CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Chicago Public Library - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"f42e6e8e-ad8d-4409-bb9c-74f2604515a6","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Chicago_Public_Library","wgTitle":"Chicago Public Library","wgCurRevisionId":1260084247,"wgRevisionId":1260084247,"wgArticleId":710757,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Webarchive template wayback links","Pages with missing ISBNs","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata","Commons category link is on Wikidata","Pages using the Kartographer extension","Chicago Public Library","Public libraries in Illinois","1873 establishments in Illinois"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext", "wgRelevantPageName":"Chicago_Public_Library","wgRelevantArticleId":710757,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":20000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q1060421","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model", "platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","ext.kartographer.style":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","ext.kartographer.staticframe","mediawiki.page.media","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp", "ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.kartographer.style%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.5"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Chicago_Public_Library_Logo.PNG"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1171"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Chicago_Public_Library_Logo.PNG"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="781"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="625"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Chicago Public Library - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Public_Library"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Public_Library"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Chicago_Public_Library rootpage-Chicago_Public_Library skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Chicago+Public+Library" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Chicago+Public+Library" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Chicago+Public+Library" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Chicago+Public+Library" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Current_services" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_services"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Current services</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_services-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Branches" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Branches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Branches</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Branches-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Branches subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Branches-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Central_library" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Central_library"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Central library</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Central_library-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regional_libraries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_libraries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Regional libraries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regional_libraries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-North" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#North"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>North</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-North-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.2</span> <span>South</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Central" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Central"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.3</span> <span>Central</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Central-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Branches_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Branches_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Branches</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Branches_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-North_District" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#North_District"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1</span> <span>North District</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-North_District-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Central_District" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Central_District"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.2</span> <span>Central District</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Central_District-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South_District" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_District"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.3</span> <span>South District</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South_District-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Chicago Public Library</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 6 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-6" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">6 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_P%C3%BAblica_de_Chicago" title="Biblioteca Pública de Chicago – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Biblioteca Pública de Chicago" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88" title="کتابخانه عمومی شیکاگو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کتابخانه عمومی شیکاگو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Public_Library" title="Chicago Public Library – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Chicago Public Library" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%9C%EC%B9%B4%EA%B3%A0_%EA%B3%B5%EB%A6%BD%EB%8F%84%EC%84%9C%EA%B4%80" title="시카고 공립도서관 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="시카고 공립도서관" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_P%C3%BAblica_de_Chicago" title="Biblioteca Pública de Chicago – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Biblioteca Pública de Chicago" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Public_Library" title="Chicago Public Library – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Chicago Public Library" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q1060421#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Public_Library" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Chicago_Public_Library" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Public_Library"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Public_Library"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Chicago_Public_Library" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Chicago_Public_Library" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&oldid=1260084247" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Chicago_Public_Library&id=1260084247&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FChicago_Public_Library"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FChicago_Public_Library"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Chicago_Public_Library&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chicago_Public_Library" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q1060421" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Public library system in Chicago, United States</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ededed;">Chicago Public Library</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Chicago_Public_Library_Logo.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Chicago_Public_Library_Logo.PNG/140px-Chicago_Public_Library_Logo.PNG" decoding="async" width="140" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Chicago_Public_Library_Logo.PNG/210px-Chicago_Public_Library_Logo.