Haarlem_Public_Library

The Stadsbibliotheek Haarlem (Haarlem Public Library) is a collective name
for all public libraries in the Haarlem area of the
Netherlands. The first public library of Haarlem opened in 1921 at the
cloisters of the Haarlem City Hall where the academic
library had been since 1821. The move to open its doors to the public with a
public reading room was only possible after the previous occupant of the downstairs
cloisters, the Frans Hals Museum, moved out in 1913 to its present location. As of
2009, there are 6 public libraries and 10 lending points, such as in hospitals.