Portsmouth Public Library (New Hampshire)

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Portsmouth Public Library
Portsmouth Public Library
Location	175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth, NH
Established	1896
Collection
Size	128,000+
Access and use
Circulation	~375,000
Population served	~20,600
Members	~14,000
Other information
Director	Steve Butzel
Website	www.cityofportsmouth.com/library

Portsmouth Public Library is the public library of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Established in 1896, the library's mission is to provide popular media materials to the public as well as to supply information and access to reference works. It also does community outreach, attempting to provide services and material to foster an appreciation for reading and learning in youth as well as offering activities engineered to appeal to older demographics.^[1] It is located at 175 Parrott Avenue.