at the rear South Main Street entrance of Main Library on the first floor. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. Main Library also has an outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park outside of the library's rear South Main Street entrance. Main Library Programming by floor Materials and Services Libraries have always been about more than books. Even during its formative years, the Akron Public Library offered books, reference service, and programming tailored to the needs of the community. When the Library was officially established in 1874, a large collection of German language books was established for the many German-speaking residents of the time. In 1929, a Readers’ Advisory service was established for the purpose of providing reference and programming service to groups and educational institutions. The Akron-Summit County Public Library continues to strive to provide a variety of materials in multiple formats to serve the needs of everyone in our community. Books, recordings, research databases, programs for children and adults, classes, meeting rooms (located on the High Street level), foreign language collections, the Library Express Delivery Service (LEDS), Patent and Trademark Resource Center, business resources, and grantsmanship materials. Special services that are available at Main Library include a Teen Program Room; a Children's Activity Room and Resource lab for Early Childhood Educators (RECE) (located in the Children's Library); a Microbusiness Center; the Akron Digital Media Center; a "Library of Things"; TechZone@Main (a makerspace); U.S. Passport and Notary services; a video studio; a recording studio, a green screen room, a media transfer center and Quiet Study Rooms. Accessibility services available at Main Library include the Accessibility Zone with NLS talking book program and Braille books (both of which can be checked out), Large Print Keyboards and Magnisight CCTV, sensory inclusive items (sensory bags, weighted laptops and Quiet Zones). Social Stories (available through the KultureCity app at the Main Library and all 18 branch libraries), dementia inclusive resources, Same Day Select Service, Homebound Assistance (with the Library Express Home Delivery Service or LEDS), Vision Assistance (with large print books and audiobooks) and Hearing Assistance (with sign language interpreters). Service animals are also allowed at the Main Library, and all branch libraries. These are just a few of the many resources and services that are available through the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Technology and Information Access Access to information is the Library’s primary