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__NOTOC__ The Billerica Public Library is a public library in Billerica, Massachusetts.〔http://mblc.state.ma.us/libraries/directory/index.php Retrieved 2010-05-18〕 Since 2000 it has been located on Concord Road.〔http://www.billericalibrary.org/about.html Retrieved 2010-08-04〕 ==History== In the late 19th century, "Billerica's free library, known as the Bennett Public Library, was founded by Mrs. Joshua Bennett, who erected, at a cost of $9,000, a suitable building for the purpose, and deeded it to the Bennett Library Association in 1880. ... The town contributes nothing for the support of the library."〔Henry Stedman Nourse, ed. Free public libraries of Massachusetts. 9th Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1899. (Google books )〕 The architects of the Bennett building were Boston architects Rotch & Tilden. Initially, subscribers were charged an annual fee for use of the library.〔Henry Allen Hazen. History of Billerica, Massachusetts: with a Genealogical register. A. Williams and Co., 1883. (Google books )〕 By 1899, "the membership fee to the associates, to whom a few special privileges are allowed, is one dollar, but all citizens are given the free use of the library."〔Nourse. 1899〕 In fiscal year 2008, the town of Billerica spent 1.09% of its budget on the library -- some $29 per person. The library's total budget was $1,209,203.〔July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008; cf. The FY2008 Municipal Pie: What’s Your Share? Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Library Commissioners. Boston: 2009. Available: (Municipal Pie Reports )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Billerica Public Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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