Library Types by Public Library System [1]
Based on the 2007 Annual Report for Public and Association Libraries
and Reflecting Charter Actions Through 2008
[Bold numbers indicate most recent changes]
| Type of Library | Association (2) |
Public (4) |
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| Public Library System | (3) AO |
AT | AV | ACi | ASD | ACo | Total | (3) PO |
PT | PJT | 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 | 0 | 1 |
| Buffalo & Erie | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 23 |
| Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | 3 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 36 |
| Clinton-Essex-Franklin | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 30 |
| Finger Lakes | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 33 |
| Four County | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 42 |
| Mid-Hudson | 9 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 32 | 66 |
| Mid-York | 1 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 43 |
| Mohawk Valley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| Monroe County | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 20 |
| Nassau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 54 |
| New York Public | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nioga | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| North Country | 3 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 65 |
| Onondaga | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| Pioneer | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 42 |
| Queens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ramapo Catskill | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 47 |
| Southern Adirondack | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 34 |
| Southern Tier | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 39 |
| Suffolk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 56 |
| Upper Hudson | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 29 |
| Westchester | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 38 |
| nonsystem | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
GRAND TOTAL |
63 |
144 |
92 |
9 |
46 |
3 |
357 |
9 |
108 |
2 |
65 |
17 |
146 |
5 |
46 |
398 |
755 |
| Public Library System | (3) AO |
AT | AV | ACi | ASD | ACo | Total | (3) PO |
PT | PJT | PV | PCi | PSD | PCo | PSLD | Total Public |
GRAND TOTAL |
| Type of Library | Association (2) |
Public (4) |
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Notes:
- Includes systems also chartered as public libraries: Brooklyn, Buffalo and Erie, The New York Public, Onondaga, Queens.
- An Association Library is a public library created by a membership association.
- "Other" includes libraries serving fire districts, voting districts, Indian reservations, etc.
- A Public Library is a library created by a municipality, district, Department of State, County Supreme Court or the State Legislature.
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 | ||
| AO | Association Other | PO | Public Other |
| ASD | Association School District | PSD | Public School District |
| PSLD | Public Special Legislative District | ||
| AT | Association Town | PT | Public Town |
| PJT | Public Joint Town | ||
| AV | Association Village | PV | Public Village |
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Last Updated:
May 27, 2009 -- asm