Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library


Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library

Hours

MONDAY10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
TUESDAY10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
WEDNESDAY10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
THURSDAY10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
FRIDAY10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
SATURDAY10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
SUNDAY1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Contact

3030 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38111

(901) 415-2700

More Phone Numbers:
Business/Sciences: (901) 415-2734
Children's: (901) 415-2739
Circulation: (901) 415-2702
CLOUD901: (901) 415-2760
History: (901) 415-2742
Humanities: (901) 415-2726
Administrative Offices: (901) 415-2749
Interlibrary Loan: (901) 415-2705
JobLINC: (901) 415-2787
LINC/2-1-1: (901) 415-2790 or 2-1-1
Second Editions Bookstore: (901) 415-2836
WYPL TV 18: (901) 415-2752
WYPL Radio FM 89.3: (901) 415-2752

CLOUD901 Teen Learning Lab
Copy Machine
Discover-Read Early Literacy Center
Goodwyn Gallery
Meeting Room
Memphis Room (Archives)
Nonprofit Resource Center
Personal Finance Center
Printing
Public Computers
Second Editions Book Store
Wifi
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About Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library

The Cossitt Library was the "Central" library until the "Main" library opened on Peabody in 1955. This building was further expanded in 1971. The current building opened in 2001. In 2005, the Central Library was renamed the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, in honor of the noted civil rights leader, lawyer, judge, and Baptist minister.

The building has 330,000 square feet and holds about 625,000 books and other items.