Main Library
A new Job Help Center is coming to Main Library!:
New Job Help Center at Main Library opens January 21, 2010.
In response to a growing need in Mecklenburg County, the Library is finding new ways to contribute to the economic health of the community. A new initiative aimed at helping people find jobs will include a Job Help Center in the Main Library, a system-wide emphasis on job-related training, a web page with job and business resources, and a partnership and community awareness plan. Learn more about the Job Help Center at Main Library.
310 North Tryon St.
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 416-0100
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Directions from 7th St. LYNX (Light Rail) stop
Exit Blue Line LYNX at the 7th Street Station stop. You will be between 6th and 7th Streets. Cross the tracks towards Reid’s Grocery and walk up 7th Street towards Tryon St. Cross College Street and turn left heading towards 6th Street. Main Library is between College and Tryon Street with the front door facing 6th Street.
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Interim Manager: Patrice Ebert
Hours of Operation:
Monday-Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday-Saturday 9am - 6pm
Sunday 1-6pm
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Located centrally uptown in the heart of Charlotte's Arts & Education district, the Main Library offers a multitude of services, materials, programs and meeting rooms as well as supports the activities of the Library's twenty-three branch locations and outreach services. The iconic quotes on the columns in front of Main Library are also an attraction. View a listing of quotes from these columns.
Popular materials and a Job Help Center are conveniently found on the first floor.
Visitors to Main Library enter on the first floor, which showcases the newest and high-demand materials including movies, music, audio books, and a wide selection of new release books. Also available are a laptop bar, several email express stations, and a small area with youth materials. This area is also where you'll discover Main Library's public art, a beautiful and impressively large mosaic of Romare Bearden's Before Dawn. The west wing of the first floor features a Job Help Center equipped with computers, meeting rooms and career resources specifically for those seeking employment or career advancement.
Visit the second floor for non-fiction, periodicals and research.
The second floor of Main Library offers customers full-service, professionally staffed reference assistance, a large collection of books, media, and reference materials, and computers with electronic resources and Internet access. This is also home to the collections of fiction and nonfiction, and magazines and newspapers. On the second floor you can find designated quiet areas for concentrated study and wireless laptop use.
This Library is a Federal Depository Library. What does that mean?
We are one of 1200+ libraries in the United States that receive publications from the United States Government Printing Office. You have access to publications created by federal agencies about laws, demographics, citizenship, military history, health, education, national parks, federal agencies, taxes and many other topics. Some documents are in print and can be checked out using your library card, while others are online and accessible through the library's catalog. This collection is housed on the second floor.
Need help for your small business or non-profit? Visit the second floor.
The second floor is home to both the Business Collection and the Foundation Center Cooperating Collection, a body of resources that individual researchers and nonprofit organizations can use to research funding opportunities from foundations and corporations. As a member of the Foundation Center's nationwide network of libraries, community foundations, and related agencies, the Main Library offers free access to print and electronic resources to locate grants and grantmakers. The Business Collection provides a vast selection of business directories, industry guides, investment information, demographics and marketing publications and electronic resources.
Interested in local history or genealogy? Visit the third floor.
The Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room, located on the third floor of Main Library, houses historical information on Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and North Carolina as well as genealogical and current information, especially resources focusing on the eastern part of the United States. Learn more about the special collections and resources in the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room.
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