Boston Public Library: Fact Sheet
Libraries
Central Library
Copley Square
700 Boylston St., Boston 02116
Central Library Circulating
Central Library Research
City of Boston Archival Center
201 Rivermoor St., West Roxbury 02132
Adams Street
690 Adams St., Dorchester 02122
Brighton
40 Academy Hill Rd., Brighton 02135
Charlestown
179 Main St., Charlestown 02129
Codman Square
690 Washington St., Dorchester 02124
Connolly
433 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, 02130
Dudley
65 Warren St., Roxbury 02119
East Boston
365 Bremens St., East Boston 02128
Egleston Square
2044 Columbus Ave., Roxbury 02119
Faneuil
419 Faneuil St., Brighton 02135
Fields Corner
1520 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester 02122
Grove Hall
41 Geneva Ave., Dorchester 02121
Honan-Allston
300 No. Harvard St., Allston 02134
Hyde Park
35 Harvard Ave., Hyde Park 02136
Jamaica Plain
12 Sedgwick St., Jamaica Plain 02130
Lower Mills
27 Richmond St., Dorchester 02124
Mattapan
1350 Blue Hill Ave., Mattapan 02126
North End
25 Parmenter St., Boston 02113
Parker Hill
1497 Tremont St., Roxbury 02120
Roslindale
4246 Washington St., Roslindale 02131
South Boston
646 East Broadway, South Boston 02127
South End
685 Tremont St., Boston, 02118
Uphams Corner
500 Columbia Rd., Dorchester 02125
West End
151 Cambridge St., Boston 02114
West Roxbury
1961 Centre St., West Roxbury 02132
Digital Collections
TOTALS
Built, Expanded,
Renovated / Sq. Ft.
Collections
Hours
(Weekly)
McKim: 1895 / 2002
Johnson: 1972 / 2014
930,000 sq. ft.
313,000
21,037,000
68
Public
Meeting
Computers
Rooms
and Laptops
126
Yes
Parking
Spaces
0
1,170,000
1951
7,200 sq. ft.
1969 / 2010
22,400 sq. ft.
1970
10,300 sq. ft.
1978
22,000 sq. ft.
1932
9,700 sq. ft.
1978
21,000 sq. ft.
2013
15,000 sq. ft.
1953
6,800 sq. ft.
1931
7,600 sq. ft.
1969
9,700 sq. ft.
2009
21,000 sq. ft.
2001
20,000 sq. ft.
1899/2000
23,000 sq. ft.
1911/1936
9,600 sq. ft.
1981
8,.000 sq. ft.
2009
21,000 sq. ft.
1965
8,200 sq. ft.
1931
10,200 sq. ft.
1961
13,900 sq. ft.
1957
10,700 sq. ft.
1971
10,800 sq. ft.
1902/2004
6,300 sq. ft.
1968
9,700 sq. ft.
1922/1989
24,200 sq. ft.
1,258,300 sq. ft.
34,000
48
25
Yes
0
46,000
48
38
Yes
Shared
31,000
45
25
Yes
0
48,000
48
37
Yes
20
31,000
45
23
Yes
0
47,000
48
35
Yes
0
26,000
48
50
Yes
10
26,000
45
24
Yes
0
30,000
45
26
No
0
43,000
45
27
Yes
0
32,000
48
49
Yes
21
50,000
48
35
Yes
20
52,000
48
36
Yes
Shared
31,000
45
22
Yes
0
38,000
45
23
Yes
0
33,000
48
47
Yes
21
27,000
45
22
No
0
22,000
45
20
Yes
0
42,000
45
20
Yes
0
39,000
48
24
Yes
Shared
31,000
45
28
Yes
0
26,000
45
22
Yes
0
28,000
45
22
Yes
0
79,000
48
27
Yes
0
248,100
23,660,100
1,181
833
Deborah Kirrane, Clerk of the Board / Laura Irmscher, Chief of Collections Strategy (June 17, 2015)
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Boston Public Library: Fact Sheet
Note: 13,000 of Central Circulating collection is temporarily located at the Archival Center during Central Library renovations
Boston Public Library Collections
Central Library and Archival Center Research
Central Library Circulating
Branch Libraries
Digital Collections
Total
22,207,000
313,000
892,000
248,100
23,660,100
Online Digital Resources (from BPL collections)
152,000
Books, maps, photographs, postcards, etc.
Identified collections within total above:
Research and Special Collections, Central Library and Archival Center
Books & Periodicals
Rare Books
Manuscripts and Archives
Maps and Atlases
Music Scores
Sound Archives
Microforms
Government Documents
Architectural Drawings
Photographs
Prints, Drawings, Watercolors and Chromolithographs
Ephemera (postcards, greeting cards, calling cards, etc.)
Subtotal
Digital Collections
E-books, audiobooks, music, and videos
Subscription databases
Streaming media
Subtotal
7,300,000
500,000
1,000,000
200,000
97,000
2,000,000
7,015,000
2,000,000
700,000
1,000,000
320,000
75,000
22,207,000
98,000
100
150,000
248,100
Deborah Kirrane, Clerk of the Board / Laura Irmscher, Chief of Collections Strategy (June 17, 2015)
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