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.

Chester County Library System
40.0314°N 75.6236°W / 40.0314; -75.6236
Location	Exton, Pennsylvania
Established	1965; 60 years ago (1965)
Branches	17
Other information
Website	http://www.ccls.org/

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 illiterate 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
  • In West Vincent Township^[3][4]
• 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