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Loudoun County Public Library (LCPL), with more thatn 200 employees, both professional and paraprofessional, serves the citizens of Loudoun County, Virginia. There are currently eight physical branches, plus Outreach Services, which offers services to the disabled, elderly, and homebound. LCPL's mission statement calls the library "the community's information center," which "provides free and equal access to a full variety of library resources and innovative technologies to enhance the quality of life and meet the informational, educational and cultural interests of the entire community." In 2006 the system came in tenth place for libraries serving comparably sized populations, according to (Hennen's American Public Library Ratings ) (HAPLR). == Branches == The nine branches range in size from large regional libraries to small neighborhood branches. Outreach services is the traveling branch of the Loudoun County Public Library, although its offices are located in Leesburg. Each branch has an advisory board that helps support the library and raise funds. Another source of funding is the annual book sale put on by the Loudoun Library Foundation. The LCPL system branch libraries are: *Ashburn *Cascades (Potomac Falls) *Lovettsville *Middleburg *Purcellville *Rust (Leesburg) *Sterling *Gum Spring (Dulles) *Outreach (Leesburg) In 1974 the Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg joined the Loundoun County Public Library system. In 1994 its ownership was transferred to the Town of Leesburg to operate as a historical and genealogical library.〔(Town of Leesburg : Library (Thomas Balch) )〕 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「Loudoun County Public Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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