Chicago Public Library
public library system in Illinois
The Chicago Public Library (CPL) is the public library system that serves the City of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois. It has over 80 libraries in the city.[1] The system was made in 1873.
Established | 1873 |
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Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Branches | 79 |
Collection | |
Size | 5,721,334 volumes (July 2010, ALA data) |
Access and use | |
Circulation | 10 million |
Population served | 2.8 million |
Other information | |
Budget | $106,000,000 |
Director | Brian A. Bannon |
Website | chipublib.org |
References
change- ↑ "Annual Report for 2010 Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine," Chicago Public Library.
Other websites
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