| 词条 | Vigo County Public Library |
| 释义 |
| library_name = Vigo County Public Library | name_en = | image = | caption = | country = United States | type = Public library | scope = | established = 1882 | ref_legal_mandate = | location = Terre Haute, IN | coordinates = {{Coord|39.4640|-87.4076|scale:5000|display=title}} | branch_of = | num_branches = 1 (West Terre Haute, Indiana) | items_collected = | collection_size = | criteria = | legal_deposit = | req_to_access = | annual_circulation = 693,072 (2014)[1] | pop_served = | members = | budget = $6,091,279 (2014)[1] | director = Kristi Howe[2] | num_employees = | website = www.vigo.lib.in.us | phone_num = }} The Vigo County Public Library serves residents of Terre Haute and Vigo County, Indiana. A tax-payer funded public library, it has been in operation since 1882, when the existing library was purchased by local school trustees from the Terre Haute Library Association. Prior to this, there were multiple libraries in the Terre Haute area operated by various township and private organizations. When a state law in 1881 connected the establishment of free public libraries to common schools in cities with more than ten thousand residents, the Terre Haute Board of School Trustees organized the current set-up.[3] In 1906, the library was moved to a new building and named the Emeline Fairbanks Memorial Library.[4] A West Branch was opened in 1961.[4] The current main branch held its grand opening in 1979. Library cards are free to those who live, own property, or go to school or college in Vigo County. In addition to a wide-ranging collection of books, newspapers, and magazines, materials for local history and genealogy, reference help, public computers, children's story times, and other typical public library services, the library offers interlibrary loan and downloadable audiobooks, eBooks, videos, music, and magazines. The library hosts crackerbarrel meetings with state senators and representatives during the legislative session, political debates during election seasons, and other similar community meetings. References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Vigo County Public Library 2014 Annual Report|url=http://www.vigo.lib.in.us/annual/#financial|website=VCPL|accessdate=21 September 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.vigo.lib.in.us/about/admin|website=VCPL|accessdate=21 September 2017}} 3. ^Terre Haute public library accession records 4. ^1 History of the Public Library in Vigo County, 1816-1975 External links
4 : Education in Vigo County, Indiana|Buildings and structures in Vigo County, Indiana|County library systems in Indiana|Education in Terre Haute, Indiana |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。