Prince William Public Library System

Prince William Public Library System (PWPLS) is a public library system started in 1971 and consists of 11 branches that include six full-service branches and five neighborhood branches across Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park. Those branches are Bull Run Regional Library, Central Community Library, Chinn Park Regional Library,[1][2] Dale City Neighborhood Library, Dumfries Neighborhood Library, Haymarket Gainesville Community Library, Independent Hill Neighborhood Library, Lake Ridge Neighborhood library, Montclair Community Library, Nokesville Neighborhood Library, Potomac Community Library.[3][4]

PWPLS serves over 1.4 million visitors in their branches every year including over 1 million website users. In addition, the system provides an average of 3.6 million materials borrowed every year to the residents of the Prince William area.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "The Region, 1992". Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Summer 1992.
  2. ↑ "New Library 'Feels Good', 1991". Washington Post. October 10, 1991.
  3. ↑ http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/libraries.asp?branch=VA0064
  4. ↑ http://www.imls.gov/research/pls_data_files.aspx
  5. ↑ http://librarytechnology.org/libraries/library.pl?id=1720
  6. ↑ http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/library/Pages/history.aspx
  7. ↑ "Great American Public Libraries: HAPLR Ratings, 2000". American Library Association. November 2000.

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