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Champaign Public Library
With its new location opening on January 6, 2008, the Champaign Public Library almost tripled its square-footage and opened with a collection of almost 285,000 volumes.〔http://www.champaign.org/about_us/construction_news/project_history/background〕
==History==
The Champaign Public Library traces its roots as a private, member sustained group of readers in 1868. The small group of about forty members all paid dues to sustain their private collection of more than 300 volumes in a cozy reading room in downtown Champaign on Main Street. Ten years later in 1876, the group voted to dissolve itself in favor of enabling public access to their collection.
The public library was officially created by the City Council on July 21, 1876 and budgeted $1,000 for the library. When the library opened it had almost 750 volumes in its collection.
In 2008, the library expanded to a new location and replaced the 40-year-old building that the community had outgrown. The new building, designed by Ross Barney Architects of Chicago, Illinois contains 121,000 square feet of new and improved space 〔http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=11856&q=Champaign%20for%20everyone〕
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