Sentence examples for the first library from inspiring English sources

The first library in the state, the Washington State Library in Olympia, was initially funded under a provision of the Territorial Act of 1853.

I still remember the first library ticket I ever had.

"Sadly the first library I went to in Coventry is under threat.

But she had no interest in a traditional building: "This is the first library of the twenty-first century".

Meanwhile, further east, in Ohio, the Cleveland Public Library has become the first library in the country to offer electronic books for checkout.

The space is the first library of its kind in the Arab world, displaying rare books in a glass-walled space in the middle of a green park.

The father of all public libraries is none other than Julius Caesar, who devised the plan for the first library with public reading rooms.

Last month, Santa Cruz became one of the first library systems in the country to post warning signs about the Patriot Act at all of its checkout counters.

Wander a few more blocks, and you'll find reminders that Franklin organized the city's first volunteer fire department, the first hospital and the first library.

There is also deep affection for the quaint building, which was the first library in Brooklyn financed by Andrew Carnegie, who eventually built 1,689 across the United States.

"The Thief of Bagdad" is the first library release from the Cohen Media Group, a new distribution company that has acquired the extraordinary collection of 611 films assembled in the '50s and '60s by the film collector Raymond Rohauer.