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