Chester County Library System
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| Established | 1965 |
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| Location | Exton, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40°01′53″N 75°37′25″W / 40.0314°N 75.6236°WCoordinates: 40°01′53″N 75°37′25″W / 40.0314°N 75.6236°W |
| Branches | 17 |
| Website | http://www.ccls.org/ |
The Chester County Library System in Chester County, Pennsylvania is a library system in southeastern Pennsylvania that was organized in 1965. It is a federated system composed of a District Center Library in Exton, Pennsylvania and seventeen member libraries. The system provides materials and information for life, work and pleasure.
History
The library system has its history starting in West Chester, Pennsylvania where it was once housed in a new county building on West Market Street and New Street, replacing the old Chester County Prison situated in the same location only 3 years earlier in 1959. The building, which is accessible from the Exton Square Mall, was dedicated to honor Congressman Paul Dague in 1971.[1] In 1982, the library in Exton received a National Association of Counties Award for its Library Literacy Program, the first in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania handling 30,000 illiterates and 15,000 non-English speaking residents.[2]
References
- ↑ "Chester County - Page 37".
- ↑ "Public Libraries and Nontraditional Clienteles: The Politics of ... - Page 88".