San Francisco Public Library
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| Established | 1878 |
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| Location | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Branches | 27 |
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| Size | 3,478,293 |
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| Circulation | 10,971,974 |
| Population served | 825,863 |
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| Director | Luis Herrera, City Librarian |
| Website | www.sfpl.org |
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Coordinates: 37°46′44″N 122°24′59″W / 37.7790°N 122.4163°W
The San Francisco Public Library is the public library system of the city of San Francisco. The Main Library is located at Civic Center, at 100 Larkin Street.
In 1877 a residents' meeting was called by Andrew Smith Hallidie who advocated the creation of a public library for San Francisco. A board of trustees for the Library was created in 1878 through the Rogers Act, signed by Governor of California William Irwin, which also created a property tax to fund the Library project. The San Francisco Public Library opened in 1879 on Bush Street at Kearny Street and hired Albert Hart as the first librarian. In 1888 the Library moved to the Larkin Street wing of City Hall at Civic Center. The first three branches opened from 1888 to 1889, in the Mission, in North Beach, and in Potrero Hill. In 1889 the Library became a Federal depository by nomination of Senator George Hearst.
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