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Since its opening, the library has been dedicated to creating a community center for lifetime learning. FLS is a charter member of Access Pennsylvania , which allows patrons to use any participating Pennsylvania library, as well as a charter member of MCLINC, a consortium of libraries providing online, public access to Montgomery County library ...
George B. Moreland was hired as the first Director of the Library System. The Library Board was appointed by the County Council and assumed its duties in February 1951. [6] By July 1, 1951, when the Department officially began its operations, seven of the nine independent Montgomery County libraries agreed to hand over administrative control to ...
In 1998 a white paper was created exploring the feasibility of a statewide public library card for Georgia. As Georgia had consistently ranked among the lowest states in public library funding per capita it was agreed that a universal library card could be of great benefit to the residents of Georgia as long as the affiliated libraries were unified under one single integrated library system ...
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A month later, the Library Task Force recommended a bond election for $9.25 million to build new facilities in Conroe, The Woodlands, and Magnolia, as well as using $500,000 for new books throughout the system, and $750,000 for automation and computerization of the library system. On November 5, the bond election was held and approved with 63% ...
The Minuteman Library Network (MLN), [1] founded in 1984, is a consortium of 41 public and academic libraries in the MetroWest and Middlesex County areas of eastern Massachusetts, US that share resources, patrons and services.
The MCFLS provides a number of useful services to any person who is a member of one of its libraries. These services allow the person to use any member library as if they belonged to it, such as searching all libraries' collection through a common catalog system, checking out any library's materials through the internet, and requesting them to be delivered to a closer library.
In 1906 the Commissioner of the Colquitt County Board of Education petitioned Andrew Carnegie for funds to construct a public library to serve the county. On December 3 of that year, Carnegie granted a donation of $10,000 to be used to library construction on the terms the city pay an annual maintenance fee of $1,000 towards keeping the building in good condition. [5]