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| x Cobb County Public Library System | 266 Roswell Street | Marietta |
The Cobb County Public Library System (CCPLS) is the system of 17 libraries in Cobb County, Georgia, USA — excluding Smyrna, which runs its own Smyrna Public Library. CobbCat is the online computer database of all CCPLS holdings, replacing the card...
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| x Twin Lakes Library System | 151 South Jefferson Street | Milledgeville |
The Twin Lakes Library System ("TLLS") provides the citizens of Milledgeville, Georgia with access to over 70,000 items, including books, movies, music, and periodicals. TLLS handles over 12,000 reference requests per year, and provides hundreds of...
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| x Hawaii State Public Library System | 44 Merchant Street | Honolulu |
The Hawaiʻi State Public Library System (HSPLS) is the only statewide public library system in the United States. The flagship Hawaiʻi State Library, built in 1911 and designed by architect Henry D. Whitfield, was funded in part by industrialist and...
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| x Iowa City Public Library | 123 S. Linn Street | Iowa City |
Established in 1896, the Iowa City Public Library has served the people of Iowa City, Iowa, for over a century. Currently located in a new facility at the intersection of College and Linn Streets on the downtown pedestrian mall, ICPL serves a...
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| x Davenport Public Library |
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321 Main St. | Davenport |
The Davenport Public Library is a public library located in Davenport, Iowa. With a history dating back to 1839, the library is currently housed in a 1960s building designed by Kennedy Center architect Edward Durell Stone. As of 2006, it hosted a...
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| x Allen County Public Library |
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200 E. Berry Street | Fort Wayne |
The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) has been part of the social and cultural fabric of Fort Wayne, Indiana and surrounding communities in Allen County since 1895. Then known as the Fort Wayne Public Library, it served residents with 3,606 volumes...
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| x West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library |
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200 N. High St | West Lebanon |
The West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library in West Lebanon, Indiana, United States, is a Carnegie library serving southwestern Warren County. Its original 3,060-square-foot (284 m) brick-and-limestone building was constructed in 1916 using a $7...
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| x Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library |
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1515 Sw 10Th Ave | Topeka |
The Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library is a public library located in Topeka, Kansas. It serves all of Shawnee County, Kansas with the exception of the Rossville, Kansas and Silver Lake, Kansas townships. The Topeka & Shawnee County Public...
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| x Dodge City Public Library |
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1001 N. Second Ave. | Dodge City |
On February 11, 2007, the Dodge City Public Library (DCPL), celebrated its 100th anniversary. This celebration was called "A 100-Year Love Affair", and was completed by a release of 100 biodegradable balloons, symbolic of the 100th anniversary. The...
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| x Lexington Public Library |
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140 East Main Street | Lexington |
The main location of the Lexington Public Library system is Central Library along East Main Street connected to Park Plaza Apartments in Lexington, Kentucky. Its facade includes rose-colored granite, with large spacious windows facing the street and...
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| x Louisville Free Public Library |
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301 York Street | Louisville |
The Louisville Free Public Library (LFPL) is the largest public library system in Kentucky. Officially opened in 1908, the library's main site resides south of Broadway in downtown Louisville. Additional branches were added over time, including the...
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| x New Orleans Public Library |
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219 Loyola Avenue | New Orleans |
The New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) is the public library service of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
The system began in 1896 as the Fisk Free and Public Library in a building on Lafayette Square. Abijah Fisk was a merchant who,...
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| x Boston Public Library |
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700 Boylston Street | Boston |
The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was the first publicly supported municipal library in the United States, the first large library open to the public in the United States, and...
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| x Simon Fairfield Public Library |
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290 Main Street | Douglas |
Simon Fairfield Public Library is a public library in Douglas, Massachusetts.
James M Fairfield was one of seven sons born to Simon and Phoebe Churchill Fairfield in Douglas Massachusetts. He spend his boyhood in South Douglas on his family farm...
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| x Millicent Library | 45 Center St. | Fairhaven |
Millicent Library in Fairhaven, Massachusetts was donated to the town by the family of Millicent Gifford Rogers, the youngest daughter of Abbie Gifford and wealthy industrialist Henry Huttleston Rogers. Young MIllicent had died of heart failure in...
