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The Sterling public library began in 1871. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] The Conant Public Library building, financed by Edwin Conant in memory of his daughter Elizabeth Ann Conant, was dedicated in 1886. [ 27 ] In fiscal year 2008, the town of Sterling spent 1.59% ($289,567) of its budget on its public library—approximately $36 per person, per year ($47.44 ...
In 1857, the City Library Association was formed in Springfield in response to the 1851 Massachusetts Public Library Law, which authorized cities and towns to establish and maintain public libraries, as well as an 1855 petition by residents requesting funding for a library. [1] Prior to this, the Springfield Library Company ran a private ...
Springfield City Library Springfield: Hampden: Conant Public Library Sterling: Worcester: Stockbridge Library Association Stockbridge: Berkshire:
Springfield Public Library will be closed for two weeks while it completes the final phase of its remodel. Starting Monday, the library will remain closed, meaning no physical check-outs will be ...
Gwendolyn Harrison started working at Lincoln Library in Springfield as a 16-year-old page. It is where she got her first professional job after earning her master's degree in library science ...
Efforts to establish a public library began in the 1850s. [129] [130] In fiscal year 2008, the city of Springfield spent 1.13% ($5,321,151) of its budget on its public library—approximately $35 per person, per year ($46.12 adjusted for inflation to 2022). [131]
The Springfield native has a master's degree in library and information science and is expected to take over Oct. 2. She replaces Summer Beck-Griffith Gwendolyn Harrison named Lincoln Library ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts provides information on Carnegie public libraries in Massachusetts, where 43 of them were built from 1901 to 1917, funded by 35 grants totaling $1,137,500 and awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Massachusetts Carnegie libraries were also built at five academic institutions ...