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In 1857, the City Library Association was formed in Springfield in response to the 1851 Massachusetts Public Library Law, which authorized cities and towns to establish and maintain public libraries, as well as an 1855 petition by residents requesting funding for a library. Prior to this, the Springfield Library Company ran a private library ...
The Indian Orchard Branch Library is a historic branch library at 44 Oak Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Classic Revival building was constructed in 1909 to a design by John W. Donohue, and was the first permanent branch library building in the Springfield public library system; it was funded in part by a grant from Andrew Carnegie. [2]
In 2007, the library created an online repository of state documents and in 2009, the library received funding to enhance its digital library. In 2012, the library completed converting their old card catalog to their online public access catalog and books were reclassified from Dewey Decimal to Library of Congress call numbers.
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History of Springfield, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 42.112411°N 72.547455°W. The Old Fort, which saved many in the Siege of Springfield during King Philip's War; the Springfield Armory prior to the construction of its modern arsenal buildings after 1845; the Old First Church and Court Square, as it appeared in 1827.
Gwendolyn Harrison started working at Lincoln Library in Springfield as a 16-year-old page. It is where she got her first professional job after earning her master's degree in library science ...
C/W MARS (Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing) List of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Massachusetts Library System. Merrimack Valley Library Consortium (MVLC) Metro Boston Library Network (MBLN) Minuteman Library Network (MLN) North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)