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The building opened on December 9, 1975 and, in addition to providing everyday library services, is home to the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History & Literature, [3] [4] which was started by Ms. Harsh when she was director of the George Cleveland Hall branch of Chicago Public Library. The building was expanded in 1988 ...
1972–2011 – The library, since inception, was a member of the Metropolitan Library System (formerly the Suburban Library System [4]), a group of libraries made up of public, academic, special, high school and grade school libraries in the near south and west Chicago-area suburbs.
The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 South State Street in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a full-service library and is ADA compliant. As with all libraries in the Chicago Public Library system, it has free Wi-Fi ...
The Chicago Public Library (CPL) is the public library system that serves the City of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois.It consists of 81 locations, including a central library, three regional libraries, and branches distributed throughout the city's 77 Community Areas. [5]
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The $5.5 million, 65,000 square feet (6,000 m 2) building replaced the Frederick H. Hild Regional Library, [7] [8] named for the second librarian of the Chicago Public Library, who secured its first permanent home (now the Chicago Cultural Center). [9]
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To comply with Crerar's wishes without duplicating existing area libraries, the directors decided to limit the collections to the sciences, including the history of science. [5] In 1906, the directors expanded the library's mission to include medicine. Since 1951, the collection has focused on current science, technology, and medicine.