Editing Minneapolis Public Library (section)

==Community libraries==
{{main|List of Hennepin County Library branches}}
The first two branches of the Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1890, one each on the north and south sides of Minneapolis. A branch in the basement of [[North Community High School|North High School]] opened on February 27, 1890, and one at 17th and Franklin Ave on April 23.<ref name=LibBook.p53>Benidt, Bruce Weir, ''The Library Book, Centennial History of the Minneapolis Public Library'', 1984, p.53</ref> By 2002 there were fourteen branches or community libraries. Each library had a staff member who was assigned to local schools to discuss the services available at the library.

The 2002 referendum also included funds to renovate community libraries, supplementing an existing program.<ref>[http://www.mplib.org/outlook2010update0504.pdf Outlook 2010 master plan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214930/http://www.mplib.org/outlook2010update0504.pdf |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref> The community libraries and their renovation status are:

* [[East Lake Community Library]], built 1976, renovated 2007<ref>[http://www.mplib.org/eastlake.asp Minneapolis Public Library: East Lake] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104124155/http://www.mplib.org/eastlake.asp |date=2007-11-04 }}</ref>
* [[Franklin Community Library]], built 1914, renovated 2005<ref>[http://www.mplib.org/franklin.asp Minneapolis Public Library: Franklin Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525053437/http://mplib.org/franklin.asp |date=2007-05-25 }}</ref>
* [[Hosmer Community Library]], built 1916, renovated 1997<ref>[http://www.mplib.org/hosmer.asp Minneapolis Public Library: Hosmer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308104539/http://www.mplib.org/hosmer.asp |date=2007-03-08 }}</ref>
* [[Linden Hills Community Library]], built 1931, renovated 2002<ref>[http://www.mplib.org/lindenhills.asp Minneapolis Public Library: Linden Hills] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217110708/http://www.mplib.org/lindenhills.asp |date=2007-02-17 }}</ref>
* [[Nokomis Community Library]], built 1968, renovated 2009–2011<ref>[http://www.mplib.org/nokomis.asp Minneapolis Public Library: Nokomis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217110337/http://www.mplib.org/nokomis.asp |date=2007-02-17 }}</ref>
* [[North Regional Library|North Regional Community Library]], built 1971, renovated 2007<ref>[http://www.mplib.org/northreg.asp Minneapolis Public Library: North Regional] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608032937/http://mplib.org/northreg.asp |date=2007-06-08 }}</ref>
* [[Northeast Library|Northeast Community Library]], built 1973, reopened after renovation in 2011<ref>[http://www.mplib.org/northeast.asp Minneapolis Public Library: Northeast] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702083839/http://www.mplib.org/northeast.asp |date=2007-07-02 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.mplib.org/capp_ne_redesign.asp RFP for renovation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214345/http://www.mplib.org/capp_ne_redesign.asp |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>
* [[Pierre Bottineau Community Library]], built 2003 in the [[Grain Belt (beer)#The former brewery|Grain Belt Brewery]] complex to replace an older storefront library<ref>[http://www.mplib.org/pierreb.asp Minneapolis Public Library: Pierre Bottineau] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702083542/http://www.mplib.org/pierreb.asp |date=2007-07-02 }}</ref>
* [[Roosevelt Community Library]], built 1927, renovated and expanded 2013 <ref>[http://www.mplib.org/roosevelt.asp Minneapolis Public Library: Roosevelt Library<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103071251/http://mplib.org/roosevelt.asp |date=2007-11-03 }}</ref>
* [[Southeast Community Library]], built 1963<ref>[http://www.hclib.org/AgenciesAction.cfm?agency=Se HClib.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123061320/http://hclib.org/AgenciesAction.cfm?agency=se |date=2009-01-23 }}</ref>
* [[Sumner Community Library]], built 1915, renovated 2005<ref>[http://www.mplib.org/sumner.asp Minneapolis Public Library: Sumner<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702082927/http://www.mplib.org/sumner.asp |date=2007-07-02 }}</ref>
* [[Walker Community Library]], first built in 1915 (original building now privately owned), a replacement was built in 1981, which was demolished and replaced by a building that opened in 2014
* [[Washburn Library|Washburn Community Library]], built 1970, expanded 1992, renovated 2014<ref>[http://www.mplib.org/washburn.asp Minneapolis Public Library: Washburn<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702083725/http://www.mplib.org/washburn.asp |date=2007-07-02 }}</ref>
* [[Webber Park Community Library]], built 1980, razed in 2013. Now in a new building on 4440 Humboldt Avenue that opened in May 2017<ref>{{Cite web |title=Webber Park Library |url=http://www.hclib.org/about/locations/webber-park |publisher=Hennepin County Library |access-date=June 24, 2017}}</ref>