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Chicago_Public_Library_Logo.PNG/280px-Chicago_Public_Library_Logo.PNG 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="325" /></a></span><br />The library seal contains the Y-shaped <a href="/wiki/Chicago_municipal_device" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago municipal device">Chicago municipal device</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chicago_Library_Downtown.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Chicago_Library_Downtown.png/250px-Chicago_Library_Downtown.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Chicago_Library_Downtown.png/375px-Chicago_Library_Downtown.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Chicago_Library_Downtown.png/500px-Chicago_Library_Downtown.png 2x" data-file-width="888" data-file-height="732" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Washington_Library" title="Harold Washington Library">Harold Washington Library</a> – Chicago's Central Public Library</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="14" data-overlays="["_f5b4078e1f189844a6bfdb48393390e54806d6aa"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Chicago_Public_Library&groups=_f5b4078e1f189844a6bfdb48393390e54806d6aa" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Chicago_Public_Library&groups=_f5b4078e1f189844a6bfdb48393390e54806d6aa 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">Chicago, Illinois, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1873<span class="noprint">; 151 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1873</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branches</th><td class="infobox-data">81</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Collection</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">5,721,334 <a href="/wiki/Volume_(bibliography)" title="Volume (bibliography)">volumes</a> (July 2010, ALA data)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Access and use</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Circulation</th><td class="infobox-data">10 million</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population served</th><td class="infobox-data">2.8 million</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Other information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$106 million</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Director</th><td class="infobox-data">Chris Brown<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">958<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chipublib.org/">chipublib.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Chicago Public Library</b> (<b>CPL</b>) is the <a href="/wiki/Public_library" title="Public library">public library</a> system that serves the <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">City of Chicago</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>. It consists of 81 locations, including a central library, three regional libraries, and branches distributed throughout the city's <a href="/wiki/Community_areas_of_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Community areas of Chicago">77 Community Areas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CPL was founded in 1872, in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire" title="Great Chicago Fire">Great Chicago Fire</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/American_Library_Association" title="American Library Association">American Library Association</a> reports that the library holds 5,721,334 <a href="/wiki/Volume_(bibliography)" title="Volume (bibliography)">volumes</a>, making it the ninth largest public library in the United States by volumes held, and the 30th largest academic or public library in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> by volumes held. The Chicago Public Library is the second largest library system in Chicago by volumes held (the largest is the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Library" title="University of Chicago Library">University of Chicago Library</a>). The library is the second largest public library system in the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwest</a>, after the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Public_Library" title="Detroit Public Library">Detroit Public Library</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike many public libraries, CPL uses the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classification" title="Library of Congress Classification">Library of Congress cataloging classification system</a> rather than Dewey Decimal. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Book_Room_in_the_Old_Water_Tank,_Chicago,_1873.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Book_Room_in_the_Old_Water_Tank%2C_Chicago%2C_1873.jpg/220px-Book_Room_in_the_Old_Water_Tank%2C_Chicago%2C_1873.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Book_Room_in_the_Old_Water_Tank%2C_Chicago%2C_1873.jpg/330px-Book_Room_in_the_Old_Water_Tank%2C_Chicago%2C_1873.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Book_Room_in_the_Old_Water_Tank%2C_Chicago%2C_1873.jpg/440px-Book_Room_in_the_Old_Water_Tank%2C_Chicago%2C_1873.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2103" data-file-height="2072" /></a><figcaption>The original library, inside the old water tower on the site that is now the <a href="/wiki/Rookery_Building" title="Rookery Building">Rookery Building</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Water_Tank,_exterior_view,_c1870.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Old_Water_Tank%2C_exterior_view%2C_c1870.jpg/220px-Old_Water_Tank%2C_exterior_view%2C_c1870.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Old_Water_Tank%2C_exterior_view%2C_c1870.jpg/330px-Old_Water_Tank%2C_exterior_view%2C_c1870.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Old_Water_Tank%2C_exterior_view%2C_c1870.jpg/440px-Old_Water_Tank%2C_exterior_view%2C_c1870.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4059" data-file-height="4100" /></a><figcaption>This former water tower was the site of the original public library, exterior view</figcaption></figure> <p>In the aftermath of the 1871 <a href="/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire" title="Great Chicago Fire">Great Chicago Fire</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">Londoner</a> A.H. Burgess, with the aid of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hughes" title="Thomas Hughes">Thomas Hughes</a>, drew up what would be called the "English Book Donation", which proposed that England should provide a free library to the burnt-out city. The Chicago Public Library was created directly from the ashes of the great Chicago Fire. Burgess wrote on December 7, 1871 in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_News_(UK)" title="The Daily News (UK)">The Daily News</a></i> that "I propose that England should present a Free Library to Chicago, to remain there as a mark of sympathy now, and a keepsake and a token of true brotherly kindness forever<span class="nowrap"> </span>..."