Editing Springfield, Massachusetts (section)

===Public library===

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Efforts to establish a public library began in the 1850s.<ref>C.B. Tillinghast. The free public libraries of Massachusetts. 1st Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1891. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LusKAAAAYAAJ Google books] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215200246/https://books.google.com/books?id=LusKAAAAYAAJ |date=February 15, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/|title=Springfield City Library|website=Springfieldlibrary.org|access-date=July 12, 2017|archive-date=July 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707082212/http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> In fiscal year 2008, the city of Springfield spent 1.13% ($5,321,151) of its budget on its public library—approximately $35 per person, per year ($46.12 adjusted for inflation to 2022).<ref>July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008; cf. The FY2008 Municipal Pie: What's Your Share? Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Library Commissioners. Boston: 2009. Available: [http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/statistics/public/repmunicpie/index.php Municipal Pie Reports] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123010127/http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/statistics/public/repmunicpie/index.php |date=January 23, 2012 }}. Retrieved August 4, 2010.</ref> In fiscal year 2009, Springfield spent about 1% ($5,077,158) of its budget on the library—approximately $32 per person, per year ($42.32 adjusted for inflation to 2022).<ref>July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009; cf. {{cite web|url=http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/statistics/public/repmunicpie/index.php |title=FY 2009 Municipal Pie Report |author=Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners |year=2011 |access-date=April 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123010127/http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/statistics/public/repmunicpie/index.php |archive-date=January 23, 2012 }}</ref> Springfield has Massachusetts' 2nd largest library circulation, behind Boston.

As of 2012, the public library purchases access for its patrons to databases owned by the following companies:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/databases_alphabetical.html |title=Library Catalogs & Electronic Databases |author=Springfield City Library |date=April 10, 2012 |access-date=May 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222080356/http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/databases_alphabetical.html |archive-date=February 22, 2012 }}</ref>
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* [[EBSCO Industries]]
* [[Foundation Center]]
* [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]], of [[Cengage Learning]]
* [[Infobase Publishing]]
* LearningExpress, LLC
* [[Merriam-Webster, Inc.]]
* [[NewsBank, Inc.]]
* [[Oxford University Press]]
* [[ProQuest]] (products include [[Massachusetts Newsstand]])
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