Chester County Library System
40°01′53″N 75°37′25″W / 40.0314°N 75.6236°W / 40.0314; -75.6236
LocationExton, Pennsylvania
Established1965 (1965)
Branches17
Other information
Websitehttp://www.ccls.org/

The Chester County Library System (CCLS) 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 county building was dedicated to honor Congressman Paul Dague in 1971.[1] In 1980, the Chester County Library moved to its current location in Exton (next to the Exton Square Mall). 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]

Libraries

Atglen Public Library
West Chester Public Library
Easttown Library
  • Atglen Public Library
  • Avon Grove Library
  • Chester Springs Library
  • Chester County Library and District Center
  • Coatesville Area Public Library
  • Downingtown Library
  • Easttown Library and Information Center
  • Henrietta Hankin Branch
  • Honey Brook Community Library
  • Kennett Library
  • Malvern Public Library
  • Oxford Public Library
  • Paoli Library
  • Parkesburg Free Library
  • Phoenixville Public Library
  • Spring City Free Library
  • Tredyffrin Public Library
  • West Chester Public Library

References

  1. ↑ Chester County - Page 37. 2004. ISBN 9780738536613.
  2. ↑ Nauratil, Marcia J. (1985). Public Libraries and Nontraditional Clienteles: The Politics of ... - Page 88. ISBN 9780313238192.
  3. ↑ "Home". Chester County Library & District Center. Retrieved 2022-10-19. 215 Windgate Drive Chester Springs, PA 19425 - Compare to zoning map
  4. ↑ "Zoning District Map" (PDF). West Vincent Township. Retrieved 2022-10-19. - Compare to library address.
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