New York State Library

Division of Library Development

New York State Public and Association Libraries:
Library Types by Public Library System [1]

Based on the 2006 Annual Report for Public and Association Libraries

Type of Library

Association 2

Public (4)

Public Library System

(3)
AO

AT

AV

ACi

ASD

ACo

Total

(3)
PO

PT

PV

PCi

PSD

PCo

PSLD

Total
Public

GRAND
TOTAL

Brooklyn

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Buffalo & Erie

0

2

1

0

0

0

3

0

16

1

2

0

1

0

20

23

Chautauqua-Cattaraugus

3

15

6

2

0

0

26

1

4

3

1

1

0

0

10

36

Clinton-Essex-Franklin

3

7

5

0

2

0

17

1

4

1

1

6

0

0

13

30

Finger Lakes

3

8

12

0

0

0

23

0

1

4

0

1

1

1

8

31

Four County

0

15

6

0

1

0

22

0

7

7

1

4

1

0

20

42

Mid-Hudson

8

21

6

0

0

0

35

0

6

2

0

7

0

16

31

66

Mid-York

1

9

12

3

0

0

25

0

3

8

1

5

0

1

18

43

Mohawk Valley

1

1

2

1

3

0

8

0

0

1

1

3

1

0

6

14

Monroe County

0

3

0

0

0

0

3

1

13

1

1

1

0

0

17

20

Nassau

0

0

1

0

4

0

5

0

0

12

0

33

0

5

50

55

New York Public

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Nioga

3

4

2

0

2

0

11

2

2

0

1

5

0

0

10

21

North Country

2

11

21

0

0

0

34

1

18

8

3

1

0

0

31

65

Onondaga

7

1

4

0

1

0

13

0

1

1

0

2

1

1

6

19

Pioneer

1

12

7

0

2

0

22

0

11

0

0

9

0

0

20

42

Queens

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Ramapo Catskill

8

5

3

0

4

0

20

0

3

2

0

16

0

6

27

47

Southern Adirondack

1

11

1

0

1

0

14

0

9

5

0

3

0

3

20

34

Southern Tier

8

11

6

0

5

0

30

1

2

1

1

3

0

1

9

39

Suffolk

1

1

1

0

18

0

21

0

0

0

0

31

0

4

35

56

Upper Hudson

0

8

3

2

0

0

13

0

5

1

2

6

0

2

16

29

Westchester

4

2

1

2

2

0

11

1

7

10

2

4

0

3

27

38

GRAND TOTAL

54

147

101

10

45

3

360

8

113

68

17

141

5

42

394

(5) 753
Public Library System

(3)
AO

AT

AV

ACi

ASD

ACo

Total

(3)
PO

PT

PV

PCi

PSD

PCo

PSLD

Total
Public

GRAND
TOTAL

Type of Library

Association 2

Public (4)

Notes:

  1. Includes systems also chartered as public libraries: Brooklyn, Buffalo and Erie, The New York Public, Onondaga, Queens.
  2. An Association Library is a public library created by a membership association.
  3. "Other" includes libraries serving fire districts, voting districts, Indian reservations, etc.
  4. A Public Library is a library created by a municipality, district or the State Legislature.
  5. Grand Total does not include one association village library that is not a member of a public library system.

SEE ALSO Types of Libraries in New York State: A Comparison; Profile of New York State's Library Systems and Libraries by Region

Abbreviation Type of Library Abbreviation Type of Library
ACi Association City PCi Public City
ACo Association County PCo Public County
AH Association Hamlet PO Public Other
AO Association Other PSD Public School District
ASD Association School District PSLD Public Special Legislative District
AT Association Town PT Public Town
AV Association Village PV Public Village

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