Its location in downtown Jackson's Bloomfield Building had become cramped, and Andrew Carnegie had recently expanded the pace of his program of library construction.

[1] The Jackson Carnegie Library opened in 1906, and continues in operation today.

[3] A countywide vote in 1977 provided a dedicated source of property tax revenue for the city and county libraries, both of which faced issues with financials and duplication of services.

[1] The library installed its first digital catalog in 1993, in cooperation with Jackson Community College.

[4] The JDL system includes 13 locations, many of which are adaptive reuses of existing and historic buildings.