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With a gift from merchant and philanthropist Silas Bronson to his hometown of Waterbury and with the direction of internationally renowned bibliographer William Frederick Poole, the Library Board of Agents established the Silas Bronson Library, the City's library, in 1868. Today that library houses a collection of 2,40,000 carefully selected titles, 60 computer workstations, state and federal government documents depositories, and the most experienced staff in a quarter of Connecticut. The current building, with some 53,000 square feet of space, dates from 1963 and 1968.
Bronson's services are divided into circulation, children's information, technical and adult information services. These services address the information needs of residents of all ages with a variety of reference, recreational, and general print and digital materials. With capital and collection resources of over twenty-two million dollars Bronson is the largest and finest public information agency in the western / northwestern part of the state.
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