New Orleans Public Library

"NOPL" redirects here. For the NOPL processor instruction, see x86 instruction listings. For the Northern Onondaga Public Libraries, see Onondaga County Public Libraries.

New Orleans Public Library
Main Branch on Loyola Avenue
29°57′16″N 90°04′32″W / 29.9544°N 90.0755°W / 29.9544; -90.0755
LocationUnited States
Established1897 (1897)
Branches15
Collection
Size466 thousand
Other information
Websitenolalibrary.org

The New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) is the public library of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Succeeding earlier libraries in the city, it opened in 1897. Three branches were added by 1908. Carnegie library branches were added in 1911 and 1915. By 2005 a dozen branches were open. The main library is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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