Loudoun County Public Library (LCPL), with nearly 200 employees, both professional and paraprofessional, serves the citizens of Loudoun County, Virginia. There are currently seven branches with an eighth under construction. The Outreach department offers services to the disabled, elderly, and homebound.
LCPL's mission statement calls the library "the community's information center," which "provides free and equal access to a full variety of library resources and innovative technologies to enhance the quality of life and meet the informational, educational and cultural interests of the entire community."
In 2006 the system came in tenth place for libraries serving a comparably sized population, according to Hennen's American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR).
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