History
In 1857, some of Sacramento’s leading citizens, including Charles Crocker, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and C.P. Huntington, formed the Sacramento Library Association. In 1872, the library association purchased a downtown Sacramento lot and erected and furnished a new library building. Later, the association turned over the building to the City of Sacramento with the requirement that it be a free library.
More than 150 years later, the Sacramento Public Library serves 1.2 million people, has over two million volumes, a Central Library, and 27 branches. It provides access to print on demand books via the Espresso Book Machine.
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