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The library system was granted three area libraries: Fairfield, Lakeside, and Tuckahoe. Two branch libraries were also set up Varina and Sandston. In 1966, the Henrico County Free Library System was established. The name was changed to Henrico County Public Library in 1967. By 1998, all buildings had public library access.
The Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) is a public library system in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It includes eight regional libraries, 14 community libraries and the Access Services Library Branch, which removes barriers to library services for people with disabilities.
Chesterfield County Public Libraries (CCPL) is a public library system in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The system contains 10 branches across the county, with the main branch being located at the Chesterfield County Government Complex .
Reference area in Beatley Central Library. Today the library consists of a new central building (built in 2000 and named for mayor Charles E. Beatley) and four branch libraries, and includes two special divisions: Local History /Special Collections (in what became the Kate Waller Barret Branch Library) and a Talking Books division for the blind and visually handicapped.
PLA was formed in 1944 as the Division of Public Libraries of the American Library Association. The formation of the Division of Public Libraries of the American Library Association was approved by the ALA Council in 1944 following petitions signed by nearly 1,200 members. The first PLA president was Amy Winslow of Cuyahoga County Library. [10]
State Library Associations “support the establishment of public libraries, and stand out as catalysts for a great deal of the motivation for public library cooperation". State library agencies began to be founded in the 1890s and have since worked to encourage public library development, and "have come to play an increasingly larger role in ...
The first public municipal library opened in 1921. The Colored Branch at Jefferson School, the library's first branch library was open in 1934. A few years later, the libraries were integrated in 1948. The library system formed in 1972 after the Virginia General Assembly started the regional public library systems.
According to the FY 2014 Institute of Museum and Library Services Data Catalog, the Library System has a service area population of 40,662 with one central library and one branch library. [ 2 ] Branches