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After circulating requests for donations throughout English society, the project donated 8,000 books. Private donors included <a href="/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria of the United Kingdom">Queen Victoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Benjamin Disraeli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lord_Tennyson" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred Lord Tennyson">Alfred Lord Tennyson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Browning" title="Robert Browning">Robert Browning</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill" title="John Stuart Mill">John Stuart Mill</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Ruskin" title="John Ruskin">John Ruskin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Arnold" title="Matthew Arnold">Matthew Arnold</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Chicago, town leaders petitioned <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Chicago" title="Mayor of Chicago">Mayor</a> <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Medill" title="Joseph Medill">Joseph Medill</a> to hold a meeting and establish the library. The meeting led to the <i>Illinois Library Act of 1872</i>, which allowed <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> cities to establish tax-supported libraries. In April 1872, the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance establishing the Chicago Public Library. In the rebuilding section of the city, on January 1, 1873, the Chicago Public Library officially opened its doors in an abandoned iron water tank at LaSalle and Adams Streets. The collection included 3,157 volumes. The water tank was 58 feet (18 m) in diameter, 21 feet (6.4 m) high and with a 30-foot (9.1 m) foundation. A two-story office building was soon built around it to hold city offices, and a third floor reading room was built for the library. </p><p>On October 24, 1873, <a href="/wiki/William_Frederick_Poole" title="William Frederick Poole">William Frederick Poole</a> was elected the first head librarian by the library's board of directors. Poole was mainly concerned during his tenure on building the circulation. In 1874, circulation services began with 13,000 out of 17,533 available for lending. The library moved from place to place during its first 24 years. Eleven years it spent on the fourth floor of city hall. In 1887, Poole resigned to organize the private, research <a href="/wiki/Newberry_Library" title="Newberry Library">Newberry Library</a> of Chicago. </p><p>On October 15, 1887, Frederick H. Hild was elected the second Librarian of the Chicago Public Library and securing a permanent home was his primary drive. Ten years later, the Central Library was opened. Designed by the Boston firm of <a href="/wiki/Shepley,_Rutan_and_Coolidge" title="Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge">Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge</a> in the same academic classical style as their building for the <a href="/wiki/Art_Institute_of_Chicago" title="Art Institute of Chicago">Art Institute of Chicago</a>, it is located on Michigan Avenue between Washington Street and Randolph Street on land donated by the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic" title="Grand Army of the Republic">Grand Army of the Republic</a>, a Civil War Veterans group led by <a href="/wiki/John_A._Logan" title="John A. Logan">John A. Logan</a>, a Civil War General and U.S. Senator from Illinois. In return for the land, the Library was to maintain a Civil War collection and exhibit in a G.A.R. room until the last northern Civil War veteran died. The library would remain on this site for the next 96 years. The building is now the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cultural_Center" title="Chicago Cultural Center">Chicago Cultural Center</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Henry_Eduard_Legler" title="Henry Eduard Legler">Henry Eduard Legler</a> assumed the leadership of the Chicago Public Library on October 11, 1909. Previously a Wisconsin Progressive, he was well known as an aggressive advocate of the expansion of library service. In 1916, Legler presented his "Library Plan for the Whole City", the first comprehensive branch library system in the nation. A landmark in library history, the plan called for an extensive network of neighborhood library locations throughout Chicago. The goal of the plan was to bring "library service within the walking distance of home for every person in Chicago who can read or wants to use books." Legler was succeeded by his assistant <a href="/wiki/Carl_B._Roden" title="Carl B. Roden">Carl B. Roden</a> in 1918. Roden served as Chief Librarian until 1950. The South Chicago Branch library history from 1937-1947 has been explored by Latham who focused on its service to an industrial community and adult education.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has also examined the role of the John Toman Branch library from 1927-1940. <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20061028_Blackstone_Library_Front.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/20061028_Blackstone_Library_Front.JPG/220px-20061028_Blackstone_Library_Front.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/20061028_Blackstone_Library_Front.JPG/330px-20061028_Blackstone_Library_Front.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/20061028_Blackstone_Library_Front.JPG/440px-20061028_Blackstone_Library_Front.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Blackstone_Library" title="Blackstone Library">Blackstone Library</a> built in 1904 is one of the oldest libraries in the city</figcaption></figure> <p>Roden was succeeded in 1951 by Chief Librarian Gertrude E. Gscheidle. During her tenure the Library expanded its service to Chicago's neighborhoods by modernizing its bookmobile services. In the 1960s several new neighborhood branch libraries were constructed or were established in leased storefronts or reading rooms. </p><p>The two-story, 62,000-square-foot (5,800 m<sup>2</sup>) modernist <a href="/wiki/Carter_G._Woodson_Regional_Library" title="Carter G. Woodson Regional Library">Carter G. Woodson Regional Library</a>, named after the "Father of Modern Black Historiography," opened its doors in December 1975, to serve as the South Side. A decade later, Chicago Public Library replaced its north side regional library when the post-modernist Conrad Sulzer Regional Library opened to the public in late 1985. The Woodson regional branch library features the <a href="/wiki/Vivian_G._Harsh" title="Vivian G. Harsh">Vivian G. Harsh</a> Research Collection, one of the largest repositories of African-American archival information in the Midwest. It holds the papers of many notable Chicagoans, such as <a href="/wiki/John_H._Sengstacke" title="John H. Sengstacke">John H. Sengstacke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_S._Abbott" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert S. Abbott">Robert S. Abbott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doris_E._Saunders" title="Doris E. Saunders">Doris E. Saunders</a>, Timuel Black, Rev. <a href="/wiki/Addie_L._Wyatt" title="Addie L. Wyatt">Addie L. Wyatt</a>, and numerous others. </p><p>The class politics of urban public librarianship through "outreach" efforts during the federal <a href="/wiki/War_on_Poverty" class="mw-redirect" title="War on Poverty">War on Poverty</a> uses the Chicago Public Library as a case study during the 1970s under director Alex Ladenson.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1974, the board of directors authorized an $11 million renovation of the Central Library. While the restoration of the original central library proved a great success, the collections remained warehoused outside the old library while the City debated the status of the future of the central library. One plan was to move the library to the former Rothchild/Goldblatts Department Store which stood empty on Chicago's State Street and had reverted to City ownership. </p><p>From 1982 to 1985, <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Sullivan_Randle_Rudd" class="mw-redirect" title="Amanda Sullivan Randle Rudd">Amanda Sullivan Randle Rudd</a> rose to become the first <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-American</a> to head of the Chicago Public Library system. Rudd had experienced <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">segregated libraries</a> during her childhood in South Carolina. Her stewardship in Chicago saw a particular focus on literacy services, and she strongly mentored younger colleagues, including a future Librarian of Congress, <a href="/wiki/Carla_Hayden" title="Carla Hayden">Carla Hayden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a></i> editorial board and Cindy Pritzker, then President of the Library Board, launched a grassroots campaign to build a new state-of-the-art central library. On July 29, 1987, Mayor <a href="/wiki/Harold_Washington" title="Harold Washington">Harold Washington</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_City_Council" title="Chicago City Council">Chicago City Council</a> authorized a design and construction competition for a new, one-and-a-half block $144 million library at 400 South State Street. