Public Libraries

My library: Public libraries celebrating county public libraries play an important role in the lives of many Americans, from early education to advanced services. Most Americans think their local library has improved their community (94%), and equally important people (65%) visited at least once in the past year (American Library Association, 2010 ). Inhabitants of Connecticut are no exception. As of 2007, Connecticut added 195 public libraries, including approximately 15.5 million books, and ranked third in the per capita library visit nationwide with five visits per person (National Education Statistics for 2009, 2009).

Many public libraries including the Los Angeles Public Library, the New York Public Library / Donald Library Center, the Boston Public Library, the Denver Public Library, the Miami / Dade Public Library, and the Detroit Public Library are widely available. The Polish linguistic collection is useful for the Polish American community. The Koziosco Foundation was founded in 1925 and named after Polish nobility who fought in the American Revolutionary War. The Foundation is a cultural problem information exchange center in Poland and the United States. The Foundation is also known as the Polish Cultural Center in the United States and has a reference library that arranges for educational exchanges and manages scholarships and subsidies.

The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, established in 1848. The Boston Public Library is also a Commonwealth Library in the state of Massachusetts (formerly the Last Recording Library). All Commonwealth adult residents are entitled to borrowing and research privileges and libraries are subject to state funding. According to the American Library Association, the Boston Public Library possesses approximately 19 million copies and electronic materials, the second largest public library in the United States (34 million copies), following the Library of Congress. In FY 2014, this library released more than 10,000 free projects and provided 3.7 million documents.