East Baton Rouge Parish Library

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East Baton Rouge Parish Library
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East Baton Rouge Parish Library
30°26′35″N91°06′23″W / 30.443034°N 91.106471°W / 30.443034; -91.106471
Location Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Established1939
Branches14
Collection
Size2,460,233 (2018) [1]
Access and use
Circulation2,972,067 (2018) [1]
Members251,578 (2018) [1]
Other information
Budget$40 million [2]
DirectorKatrina Stokes [3]
Website www.ebrpl.com

East Baton Rouge Parish Library (EBRPL) is the public library system of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. It serves Baton Rouge and other cities in the parish.

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History

The East Baton Rouge Public Library was established in 1939 with the donation of second-hand collected books from the city. Quick to expand, the library had eight branches within its first three years as a system. [4]

Since 1986, the library has been funded by a 10-year dedicated property tax. This tax, funded at 11.1 mills, provides funding for all library operations, improvements, and salaries. While the tax was lowered to 10.78 mills in the early 2000s, it was raised back to 11.1 mills in 2015. [5] Its most recent renewal was on October 24, 2015. [4] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Key Indicators Reported for 2010 – 2016" (PDF). East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 Gallo, Andrea (October 26, 2015). "East Baton Rouge Parish library tax approved by voters; money likely going to ambitious improvements". The Advocate. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Duchmann, Holly (November 17, 2023). "Board chooses new EBR library director" . Greater Baton Rouge Business Report. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Library History and Facts". East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Riegel, Stephanie (May 13, 2015). "Stephanie Riegel: Does the East Baton Rouge Parish Library really need a new south branch?". Greater Baton Rouge Business Report. Retrieved 17 October 2017.


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