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| x Thomas Crane Public Library |
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40 Washington Street | Quincy |
The Thomas Crane Public Library is a city library in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is noted for its architecture. It was funded by the Crane family as a memorial to Thomas Crane, a wealthy stone contractor who got his start in the Quincy quarries. The...
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| x Uxbridge Free Public Library |
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15 North Main St. | Uxbridge |
The Uxbridge Free Public Library is a public library in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
The first library in the town of Uxbridge was the Uxbridge Social and Instructive Library (1775-1812), managed by George Southwick at his store in the Quaker City...
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| x Enoch Pratt Free Library |
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400 Cathedral Street | Baltimore |
The Enoch Pratt Free Library, located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, is one of the oldest free public libraries in the United States. Established in 1882 (first opened to the public in 1886) after a grant from philanthropist Enoch Pratt, the library...
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| x Harford County Public Library |
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1221-A Brass Mill Road | Riverside |
Harford County Public Library is a public library serving Harford County, Maryland. It has 11 branches (plus one in design phase) and an administration and support services building. The library has an annual circulation of over 4,000,000 materials...
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| x Portland Public Library |
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5 Monument Square | Portland |
The Portland Public Library is the name of the public library system for Portland, Maine. It is also the name of the city's main library which is located at 5 Monument Square on Congress Street in the Old Port neighborhood of Portland, Maine. The...
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| x Bay County Library System | 307 Lafayette Avenue | Bay City |
The Bay County Library System, in Bay County Michigan, was established on January 1, 1974 after the county electorate approved a 0.7 million dollar tax levy for five years. The Library System brought together three libraries (The Bay City Public...
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| x Detroit Public Library |
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5201 Woodward Avenue | Detroit |
The Detroit Public Library (DPL) is the largest library system in Michigan. It is composed of a Main Library on Woodward Avenue, which houses DPL administration offices, and twenty-three branch locations across the city. The Main Library is part of...
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| x Grace A. Dow Memorial Library |
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1710 West Saint Andrews | Midland |
The Grace A. Dow Memorial Library is a public library located at 1710 W St Andrews in Midland, Michigan, U.S.A. The library serves Midland County, and is named after the wife of Herbert Henry Dow (founder of the Dow Chemical Company), Grace A. Dow....
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| x Kalamazoo Public Library |
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315 South Rose Street | Kalamazoo |
The Kalamazoo Public Library is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. It is an independent district library serving about 120,000 people, has a salaried staff of 90 and a budget of about $10 million. The library consists of the central...
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| x Portage Lake District Library | 105 Huron Street | Houghton |
Portage Lake District Library is located in Houghton, Michigan, United States and serves Houghton and Chassell and Portage Townships. It was built in 1909, at the site originally occupied by the Armory Building for Company G of the Houghton Light...
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| x Roseville Public Library | 29777 Gratiot Avenue | Roseville |
The Roseville Public Library is a mid-sized suburban library located in the city of Roseville in Macomb County, Michigan, approximately 4.5 miles from Detroit. This class IV library serves the residents of Roseville (estimated population of 47,925...
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| x Clinton-Macomb Public Library | 40900 Romeo Plank Road | Clinton Township |
The Clinton-Macomb Public Library (CMPL) is a district library headquartered in Clinton Charter Township, Michigan, United States.
Formed in 1992, Clinton-Macomb Public Library has three facilities - the Main Library in Clinton Township, North...
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| x Capital Area District Library | 401 South Capitol Avenue | Lansing |
The Capital Area District Library (CADL) is a system of libraries in Ingham County, Michigan, United States. It was formed in 1998 by an agreement between Ingham County and the City of Lansing. It consists of thirteen libraries and a bookmobile....
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| x Minneapolis Public Library |
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250 S. Marquette | Minneapolis |
The Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center (MPL) was a library system serving the residents of Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. It was founded as the publicly traded Minneapolis Athenæum in 1860 and became a free public...
