Chicago Public Library

The Chicago Public Library (CPL) is the public library system that serves the City of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois. It has over 80 libraries in the city.^[1] The system was made in 1873.

Chicago Public Library

Established	1873
Location	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Branches	79
Collection
Size	5,721,334 volumes (July 2010, ALA data)
Access and use
Circulation	10 million
Population served	2.8 million
Other information
Budget	$106,000,000
Director	Brian A. Bannon
Website	chipublib.org