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  2. Chicago Public Library - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Blackstone Library - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the donation of the Blackstone Library, the Chicago Public Library System had been renting reading room spaces around the city and had been seeking stand alone branches. [1] On January 8, 1904, Isabella Blackstone handed the keys and deed to the Timothy B. Blackstone Library to the city's Library Board members.

  4. Harold Washington Library - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Public libraries in North America - Wikipedia

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    Library History 23 (2): 85–96. Martin, Lowell A. Enrichment: A History of the Public Library in the United States in the Twentieth Century (2003) Martin, Lowell Arthur, et al. Library response to urban change: a study of the Chicago Public Library (Chicago: American Library Association, 1969) McMullen, Haynes.

  6. These Are the 26 World's Most Beautiful Libraries - AOL

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    The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library. Two marble lions stand guard at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, watching visitors as they come and go from the research ...

  7. Encyclopedia of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The Encyclopedia of Chicago is a historical reference work covering Chicago and the entire Chicago metropolitan area published by the University of Chicago Press. Released in October 2004, the work is the result of a ten-year collaboration between the Newberry Library and the Chicago Historical Society .

  8. History of libraries - Wikipedia

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    The history of libraries began with the first efforts to organize collections of documents.Topics of interest include accessibility of the collection, acquisition of materials, arrangement and finding tools, the book trade, the influence of the physical properties of the different writing materials, language distribution, role in education, rates of literacy, budgets, staffing, libraries for ...

  9. Category:Libraries in Chicago - Wikipedia

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