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_services">Current services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Current services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1991, the <a href="/wiki/Harold_Washington_Library" title="Harold Washington Library">Harold Washington Library Center</a>, became Chicago's new central library. It is named for the late mayor <a href="/wiki/Harold_Washington" title="Harold Washington">Harold Washington</a>. It was the world's largest municipal public library at the time of its opening. It is accessible from the <a href="/wiki/Brown_Line_(Chicago_Transit_Authority)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brown Line (Chicago Transit Authority)">Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orange_Line_(Chicago_Transit_Authority)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orange Line (Chicago Transit Authority)">Orange</a>, <a href="/wiki/Purple_Line_(Chicago_Transit_Authority)" class="mw-redirect" title="Purple Line (Chicago Transit Authority)">Purple</a> and new <a href="/wiki/Pink_Line_(Chicago_Transit_Authority)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pink Line (Chicago Transit Authority)">Pink Line</a> trains at the "<a href="/wiki/Library-State/Van_Buren_(CTA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Library-State/Van Buren (CTA)">Library</a>" stop, from the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Line_(Chicago_Transit_Authority)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Line (Chicago Transit Authority)">Blue Line</a> at the "LaSalle" and "Jackson" stops, as well as from the <a href="/wiki/Red_Line_(Chicago_Transit_Authority)" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Line (Chicago Transit Authority)">Red Line</a> at the "Jackson" stop. </p><p>In January 1994, Mary A. Dempsey was appointed Library Commissioner by Mayor Richard M. Daley and served in that role until January 2012. Under her direction, the Library launched the largest branch building program in its history, constructing or renovating 44 branch libraries; installed more than 2500 free public access computers and wifi throughout the library system; completed 2 strategic plans; established professional development and training programs for all library staff; and launched signature programs such as One Book, One Chicago; YOUmedia the museum and Ravinia free admission programs; Teen Volume; Law at the Library; and Money Smart financial literacy programs for adults and teens. The library's success in revitalizing communities through branch library development was analyzed by Robert Putnam in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "Charlotte Kim Scholar in Residence Program" took place from 1999–2008. Scholars included <a href="/wiki/Camila_Alire" title="Camila Alire">Camila Alire</a> (1999); <a href="/wiki/Leigh_S._Estabrook" title="Leigh S. Estabrook">Leigh S. Estabrook</a> (2002); <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_de_la_Pe%C3%B1a_McCook" title="Kathleen de la Peña McCook">Kathleen de la Peña McCook</a> (2003); Joan C. Durrance (2004); Michael Stephens (2005); Maureen Sullivan (2006); George Needham (2007) and Patricia Martin (2008).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The Engaged Library: Chicago Stories of Community Building</i> published by the Urban Library Council (2006) highlights several Chicago public libraries and their efforts in strengthening the community and effectively enhancing the well-being and capacities of urban neighborhood residents, associations, non-profits and public institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brian Andrew Bannon was appointed Library Commissioner effective March 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some of the free programming the Chicago Public Library offers include: The One Book One Chicago program, The Summer Learning Challenge, Bookamania (held every November), Kids Museum Passport Program (allows patrons free admission to a variety of Chicago's world-class institutions), and Words and Music Program<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (which provides patrons with free lawn tickets to selected Ravinia concerts). The library also offers a free homework help desk daily in order to serve struggling students after school.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Chicago Public Library offers free lecture series covering a variety of topics including: Law at the Library (a free monthly lecture series that offers participants the opportunity to speak with a legal professional about a variety of legal topics), Money Smart (a series of financial literacy programs), and Author Series. </p><p>The Chicago Public Library provides access to a large selection of databases, most of which are also available for use at home or other remote location with a Chicago Public Library card. Internet computers are available for anyone with a Chicago Public Library card. Also, anyone can use the Wi-Fi on their own laptops, tablets and smartphones without a library card. </p><p>In June 2013, the library announced a $1 million grant from the <a href="/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation" title="Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation">Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation</a> establishing a partnership between the Chicago Public Library and the public library system of <a href="/wiki/Aarhus" title="Aarhus">Aarhus</a>, Denmark.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>That same month, the Library opened its Innovation Lab, featuring a Maker Lab with 3D software, milling machine, laser cutters, and 3D printers. The space has proven highly successful in offering free access to the latest in advanced manufacturing technology and was awarded the Chicago Innovation Awards Social Innovator Award in October 2013. </p><p>In late 2013, a study released by the Information Science Department of Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany ranked Chicago Public Library first in the United States and third in the world, when comparing 31 major urban libraries taking leadership roles in supporting "smart cities" in a "knowledge economy."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Andrea Telli was appointed Library Commissioner effective June 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, CPL became the largest public library system in the United States to eliminate fines for borrowed overdue items. All existing fines were forgiven. There will still be due dates, and patrons are still required to return items or replace them to continue their borrowing privileges.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chris Brown was appointed Library Commissioner effective February 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, the CPL celebrated its 150th anniversary with an exhibit exploring the history of its branches.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Branches">Branches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Branches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_library">Central library</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Central library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Harold_Washington_Library" title="Harold Washington Library">Harold Washington Library Center</a> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Harold_Washington_Library.