The Chicopee Public Library is the public library for the city of Chicopee, Massachusetts. A member of the Western Massachusetts Regional Library System, the Chicopee Public Library participates in resources sharing and collaboration with all other libraries in the WRMLS system. The Chicopee Public Library owns approximately 109,000 books according to the 2005 IMLS Public Library Report. Additionally they have 4,200 media items and send and receive over 35,000 interlibrary loan requests. In fiscal year 2008, the city of Chicopee spent 1.1% ($1,401,141) of its budget on its public library—some $25 per person.
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