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The Mount Prospect Public Library is a public library located in Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA, a suburb of Chicago. A staff of 171 full- and part-time employees work at the Library, in more than a dozen areas throughout the 101,000-square-foot facility. Currently more than 61,000 patrons are registered cardholders. The collection has approximately 497,000 items on file, with an annual circulation figure of more than one million. The Library is governed by a Board of Library Trustees, consisting of seven members, who are elected by the voters of the Village. The Board elects every year from among its members appropriate officers. All members serve without remuneration. Regular meetings of the Board are held in the Library. ==History== 1930 – The first Library was established by the Mount Prospect Woman’s Club. Consisting of one tier of shelves holding about 300 books, the collection was located in a one-room schoolhouse on the corner of Main Street and Central Road and was staffed by volunteers from the Woman’s Club. The old schoolhouse, now the property of St. John’s Episcopal Church, is currently located on the corner of Wille and Thayer Streets. 1932 – The Library moved to the old Mount Prospect State Bank building on the northeast corner of Busse and Main Streets. The Mount Prospect Woman’s Club was still in charge but employed Mrs. Irma Schlemmer, who was permitted to keep the Library open eight hours a week. 1943 – A referendum was passed enabling the foundation of a tax supported Village Library. The young Library received much assistance from the Chicago Public Library in the form of professional suggestion, furniture and books. Chicago Public gave the Library 1,000 books for $200 per year. 1944 – The Library moved to a paint store at 115 South Main Street as it was the only store open at night. 1950 – The first Library building was erected at 14 East Busse Avenue on land purchased with money – $25,000 – donated by organizations and from individual gifts. This building was torn down to make way for the Village Hall in 2002. 1961 – In March 1961, a bond issue of $198,000 authorized an addition to the Library. Between 1962 and 1965 two additions were made to the building, tripling the floor space. 1966 – Voters approved a bond issue for further expansion, which increased the size to 12,000 square feet. An adjacent parking lot was purchased by the Library. A campaign was begun by the Library Board of Directors and Library supporters to acquire rights to the Central School property, where the present Library building now stands 1974 – The population had risen to 46,525 when the Village Board of Trustees voted in September to purchase the 2.6 acre Central School property as a site for a new Library building and approved the expenditure of $3.2 million for construction of a new building. 1976 – The new Library opened December 6, 1976. 1987 – The Board of Library Trustees went before the voters in April and November to request additional funding for the operations budget and for funds to remodel the existing building and construct a 50,000 square foot addition. The funding requests were defeated. 1988 – Following the loss of two funding referenda library hours were decreased from 79 to 64 hours per week. With special funds from the Village of Mount Prospect, Sunday hours from 12-5 were restored bringing the total hours open to 69 per week. Reciprocal borrowing restrictions were implemented and charges for certain services and materials were instituted. 1992 – Marilyn Genther was appointed Executive Director of the Library. The number of reference transactions in adult and youth departments increased significantly as did total circulation. Financial and space constraints became critical. 2002 – A $20.5 million referendum was passed on March 19. Plans for the renovated library building were drawn up. The Library moved to temporary quarters at 852 Feehanville Drive in the Kensington Business Center. 2004 – Construction of the library building on Emerson Street was completed. The Library moved back to its permanent home in August. It opened to the public in September. 2010 – The library partners with the Village of Mount Prospect, Northwest Community Hospital, and School Districts 214 and 59 to create the South Branch at Crystal Court Plaza at Busse and Algonquin roads. The Chicago Community Trust awarded these agencies $150,000 in grants to help open the South Branch, which offers books, movies, music, internet-connected computers with Microsoft office, homework and reading help, GED and ELL materials, information, preschool storytimes, teen programs and small business resources. Materials are available in a variety of languages, including English, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Gujarati, and Korean. 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「Mount Prospect Public Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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