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Chicago’s Library Year So Far, in Six Files: 77.3 Percent of Circulation Through July Sits on Lines That Aren’t Branches — Auto-Renewals Alone Are 1.9 Times All 82 Branch Lines Combined
Six Chicago Public Library 2026 files read whole and side by side: 4.94 million visits through August, 8.1 million circulation items through July – 77.3 percent of them on non-branch lines led…
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