system's 18th site in Summit County. 

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Cameron Gorman
Cameron Gorman is a junior journalism major at Kent State. In student media, she has worked for the Kent Stater, The Burr and Transitions. She has also interned for WKYC, Cleveland Magazine and the Akron Beacon Journal.
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Jeff St. Clair
A career in radio was a surprising turn for me seeing that my first love was science. I studied chemistry at the University of Akron and for 13 years lived the quiet life of an analytical chemist in the Akron area,listening to WKSU all the while in the lab.