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Harold_Washington_Library.jpg/220px-Harold_Washington_Library.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Harold_Washington_Library.jpg/330px-Harold_Washington_Library.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Harold_Washington_Library.jpg/440px-Harold_Washington_Library.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1159" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Harold_Washington_Library" title="Harold Washington Library">Harold Washington Library</a> – Loop</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_libraries">Regional libraries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Regional libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="North">North</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: North"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Conrad_Sulzer_Regional_Library.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Conrad_Sulzer_Regional_Library.jpg/220px-Conrad_Sulzer_Regional_Library.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Conrad_Sulzer_Regional_Library.jpg/330px-Conrad_Sulzer_Regional_Library.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Conrad_Sulzer_Regional_Library.jpg/440px-Conrad_Sulzer_Regional_Library.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Sulzer_Regional_Library" title="Conrad Sulzer Regional Library">Conrad Sulzer Regional Library</a> – North</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Sulzer_Regional_Library" title="Conrad Sulzer Regional Library">Sulzer Regional Library</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="South">South</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: South"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20070325_Carter_Woodson_Regional_Library.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/20070325_Carter_Woodson_Regional_Library.JPG/220px-20070325_Carter_Woodson_Regional_Library.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/20070325_Carter_Woodson_Regional_Library.JPG/330px-20070325_Carter_Woodson_Regional_Library.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/20070325_Carter_Woodson_Regional_Library.JPG/440px-20070325_Carter_Woodson_Regional_Library.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Carter_G._Woodson_Regional_Library" title="Carter G. Woodson Regional Library">Carter G. Woodson Regional Library</a> – South</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carter_G._Woodson_Regional_Library" title="Carter G. Woodson Regional Library">Woodson Regional Library</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Central">Central</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Central"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leglerlibrary.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Leglerlibrary.JPG/220px-Leglerlibrary.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Leglerlibrary.JPG/330px-Leglerlibrary.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Leglerlibrary.JPG/440px-Leglerlibrary.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Henry_E._Legler_Regional_Branch_of_the_Chicago_Public_Library" title="Henry E. Legler Regional Branch of the Chicago Public Library">Henry E. Legler Regional Library</a> – West</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_E._Legler_Regional_Branch_of_the_Chicago_Public_Library" title="Henry E. Legler Regional Branch of the Chicago Public Library">Legler Regional Library</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Branches_2">Branches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Branches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="North_District">North District</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: North District"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albany_Park_Library" title="Albany Park Library">Albany Park Branch</a></li> <li>Austin-Irving Branch</li> <li>Harold Bezazian Branch (Uptown)</li> <li>Bucktown-Wicker Park Branch</li> <li>Budlong Woods Branch</li> <li>Richard M. Daley (West Humboldt Park) Branch</li> <li>Dunning Branch</li> <li>Edgebrook Branch</li> <li>Edgewater Branch</li> <li>Galewood-Mont Clare Branch</li> <li>Humboldt Park Branch</li> <li>Independence Branch</li> <li>Jefferson Park Branch</li> <li>Lincoln-Belmont Branch</li> <li>Lincoln Park Branch</li> <li>Logan Square Branch</li> <li>Mayfair Branch</li> <li>John Merlo Branch</li> <li>North Austin Branch</li> <li>North Pulaski Branch</li> <li>Northtown Branch</li> <li>Oriole Park Branch</li> <li>Portage-Cragin Branch</li> <li>Roden Branch</li> <li>Rogers Park Branch</li> <li>Uptown Branch</li> <li>West Belmont Branch</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Central_District">Central District</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Central District"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hall_library.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Hall_library.jpg/220px-Hall_library.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Hall_library.jpg/330px-Hall_library.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Hall_library.jpg/440px-Hall_library.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>George C. Hall Branch</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chicagobee1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Chicagobee1.JPG/220px-Chicagobee1.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Chicagobee1.JPG/330px-Chicagobee1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Chicagobee1.JPG/440px-Chicagobee1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Chicago Bee Branch</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Austin Branch</li> <li>Back of the Yards Branch</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackstone_Library" title="Blackstone Library">Blackstone Branch</a></li> <li>Brighton Park Branch</li> <li>Canaryville Branch</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bee_Building" title="Chicago Bee Building">Chicago Bee Branch</a></li> <li>Chinatown Branch<figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CPLChinatown04212016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/CPLChinatown04212016.jpg/220px-CPLChinatown04212016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/CPLChinatown04212016.jpg/330px-CPLChinatown04212016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/CPLChinatown04212016.jpg/440px-CPLChinatown04212016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4696" data-file-height="2720" /></a><figcaption>Chinatown Branch</figcaption></figure></li> <li>Richard J. Daley Branch</li> <li>Douglass Branch</li> <li>Gage Park Branch</li> <li>Garfield Ridge Branch</li> <li>George Cleveland Hall Branch</li> <li>Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch</li> <li>Little Italy Branch</li> <li>Little Village Branch</li> <li>Rudy Lozano Branch</li> <li>Mabel Manning Branch</li> <li>McKinley Park Branch</li> <li>Near North Branch</li> <li>Sherman Park Branch</li> <li>Toman Branch</li> <li>Water Works Outpost</li> <li>West Chicago Avenue Branch</li> <li>West Loop Branch</li> <li>West Town Branch</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="South_District">South District</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: South District"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kellylibrary.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Kellylibrary.JPG/220px-Kellylibrary.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Kellylibrary.JPG/330px-Kellylibrary.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Kellylibrary.JPG/440px-Kellylibrary.