Harford County Public Library

Harford County Public Library is a public library serving Harford County, Maryland. It has 11 branches (plus one in design phase) and an administration and support services building. The library has an annual circulation of over 4,000,000 materials and serves more than 174,000 registered borrowers.

In June 1945, Harford County became the first county in Maryland to implement the new tax-supported Public Library Law. By January 1946, the first Harford County Board of Library Trustees was formed and the old Methodist Church Building on Main Street in Bel Air was bought to provide headquarters for the County library system. At this time work is being done to build a new Library facility in the City of Havre de Grace.

The Harford County Public Library borrower's card is free and available to a person of any age. Included in the services and materials that the library offers to the community are: books, eBooks, sound recordings, audio books, eAudiobooks, Playaways, magazines, newspapers, video games, public meeting rooms, large-type books, DVDs, compact discs, STEM kits, puzzles, puppets, oral history, films, copy machines, public access computer catalogs with printers, microfilm reader- printer, children and adult programs, information services, Internet access, health information, tax assistance, and volunteer opportunities.

For this past fiscal year, HCPL reached the circulation of 4.1 million library items.

The library has eleven service outlets, listed here by collection size.

Bel Air Branch Library (Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland) has been the largest branch in the system since its beginning in 1947. The building was constructed in 1960 and renovated and expanded in 1967. A second renovation and expansion occurred in 1998. The Children's Section was renovated in 2016. The Learning and Sharing Center collection is housed in Bel Air Branch. .
Location: 100 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Bel Air, MD 21014
Size: 50,000 sq ft (5,000 m²).
Collection: 255,277 as of 7/2008
Circulation FY 07 - 1,028,419
Meeting Room: 1,404 sq ft (130 m²). (3 rooms at 468 sq ft (43 m²))

Abingdon Branch Library (Abingdon, Maryland) opened May 17, 2004.
Location: 2510 S. Tollgate Road, Bel Air, MD 21015
Size: 35,000 sq ft (3,300 m²).
Collection: 173,822 as of 7/2008
Circulation: FY07 - 879,818
Meeting Room: 1058 sq ft (2 rooms 529 sq ft (49 m²))

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