Chester County Library System
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.
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| Established | 1965 |
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| Location | Exton, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.0314°N 75.6236°W |
| Branches | 17 |
| Website | http://www.ccls.org/ |
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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
- 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
