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Fast Facts About Mount Prospect Public Library
Building Facts
- Architect/Interior Design: Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd.
- Contractor: The Meyne Company, Division of Bulley & Andrews LLC
- Owners Representative: Owner Services Group
- Engineering: Arnold and O’Sheridan, Inc.
- Signage: Forcade Associates
- Planning Consultants: Library Planning Associates
101,290 square feet
- Friends of the Library area - 1,595 square feet
- Meeting Rooms/Entry/Youth Services - 23,851 square feet
- Adult Services/Teen Zone - 37,769 square feet
- Staff area - 24,970 square feet
- Public area - 62,170 square feet
- Non-assignable areas - 14,150 square feet
Meeting Rooms
Two public meeting rooms
- Meeting Room A, capacity 318
- Meeting Room B, capacity 42
Computer Training Room
- Meeting Room C, capacity 10
Youth Program Room
- Can be divided in half; capacity 125
- State-of-the-art LCD projection units and sound systems are housed in all Meeting Rooms
Computers
- 90 Internet-connected (e-net) Stations, 50 catalog stations, and free WiFi
Copiers
- 2 copiers on the first floor, one can print in color
- 2 copiers on the second floor, one can print in color
Statistics
- Circulation: Over 1 million (2009)
- Collection: 499,388 items (August 2009)
A staff of 171 full- and part-time employees work at Mount Prospect Public Library, in over a dozen areas throughout the facility.
- Click Here to learn more about the Seven
Wonders of Mount Prospect.
| Administration | Human Resources |
| Building Services | Information Services |
| Circulation Services | Reference Services |
| Collection Management | Registration and Patron Management Services |
| Community Services | Technical Services |
| Computer Services | Youth Services |
| Fiction/AV/Teen Services | South Branch |
Seven Wonders of Mount Prospect
Last Updated On
February 29, 2012
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