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Kelly Branch</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Altgeld Branch</li> <li>Avalon Branch</li> <li>Beverly Branch</li> <li>Brainerd Branch</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Lawn_Branch" title="Chicago Lawn Branch">Chicago Lawn Branch</a></li> <li>Clearing Branch</li> <li>Bessie Coleman Branch</li> <li>Greater Grand Crossing Branch</li> <li>Hegewisch Branch</li> <li>Jeffery Manor Branch</li> <li>Kelly Branch</li> <li>Thurgood Marshall Branch</li> <li>Mount Greenwood Branch</li> <li>Pullman Branch</li> <li>Scottsdale Branch</li> <li>South Chicago Branch</li> <li>South Shore Branch</li> <li>Vodak East Side Branch</li> <li>Walker Branch</li> <li>West Englewood Branch</li> <li>West Lawn Branch</li> <li>West Pullman Branch</li> <li>Wrightwood-Ashburn Branch</li> <li>Whitney M. Young, Jr. Branch</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_bookcase.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Nuvola_apps_bookcase.svg/28px-Nuvola_apps_bookcase.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Nuvola_apps_bookcase.svg/42px-Nuvola_apps_bookcase.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Nuvola_apps_bookcase.svg/56px-Nuvola_apps_bookcase.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Books" title="Portal:Books">Books portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Chicago%2C_Illinois.svg/32px-Flag_of_Chicago%2C_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Chicago%2C_Illinois.svg/48px-Flag_of_Chicago%2C_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Chicago%2C_Illinois.svg/64px-Flag_of_Chicago%2C_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Chicago" title="Portal:Chicago">Chicago portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_and_cultural_institutions_in_Chicago" title="List of museums and cultural institutions in Chicago">List of museums and cultural institutions in Chicago</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150131062711/http://old.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/symbols/munidevice.php">"The Chicago Municipal Device (Y-Shaped Figure)"</a>. Chicago Public Library. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://old.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/symbols/munidevice.php">the original</a> on January 31, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 8,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Chicago+Municipal+Device+%28Y-Shaped+Figure%29&rft.pub=Chicago+Public+Library&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fold.chipublib.org%2Fcplbooksmovies%2Fcplarchive%2Fsymbols%2Fmunidevice.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKaplan2008" class="citation web cs1">Kaplan, Jacob (December 10, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://forgottenchicago.com/features/chicago-signs/the-municipal-device/">"The Municipal Device"</a>. Forgotten Chicago<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 13,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Municipal+Device&rft.pub=Forgotten+Chicago&rft.date=2008-12-10&rft.aulast=Kaplan&rft.aufirst=Jacob&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fforgottenchicago.com%2Ffeatures%2Fchicago-signs%2Fthe-municipal-device%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cplfoundation.org/meet-the-chief-librarian-chris-brown/">"Meet the Chief Librarian: Chris Brown"</a>, <i>Chicago Public Library Foundation</i>, May 17, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-10-11</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chicago+Public+Library+Foundation&rft.atitle=Meet+the+Chief+Librarian%3A+Chris+Brown&rft.date=2021-05-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcplfoundation.org%2Fmeet-the-chief-librarian-chris-brown%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chipublib.org/facts-and-figures/">"Facts and Figures"</a>, <i>Chicago Public Library</i>, September 27, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-10-11</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chicago+Public+Library&rft.atitle=Facts+and+Figures&rft.date=2021-09-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chipublib.org%2Ffacts-and-figures%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chipublib.org/dir_documents/ar_2010.pdf">Annual Report for 2010</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120324085336/http://www.chipublib.org/dir_documents/ar_2010.pdf">Archived</a> 2012-03-24 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>," Chicago Public Library.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ala.org/ala/professionalresources/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet22.cfm">The Nation's Largest Libraries: A Listing By Volumes Held</a>" (July 2012), American Library Association.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science</i> (Vol. 5). Ed. <a href="/wiki/Allen_Kent" title="Allen Kent">Allen Kent</a>. CRC Press, 1970.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/history/index.php">Library History, 1870–1899</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080314133640/http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/history/index.php">Archived</a> 2008-03-14 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>." Chicago Public Library.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Latham, J. M. (2011). Memorial Day to Memorial Library: The South Chicago Branch Library as cultural terrain, 1937–1947. <i>Libraries & the Cultural Record,</i> 46(3): 321–342.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Latham, J. M. (2013). “A liberal and dignified approach”: The John Toman Branch of the Chicago Public Library and the making of Americans, 1927–1940. In, L. Robbins & C. Pawley (Eds.), <i>Libraries and the Reading Public</i> (pp. 111–128). Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wheeler, Jeff. 2021. “‘How Much Is Not Enough?’: Public Library Outreach to ‘Disadvantaged’ Communities in the War on Poverty.” <i>Library Quarterly</i> 91 (2): 190–208.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMegan2017" class="citation news cs1">Megan, Graydon (February 21, 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-amanda-rudd-obituary-20170219-story.html">"Amanda Rudd, historic head of Chicago Public Library, dies at 93"</a>. <i>Chicago Tribune</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 8,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chicago+Tribune&rft.atitle=Amanda+Rudd%2C+historic+head+of+Chicago+Public+Library%2C+dies+at+93&rft.date=2017-02-21&rft.aulast=Megan&rft.aufirst=Graydon&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2Fnews%2Fobituaries%2Fct-amanda-rudd-obituary-20170219-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Putnam, R. D., & Feldstein, L. M. (2003). "Branch libraries: The heartbeat of the community". In <i>Better together: Restoring the American community</i> (pp. 34–54). New York: Simon and Schuster.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="Please supply an ISBN for this book.">ISBN missing</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130512105539/http://www.ila.org/pub/reporter/vol25no5.pdf">"Charlotte Kim Scholars in Residence Program"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Reporter</i>. <b>25</b> (5). Illinois Library Association: 18. October 2007. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ila.org/pub/reporter/vol25no5.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 12 May 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 December</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Reporter&rft.atitle=Charlotte+Kim+Scholars+in+Residence+Program&rft.volume=25&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=18&rft.date=2007-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ila.org%2Fpub%2Freporter%2Fvol25no5.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Engaged Library: Chicago Stories of Community Building</i> Urban Library Council (2006)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chipublib.org/cpl-history">"CPL History"</a>. <i>www.chipublib.