Homer Public Library, Public library in Homer, Alaska.

Homer Public Library is a public library in Homer, Alaska, offering a collection of books, digital resources, and magazines for patrons. The building provides computer stations, study spaces, and an online catalog for browsing and borrowing materials.

Interest began in the 1940s, when the Homer Women's Club set up a library in an old school building; Anthony Dimond, Alaska Territory's delegate in the House of Representatives, offered books if a building were erected. By 1950 a 600-square-foot green cabin with a storm porch was built for $1,500, and the territory gave $50 a year. In 1978 the library became a City of Homer department, and the next year it moved into a 3,500-square-foot building on Pioneer Avenue.

Since 1987 the library has run the "Top Drawer Collection": manuscripts submitted by community members are published and displayed for checkout, in books of 50 to 500 pages presented each year during National Library Week. An advisory board and the Friends of the Homer Library support the staff of six full-time and three part-time employees.

The library stands at 500 Hazel Avenue, serving the Southern Kenai Peninsula from Ninilchik to the south side of Kachemak Bay. The 2006 building covers 17,000 square feet and was funded mainly by government grants, a 30-year USDA Rural Development loan and foundation grants. It is a department of the City of Homer with six full-time and three part-time staff.

The 2006 building was the first public building in Alaska to earn LEED Silver certification. Its countertops reuse an old gym floor from Kenai High School, a detail tied to the certification's rule on reusing local materials.