Back مكتبة بوسطن العامة Arabic Biblioteca Pública de Boston AST Бостон асыҡ китапханаһы Bashkir Бостанская публічная бібліятэка Byelorussian Boston Public Library German Δημόσια βιβλιοθήκη της Βοστώνης Greek Bostona Publika Biblioteko Esperanto Biblioteca Pública de Boston Spanish کتابخانه عمومی بوستون Persian Bostonin kaupunginkirjasto Finnish
| Boston Public Library | |
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.png){kind=logo} Motto: Omnium Lux Civium (Latin) "The Light of All People" | |
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| 42°20′57.55″N 71°4′41.78″W / 42.3493194°N 71.0782722°W | |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1848 |
| Branches | 24 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 24,079,520 |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 3.69 million (FY 2013) |
| Population served | 6,547,629 |
| Other information | |
| Budget | $31.2 million, plus $8.2 million from trust fund (2013)[1] |
| Director | David Leonard, President[2] Robert E. Gallery, Chairman of the Board[3] |
| Affiliation | Boston Library Consortium |
| Website | bpl.org |
The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1848.[4] The Boston Public Library is also Massachusetts' Library for the Commonwealth[5] (formerly library of last recourse),[6] meaning all adult residents of the state are entitled to borrowing and research privileges, and the library receives state funding. The Boston Public Library contains approximately 24 million items,[7] making it the third-largest public library in the United States behind the federal Library of Congress and New York Public Library, which is also privately endowed. The Central Library's McKim building in Copley Square was designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 2000.[8]
- ^ "Summary Budget" (PDF). City of Boston. 2012. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
- ^ "BPL – Management Staff". Bpl.org. Archived from the original on 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
- ^ "BPL – Trustees". Bpl.org. Archived from the original on 2018-05-20. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
- ^ Wayne A. Wiegand; Donald G. Davis (1994). Encyclopedia of Library History. Taylor & Francis. pp. 85–. ISBN 978-0-8240-5787-9.
- ^ "Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners Legislative Agenda". Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ Declared in 1970 by law. Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 78, Section 19C, paragraph 4
- ^ "BPL By the Numbers: FY2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
- ^ "Boston Public Library Boston Landmarks Commission Study Report as is commonly known as the "BBL" with 69 foot tall ceilings in e Bates Study Hall" (PDF). December 12, 2000. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-07-08.