Newport Public Library

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For the public library in the city of Newport, South Wales see Newport Central Library

Newport Public Library (RI)
The Newport Public Library
41°28′57.65″N 71°18′44.07″W / 41.4826806°N 71.3122417°W / 41.4826806; -71.3122417
Location	300 Spring Street Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America
Type	Public Library
Established	May 4, 1870
Collection
Size	131,751 (November 2021)
Access and use
Circulation	249,494 (2020)
Population served	25,163 (2020)
Other information
Director	Joseph Logue
Employees	36
Website	http://www.newportlibraryri.org

The Newport Public Library was charted by the State of Rhode Island in 1869. The People’s Free Library opened their doors on May 4, 1870 with the combined collections of the Newport Free Library, Townsend’s curated collection, and the services of the Newport Free Library’s Librarian Elma M. Dame, as the People’s Free Library.^[1]