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| x Saint Louis Public Library |
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1301 Olive Street | St. Louis |
The St. Louis Public Library, located at 1301 Olive Street, serves residents and visitors to the City of St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis Public Library is unrelated to St. Louis County Library, except that they have borrowing agreements. St. Louis...
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| x Newark Public Library |
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5 Washington Street | Newark |
The Newark Public Library is the public library system for the city of Newark, New Jersey.
The Main Library is in the midst of a large-scale expansion and renovation project. The project has been split into three phases, the first of which has...
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| x Princeton Public Library | 65 Witherspoon Street | Princeton |
The Princeton Public Library, a joint library chartered to serve Princeton Borough and Princeton Township, New Jersey
It first opened to the public in 1909. Since that time the library has had four locations: the historic Bainbridge House on Nassau...
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| x Summit Free Public Library |
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75 Maple Street | Summit |
The Summit Free Public Library is a public library located in the United States in Summit, New Jersey at 75 Maple Street. Besides books, DVDs, CDs, music, and educational CD-ROMs from The Teaching Company, it offers a wide range of services...
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| x Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System |
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501 Copper Ave. Nw | Albuquerque |
The Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System is the public library system serving greater Albuquerque, New Mexico. It includes sixteen branch libraries as well as the downtown Main Library.
The Albuquerque Public Library opened on May 1, 1901,...
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| x Las Vegas-Clark County Library District | 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North | Las Vegas |
Las Vegas-Clark County Library District (LVCCLD) is a library district headquartered in the Las Vegas Library at 833 Las Vegas Boulevard, North in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
The system that services Clark County, including Las Vegas; the...
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| x Elting Memorial Library |
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93 Main Street | New Paltz |
The Elting Memorial Library is the public library that serves the residents of the village and town of New Paltz, New York. It is located at 93 Main Street (also NY 32 and 299) in the village's downtown section. It houses a collection of "house...
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| x Logan County District Library |
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220 N Main St | Bellefontaine |
The Logan County District Library is a public library system that serves communities throughout Logan County, Ohio, United States.
The system's central library, which is also its oldest and largest branch, is the Knowlton Library, located along Main...
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| x Cleveland Public Library |
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325 Superior Ave. | Cleveland |
The Cleveland Public Library was founded in 1869 and is located in Cleveland, Ohio. It operates the Main Library on Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland, 28 branches throughout the city, a mobile library, a Public Administration Library in City...
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| x Cuyahoga County Public Library | 2111 Snow Rd. |
Cuyahoga County Public Library has 28 branches that serve 47 communities in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was ranked the number one public library in the United States among libraries serving populations of more than 500,000 by the Hennen's American...
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| x Columbus Metropolitan Library |
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96 S. Grant Avenue | Columbus |
The Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML), located in the capital city of Ohio, opened its doors in 1873 in the New City Hall in downtown Columbus.. Today CML is one of the most used libraries in the country. CML was ranked #1 in the United States for...
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| x Kent Free Library |
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312 W. Main St. | Kent |
The Kent Free Library is a public library located in Kent, Ohio, United States. Opening in 1892, it was originally the result of the first use of an 1892 Ohio law which allowed municipalities under 5,000 to tax residents for library support. In 1903...
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| x Louisville Public Library | 700 Lincoln Ave. | Louisville |
The Louisville Public Library, or LPL, is located in Louisville, Ohio, United States. The library serves the residents of Nimishillen Township and the city of Louisville.
The Louisville Public Library was first opened in April of 1935. At the time,...
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| x Portsmouth Public Library |
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1220 Gallia St. | Portsmouth |
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The Portsmouth Public Library is a public library located near downtown Portsmouth, Ohio, United States. It has served the city since 1879. The library has five branch locations in Scioto County: Lucasville, New Boston, McDermott, South Webster,...
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| x Clark County Public Library | 201 S. Fountain Ave. | Springfield |
Clark County Public Library is the public library of Clark County, Ohio, United States. It is based in Springfield, Ohio and has a collection of approximately 500,000 items.
The Clark County Public Library traces its beginnings to the Springfield...
