Smith Memorial Library - Chautauqua, NY
N 42° 12.525 W 079° 27.938
17T E 626657 N 4674093
The Smith Memorial Library at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York
Waymark Code: WM12R69
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2020
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The Smith Memorial Library is located at 21 Miller Avenue at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York.
The Chautauqua Institution is:
"a not-for-profit, 750-acre community on Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York State, where approximately 7,500 persons are in residence on any day during a nine-week season, and a total of more than 100,000 attend scheduled public events.
"Chautauqua is dedicated to the exploration of the best in human values and the enrichment of life through a program that explores the important religious, social and political issues of our times; stimulates provocative, thoughtful involvement of individuals and families in creative response to such issues; and promotes excellence and creativity in the appreciation, performance and teaching of the arts."
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The Smith Memorial Library sits on the south end of the main square in the community. The library's mission is: "To enrich the lives of the greater CHQ community by providing access to materials in a variety of formats, as well as other appropriate library services, for the purposes of education, intellectual stimulation, and pleasure; and to do so within the framework of the accepted principles of the library profession."
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The library is part of the Chautauqua-Cattaragus Library System and offers year-round services to the Chautauqua community, including a large collection of circulating materials, archival materials, digital resources, inter-library loan, wi-fi internet access, desktop computers, copy machines, and a children's library.
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