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The '''Cambridge Public Library''' (CPL) in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] consists of a unified city-wide system maintaining: a main branch, of notable aesthetic architectural value,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aia.org/showcases/11421-cambridge-public-library |url-access= |title=Featured Project: Cambridge Public Library |author=Staff writer |year=2015 |website=www.aia.org |agency=[[American Institute of Architects]] |access-date=August 17, 2023 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote=This project was chosen as a 2015 recipient of the Institute Honor Awards for Architecture.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archdaily.com/138698/cambridge-public-library-wins-harleston-parker-medal-william-rawn-associates-architects-and-ann-beha-architects |url-access= |title=Cambridge Public Library wins Harleston Parker Medal / William Rawn Associates and Ann Beha Architects |last=Vinnitskaya |first=Irina |date=May 30, 2011 |website=www.archdaily.com |publisher=ArchDaily |access-date=August 17, 2023 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote=The Boston Society of Architects/AIA announced the winner of the 2010 Harleston Parker Medal as the Cambridge Public Library}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aianewengland.org/design-awards/2010-design-awards/cambridge-public-library-_-ann-beha-architects/ |url-access= |title=New Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, MA |author=Staff writer |year=2010 |website=www.aianewengland.org |agency=New England Architecture Awards |access-date=August 17, 2023 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote=New England Architecture Awards}}</ref> plus a further six localized branches sited throughout the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mblc.state.ma.us/directories/libraries/library.php?record_id=565 |url-access= |title=Profile: Cambridge Public Library |author=Staff writer |year=2022 |website=mblc.state.ma.us |agency=[[Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners]] |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date=August 17, 2023 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote= }}</ref> Having evolved from the Cambridge Athenaeum, the main library branch was built at its present site in 1888. The main library most recently underwent renovation, and a modern building addition significantly expanded the overall branch in 2009. Thus, it greatly increased the branch's area, more than tripling its square footage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7848-cambridge-public-library |url-access=subscription |title=Cambridge Public Library |author=Joann Gonchar, FAIA |date=October 16, 2010 |website=www.architecturalrecord.com |publisher=BNP Media. |agency=Architectural Record |access-date=August 17, 2023 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/~CPL/whyimprove.html |url-access= |title=Why Improve and Expand the Main Library Building |author=Staff writer |year=1997 |department=Cambridge Public Library |website=www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/~CPL/ |publisher=Cambridge Public Library |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date=August 17, 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970205203749/http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/~CPL/whyimprove.html |archive-date=February 5, 1997 |quote=}}</ref>
At current the library system holds more than 314,607 items<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.librarytechnology.org/library/7423 |url-access= |title=Cambridge Public Library - Cambridge, MA |author=Marshall Breeding |year=2023 |department= |website= |publisher=libraries.org |format= |access-date=October 6, 2023 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote= }}</ref> where in addition to traditional library services, the Cambridge Public Library provides services such as e-books, audiobooks, tax preparation, large print, films, music, graphic novels, online resources, newspapers, magazines and educational programs among others.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cambridgema.gov/cpl/Services/Collections |url-access= |title=Collections |author=Staff writer |year=2023 |website= |agency=City of Cambridge Library |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi
== History of organization ==
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The main library of the Cambridge Public Library consists of two buildings at 449 Broadway. The Van Brunt & Howe portion is a historic [[library]] building. It was built in 1888 with land and full construction funding donated by [[Frederick H. Rindge]], a Cambridge native and [[philanthropist]]. Its [[Richardsonian Romanesque]] design was by [[Van Brunt & Howe]].[https://www.sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MA-01-CS22] In the late 1960s, a more contemporary addition of plain brick exterior was created at the rear of the main library.<ref>[https://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhcpra/praslideshow10/praslideshow10_3_cambridge.html]</ref>[https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:wd377506w] The building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1982.
The newly expanded building consists of a $90 million expansion and renovation of the earlier library, led by the Boston architectural firms William Rawn Associates and Ann Beha Architects.[https://rawnarch.com/projects/cambridge-library.html] The expanded library opened on November 8, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/11/10/cambridge-public-library-grand-opening-a-beautiful-library-for-a-great-innovation-city/ |title=Cambridge Public Library Grand Opening: A Beautiful Library for a Great Innovation City |last=Buderi |first=Robert |date=November 10, 2009 |website=xconomy |access-date=March 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115122126/http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/11/10/cambridge-public-library-grand-opening-a-beautiful-library-for-a-great-innovation-city/ |archive-date=January 15, 2010}}</ref> The new addition more than tripled the square footage of the building and is the first building in the US to make use of European Double-Skin [[curtain wall (architecture)|Curtainwall]] technology.[http://www.architectureweek.com/2009/1216/building_1-1.html][http://cambridgecivic.com/?p=3888][https://explorebostonhistory.org/items/show/4] [[Architectural drawing]]s and construction [[photos]] are available [https://web.archive.org/web/20080829191255/http://www.cambridgema.gov/~CPL/booksandmortar/renderings.htm here]. During most of the construction, the library collection had been relocated to the former Longfellow School building.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cambridgema.gov/CPL/announce.htm
In 2010 the main library received a [[LEED]] Silver certification from the [[U.S. Green Building Council]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usgbc.org/projects/cambridge-public-library |url-access= |title=Cambridge Public Library |author=Staff writer |date=December 13, 2010 |orig-date=2010 |website=www.usgbc.org |publisher= |agency=U.S. Green Building Council |access-date=October 5, 2023 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote=LEED BD+C: New Constructionv2 - LEED 2.2 -- Certification type: LEED-NC 2.2; Level: Silver; Points: 35; Certification date: December 13, 2010}}</ref>
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The library system is governed by a board of trustees consisting of six volunteer trustees acting as community representative members appointed by the Cambridge City Manager.<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff writer |date=November 28, 2021 |title=Members sought to fill Cambridge Public Library trustee vacancies |url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/cambridge-chronicle-tab/2021/11/28/members-sought-fill-cambridge-library-board-trustees-vacancies/8666982002/ |url-status= |work=Cambridge Chronicle-Tab |publisher=November 28, 2021 |publication-date= |agency=Wicked Local |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=October 6, 2023 |url-access= |quote= }}</ref> Meetings of the board are open to the public.[https://www.cambridgema.gov/cpl/aboutus/boardoftrustees/Directory] The day-to-day oversight is by the Director of Libraries, who is supported further by managers at the separate neighborhood branches.
The system is funded primarily through property taxes as a department of the City of Cambridge and receives additional support from the Cambridge Public Library Foundation and Friends of the Cambridge Public Library.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cambridgema.gov/-/media/Files/cambridgepubliclibrary/strategicframeworkbrochure.pdf |url-access= |title=Cambridge Public Library Strategic
In fiscal year 2014, the city of Cambridge spent 1.63% ($7,064,381) of its city budget towards the library, $66 per person.<ref>July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014; cf. {{cite web |url=http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/statistics/public/repmunicpie/index.php |title=FY 2014 Municipal Pie Report |author=Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners |year=2016 |accessdate=March 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123010127/http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/statistics/public/repmunicpie/index.php |archivedate=January 23, 2012}}</ref>
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== Memberships ==
Academic and research library memberships for Cambridge Public Library include:
* [[Minuteman Library Network]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.minlib.net/our-libraries/ |url-access= |title=Our Libraries |author=Staff writer |department= |website=www.minlib.net |agency=Minuteman Library Network |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi
== See also ==
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