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Boston Public Library
Boston, MA
Address:
700 Boylston Street, Copley Square
Boston,
Massachusetts
02116
United States
County: Suffolk 
Phone: 617-536-5400
Connect to: Library Web Site✔ Online Catalog
Library details: Boston Public Library is a Public library.
This library is affiliated with Boston Public Library (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 8,947,271 volumes. The library circulates 3,673,303 items per year. The library serves a population of 625,087 residents .
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Administration: The director of the library is David Leonard .
Organizational structure: This is a publicly funded and managed library.
Affiliations: The library is a member of the Association of Research Libraries
Affiliations: The library is a member of the Urban Libraries Council .
See also: Directory of Public Libraries in the United States
| Statistics Public | ||
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| Service Population | 625,087 | Residents |
| Collection size | 8,947,271 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 3,673,303 | transactions |
| Technology Profile | ||
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| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Polaris | 2012 |
| Previous Automation System | Horizon | 2001 |
| Previous Automation System | DRA | 1989 |
| Discovery Service (w/index) | None | |
| Discovery Interface | BiblioCore | 2010 |
| Digital Collection Management | DigiTool | |
| Item ID Type | Barcode | |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the Metro-Boston Library Network (view map) | ||
Automation Survey: We are conducting a study on the automation systems used in libraries. This survey should be completed by a person familiar with your libraries use of Polaris.
Record History: This listing was created on Jun 7, 1997 and was last modified on Jan 16, 2026.
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