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| x Twinsburg Public Library |
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10050 Ravenna Rd. | Twinsburg |
The Twinsburg Public Library is located in Twinsburg, a community located northeast Summit County, Ohio, roughly halfway between Akron and Cleveland. It began as the Samuel Bissell Memorial Library in 1910 but its name was changed in 1931 to comply...
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| x Westerville Public Library | 126 S. State St. | Westerville |
The Westerville Public Library serves the community of Westerville, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. The library is located at 126 South State Street, but Westerville is part of both Franklin County and Delaware County.
In late 2004, the...
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| x Muskingum County Library System | 220 N. Fifth St. | Zanesville |
The Muskingum County Library System serves the communities of Muskingum County, Ohio from its administrative offices in Zanesville, Ohio including Dresden, Duncan Falls, New Concord, and Roseville. Muskingum county is located east of Columbus, Ohio,...
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| x Garden Home Community Library | 7475 Sw Oleson Rd | Portland |
The Garden Home Community Library (GHCL) is a public library located in the unincorporated Washington County area of Garden Home-Whitford, Oregon, United States. A current Washington County library card is all that is needed to check out materials...
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| x Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh |
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4400 Forbes Avenue | Pittsburgh |
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is the public library system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its Main Branch is located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and it has 19 branch locations throughout the city. Like hundreds of other Carnegie...
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| x Dauphin County Library System | 101 Walnut St. | Harrisburg |
DCLS is an acronym for the Dauphin County Library System. DCLS provides library service to the residents of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania through a main library in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and seven branch libraries. DCLS is a private, non-profit...
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| x Free Library of Philadelphia |
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1901 Vine St | Philadelphia |
The Free Library of Philadelphia is the public library system serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 1890, George S. Pepper, (the uncle of the provost of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. William Pepper), at the suggestion of Dr. Pepper, had...
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| x Dallas Public Library |
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1515 Young St | Dallas |
The Dallas Public Library system serves as the municipal library system of the city of Dallas, Texas (USA).
In 1899, the idea to create a free public library in Dallas was conceived by the Dallas Federation of Women's Clubs, led by president Mrs....
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| x Brazoria County Library System | 451 N Velasco Ste 250 | Angleton |
The Brazoria County Library System operates public libraries in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.
The system has several libraries in many cities.
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| x Rosenberg Library |
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2310 Sealy Ave | Galveston |
Rosenberg Library, a public library located at 2310 Sealy Street in Galveston, Texas, United States, is the oldest continuously operating library in Texas. It serves as headquarters of the Galveston County Library System and its librarian also...
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| x Houston Public Library |
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500 Mckinney St | Houston |
Houston Public Library is the public library system serving Houston, Texas, United States.
It can trace its founding to the Houston Lyceum in 1854. After a large contribution from Andrew Carnegie it was chartered as the Houston Lyceum and Carnegie...
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| x Harris County Public Library |
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8080 El Rio St | Houston |
Harris County Public Library is a public library system serving Harris County, Texas, United States. The county library system is headquartered at 8080 El Rio in Houston.
Since its inception in 1921, Harris County Public Library (HCPL) has grown...
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| x San Antonio Public Library |
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600 Soledad St | San Antonio |
The San Antonio Public Library is a collection of a Central Library and 24 branch libraries (as of the fall of 2008) that serve the City of San Antonio, Texas, USA.
The Central Library is a 240,000-square-foot (22,000 m), six-story structure that...
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| x Montgomery County Memorial Library System | 104 I 45 N | Conroe |
Montgomery County Memorial Library System is a public library system in Montgomery County, Texas, United States.
The system operates libraries in several Montgomery County cities and areas.
Montgomery County Texas had a divisive string of book...
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Salt Lake City Public Library | 210 East 400 South | Salt Lake City |
The Salt Lake City Public Library system's main branch building is an architecturally unique structure in Salt Lake City, Utah. Located at 210 East 400 South across from the Salt Lake City and County Building and Washington Square, and the grounds...
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| x Fairfax County Public Library |
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12000 Govt. Ctr. Pkwy. Ste. 324 | Fairfax |
The Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) is a public library system headquartered in Suite 324 in the Fairfax County Government Center at 12000 Government Center Parkway in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The system, serving...
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