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-07-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.chipublib.org&rft.atitle=CPL+History&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chipublib.org%2Fcpl-history&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090531073925/http://www.chipublib.org/eventsprog/programs/words_music.php">"Words and Music"</a>. <i>Chicago Public Library website</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chipublib.org/eventsprog/programs/words_music.php">the original</a> on 2009-05-31<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-05-08</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Chicago+Public+Library+website&rft.atitle=Words+and+Music&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chipublib.org%2Feventsprog%2Fprograms%2Fwords_music.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFToppo2014" class="citation news cs1">Toppo, Greg (2 June 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/07/changing-libraries-digital-age/9862861/">"Libraries' choice: Change or fade into oblivion"</a>. USA Today<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 March</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Libraries%27+choice%3A+Change+or+fade+into+oblivion&rft.date=2014-06-02&rft.aulast=Toppo&rft.aufirst=Greg&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fnation%2F2014%2F06%2F07%2Fchanging-libraries-digital-age%2F9862861%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHadroSchwartz2013" class="citation journal cs1">Hadro, Josh; Schwartz, Meredith (August 2013). "$1 Million Grant To Fund Chicago, Aarhus Venture". <i><a href="/wiki/Library_Journal" title="Library Journal">Library Journal</a></i>. <b>138</b> (13). <a href="/wiki/Media_Source_Inc." title="Media Source Inc.">Media Source Inc.</a>: 15.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Library+Journal&rft.atitle=%241+Million+Grant+To+Fund+Chicago%2C+Aarhus+Venture&rft.volume=138&rft.issue=13&rft.pages=15&rft.date=2013-08&rft.aulast=Hadro&rft.aufirst=Josh&rft.au=Schwartz%2C+Meredith&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMeinka2013" class="citation report cs1">Meinka, Agnes (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/fileadmin/Redaktion/Institute/Informationswissenschaft/siebenlist/Lehre/PS_I2/libri-2013-0024_63-4-295-319_Mainka_Stock.pdf">Public Libraries in the Knowledge Society: Core Services of Libraries in Informational World Cities</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (Report)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-03-06</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=report&rft.btitle=Public+Libraries+in+the+Knowledge+Society%3A+Core+Services+of+Libraries+in+Informational+World+Cities&rft.date=2013&rft.aulast=Meinka&rft.aufirst=Agnes&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de%2Ffileadmin%2FRedaktion%2FInstitute%2FInformationswissenschaft%2Fsiebenlist%2FLehre%2FPS_I2%2Flibri-2013-0024_63-4-295-319_Mainka_Stock.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chipublib.org/cpl-history">"CPL History"</a>. <i>www.chipublib.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-07-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.chipublib.org&rft.atitle=CPL+History&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chipublib.org%2Fcpl-history&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/09/30/chicago-public-library-eliminates-late-fines/">"Chicago Public Library To Eliminate Overdue Fines, Wipe Out Existing Debts"</a>. <i>CBS Chicago</i>. September 30, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-09-30</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CBS+Chicago&rft.atitle=Chicago+Public+Library+To+Eliminate+Overdue+Fines%2C+Wipe+Out+Existing+Debts&rft.date=2019-09-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fchicago.cbslocal.com%2F2019%2F09%2F30%2Fchicago-public-library-eliminates-late-fines%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chipublib.org/cpl-history">"CPL History"</a>. <i>www.chipublib.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-07-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.chipublib.org&rft.atitle=CPL+History&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chipublib.org%2Fcpl-history&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chipublib.org/cpl-150-anniversary">"CPL 150 Anniversary"</a>. <i>www.chipublib.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-03-12</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.chipublib.org&rft.atitle=CPL+150+Anniversary&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chipublib.org%2Fcpl-150-anniversary&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChicago+Public+Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chicago_Public_Library" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Chicago Public Library">Chicago Public Library</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chipublib.org/">Chicago Public Library website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mts.lib.uchicago.edu/">Mapping the Stacks</a> – library's website devoted to Black history archives</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/*/http://cpl.lib.uic.edu">Chicago Public Library</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (archive index)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bibliocommons.chipublib">Chicago Public Library Android application</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chipublib.org/search/results/terms/">Books catalog</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/locations">Map of branch locations</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newberry.org/collections/FindingAids/roden/Roden.html">Carl B Roden Papers</a> at <a href="/wiki/Newberry_Library" title="Newberry Library">Newberry Library</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=&#124;link=_Chicago" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Chicago" title="Template:Chicago"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Chicago" title="Template talk:Chicago"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Chicago" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Chicago"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=&#124;link=_Chicago" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Chicago%2C_Illinois.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chicago%2C_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Chicago%2C_Illinois.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chicago%2C_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Chicago%2C_Illinois.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chicago%2C_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Chicago" title="Architecture of Chicago">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_beaches_in_Chicago" title="List of beaches in Chicago">Beaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Chicago" title="Climate of Chicago">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Chicago" title="List of colleges and universities in Chicago">Colleges and universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_areas_in_Chicago" title="Community areas in Chicago">Community areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Chicago" title="Crime in Chicago">Crime</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gangs_in_Chicago" title="Gangs in Chicago">gangs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Chicago" title="Culture of Chicago">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Chicago" title="Demographics of Chicago">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Chicago" title="Economy of Chicago">Economy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_in_the_Chicago_metropolitan_area" title="List of companies in the Chicago metropolitan area">companies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roads_and_expressways_in_Chicago" title="Roads and expressways in Chicago">Expressways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Chicago" title="Flag of Chicago">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Chicago" title="Geography of Chicago">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Chicago" title="Government of Chicago">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Harbor" title="Chicago