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| Chicopee Public Library | |
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| Location | 449 Front Street, Chicopee, Massachusetts 01013 |
| Established | 1853, current building 2004 |
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| Director | Nancy Contois |
| Employees | 35 |
| Website | chicopeepubliclibrary |
The Chicopee Public Library is the public library for the city of Chicopee, Massachusetts. A member of the Western Massachusetts Regional Library System (WMRLS),[1] the library participates in resources sharing and collaboration with all other libraries in the WRMLS. The library owns approximately 109,000 books according to the 2005 IMLS Public Library Report.[2] In addition, they have 4,200 media items and send and receive over 35,000 interlibrary loan requests. In the fiscal year 2008, the city of Chicopee spent 1.1% of its budget ($1,401,141) on its public library, around $25 per person.[3]
- ^ "Western Massachusetts Regional Library System". Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
- ^ "IMLS Public Library Data". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
- ^ July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008; cf. The FY2008 Municipal Pie: What’s Your Share? Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Library Commissioners. Boston: 2009. Available: Municipal Pie Reports Archived 2012-01-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-08-04