Type Public library Branches 1 Director Donna Pittman Budget 6.8 million USD Number of members 35,039 | Established 1876 Size 413,799 volumes (2012) Phone +1 217-403-2000 Circulation 2,640,627 Population served 82,517 | |
 | ||
Location 200 West Green Street
Champaign, Illinois Address 200 W Green St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA Hours Open today · 9AM–9PMWednesday9AM–9PMThursday9AM–6PMFriday9AM–6PMSaturday10AM–6PMSunday1–6PMMonday9AM–9PMTuesday9AM–9PM Profiles | ||
5 little monkeys
With its new location opening on January 6, 2008, the Champaign Public Library almost tripled its square-footage and opened with a collection of almost 285,000 volumes.
Contents
Champaign public library rfid interview
History
The Champaign Public Library traces its roots as a private, member sustained group of readers in 1868. The small group of about forty members all paid dues to sustain their private collection of more than 300 volumes in a cozy reading room in downtown Champaign on Main Street. Ten years later in 1876, the group voted to dissolve itself in favor of enabling public access to their collection.
The public library was officially created by the City Council on July 21, 1876 and budgeted $1,000 for the library. When the library opened it had almost 750 volumes in its collection.
In 2008, the library expanded to a new location and replaced the 40-year-old building that the community had outgrown. The new building, designed by Ross Barney Architects of Chicago, Illinois contains 121,000 square feet of new and improved space
Main Library
Construction for the new library building began in 2005 and it opened for public use in 2008.
Library awards
In 2013 the library received the following awards from the Library Leadership and Management Association which is a division of the American Library Association
Design awards
Below are awards the library has received based upon its design and state-of-the-art engineering.
Douglass Branch Library
Originally organized as a joint project between Champaign and neighboring Urbana in 1970, the Douglas branch was located within a single room at the Douglass Community Center on North Sixth Street in Champaign. By 1972, the branch was absorbed by the Champaign Public Library and was relocated to a small building on Bradley Avenue until June 1997 where the branch currently operates on East Grove Street in Champaign by neighboring Douglass Park. Both the library and the park are named after abolitionist and journalist Fredrick Douglass. After escaping slavery in Maryland, Douglass became a noted advocate for equality among all people and lectured in Champaign at least once while traveling north.