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Webster Groves Public Library

301 East Lockwood Avenue
Webster Groves, Mo. 63119-3102
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main desk
children's desk
reference desk

: 314.961.3784
: 314.961.7262
: 314.961.7277

M - Th
F - Sa
Su

: 9a - 9p
: 9a - 4:30p
: 2p - 5p

Welcome to the Webster Groves Public Library

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Note : The Library will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 27 - 28, 2008, for Thanksgiving.

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Who Can Use Webster Groves Public Library for Free?
Anybody who lives in St. Louis City or County.

If you live in a city with its own Municipal Library Consortium library, you get your card at that library and it can be used here. (These cities are Brentwood, Ferguson, Kirkwood, Maplewood, Richmond Heights, Rock Hill, University City and Valley Park.)

If you live anywhere else in St. Louis County, or in the City of St. Louis, you can get a Webster Groves Public Library card for free.

For more information, call 314.961.3784

WGHS Yearbook Collection

As mentioned in our October 2007 newsletter, the Library is attempting to expand its collection of Webster Groves High School Echo yearbooks. Currently, we have 41 issues covering a span of 80 years. Following is a list of years we are still missing. If you have any edition of the Echo you would be willing to donate, particularly from the years listed below, it would be greatly appreciated.

  • before 1920s : all years
  • 1920s : '20, '21, '22, '24, '25
  • 1930s : '32
  • 1940s : '43, '47, '48
  • 1950s : '51, '52, '54, '55
  • 1960s : '63, '65, '66, '67, '68
  • 1980s : '85, '86, '89
  • 1990s : '91, '92, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99
  • 2000s : '00, '01, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07

Strategic Plan Completed

The Library has completed its long-range strategic plan for the next five years. Click here to read the full text of the plan. Any questions may be directed to library director Tom Cooper.

Introducing Webster Groves Online

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Webster Groves Online is a new online project of the Webster Groves Public Library, designed to give you the fastest access to Web sites in Webster Groves. WGOnline attempts to catalogue every Webster Groves business, school, church, organization, and other institution which maintains a Web presence. Click the logo to the right to check it out, and please give us your feedback with comments, questions, or additions.

Mission Statement

The mission of Webster Groves Public Library is to anticipate and meet the information, education, and recreation needs of our patrons, and to build and maintain an institution strong enough to be the preferred provider of these services for years to come.