Harbor">Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Chicago" title="History of Chicago">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Political_history_of_Chicago" title="Political history of Chicago">politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Chicago_history" title="Timeline of Chicago history">timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Landmarks" title="List of Chicago Landmarks">Landmarks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_literature" title="Chicago literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_in_Chicago" title="Media in Chicago">Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Newspapers_of_the_Chicago_metropolitan_area" title="Newspapers of the Chicago metropolitan area">Newspapers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_metropolitan_area" title="Chicago metropolitan area">Metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_and_cultural_institutions_in_Chicago" title="List of museums and cultural institutions in Chicago">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_neighborhoods_in_Chicago" title="List of neighborhoods in Chicago">Neighborhoods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parks_in_Chicago" title="Parks in Chicago">Parks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_parks_in_Chicago" title="List of parks in Chicago">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Chicago" title="List of people from Chicago">People</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Chicago" title="Music of Chicago">music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_musicians_from_Chicago" title="List of musicians from Chicago">musicians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theater_in_Chicago" title="Theater in Chicago">theater</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Public_Schools" title="Chicago Public Schools">Public schools</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Chicago_Public_Schools" title="List of schools in Chicago Public Schools">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Chicago" title="List of tallest buildings in Chicago">Skyscrapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Chicago" title="Sports in Chicago">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Chicago" title="Tourism in Chicago">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Chicago" title="Transportation in Chicago">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_arts_of_Chicago" title="Visual arts of Chicago">Visual arts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_portal_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/16px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/23px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/31px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Portal:Chicago" title="Portal:Chicago">Portal</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Chicago" title="Category:Chicago">Category</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1060421#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1060421#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1060421#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://isni.org/isni/0000000121915611">ISNI</a></span><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://isni.org/isni/0000000403891099">2</a></span></li></ul></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/156023090">VIAF</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n79043473">United States</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12289890m">France</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12289890m">BnF data</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Chicago Public Library"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aleph.nkp.cz/F/?func=find-c&local_base=aut&ccl_term=ica=ko2008435663&CON_LNG=ENG">Czech Republic</a></span></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://olduli.nli.org.il/F/?func=find-b&local_base=NLX10&find_code=UID&request=987007595046005171">Israel</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.idref.fr/15800499X">IdRef</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&oldid=1260084247">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&oldid=1260084247</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Chicago_Public_Library" title="Category:Chicago Public Library">Chicago Public Library</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Public_libraries_in_Illinois" title="Category:Public libraries in Illinois">Public libraries in Illinois</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1873_establishments_in_Illinois" title="Category:1873 establishments in Illinois">1873 establishments in Illinois</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_with_missing_ISBNs" title="Category:Pages with missing ISBNs">Pages with missing ISBNs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Infobox_mapframe_without_OSM_relation_ID_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata">Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commons_category_link_is_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Commons category link is on Wikidata">Commons category link is on Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_the_Kartographer_extension" title="Category:Pages using the Kartographer extension">Pages using the Kartographer extension</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 28 November 2024, at 19:13<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Public_Library&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.canary-556c5f94cd-krrjz","wgBackendResponseTime":205,"wgKartographerLiveData":{"_f5b4078e1f189844a6bfdb48393390e54806d6aa":[{"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoshape","url":"https://maps.wikimedia.org/geoshape?getgeojson=1\u0026ids=Q1060421","properties":{"title":"Chicago Public Library","fill-opacity":0.5,"stroke":"#FF0000","stroke-width":3,"fill":"#606060"}},{"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","url":"https://maps.wikimedia.org/geoline?getgeojson=1\u0026ids=Q1060421","properties":{"stroke-width":5,"stroke":"#FF0000","title":"Chicago Public Library"}},{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"coordinates":[-87.6282,41.8763],"type":"Point"},"properties":{"marker-color":"#5E74F3","title":"Chicago Public Library","marker-symbol":"library"}}]},"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.615","walltime":"0.779","ppvisitednodes":{"value":2403,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":54767,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":2633,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":14,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":3,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":73133,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 658.994 1 -total"," 35.34% 232.902 1 Template:Reflist"," 17.90% 117.935 1 Template:Infobox_library"," 17.54% 115.586 7 Template:Cite_web"," 16.71% 110.095 1 Template:Infobox"," 15.04% 99.126 1 Template:Chicago"," 14.64% 96.451 1 Template:Navbox"," 11.83% 77.987 1 Template:Short_description"," 6.73% 44.352 2 Template:Pagetype"," 5.17% 34.091 1 Template:Authority_control"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.386","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":9009042,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-api-ext.codfw.main-678566b588-868x6","timestamp":"20241128191305","ttl":190021,"transientcontent":true}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Chicago Public Library","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_Public_Library","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q1060421","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q1060421","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2004-06-09T00:44:59Z","dateModified":"2024-11-28T19:13:04Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/40\/Chicago_Public_Library_Logo.PNG","headline":"public library system in Illinois"}</script> </body> </html>