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When the New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) was founded in 1890, upwards of fifty-seven public libraries were established and operating statewide. In 1900, New Jersey state legislature created the Public Library Commission (PLC) as a method to provide support for public libraries. [25]
As New Jersey's largest city, Newark played a major role in New Jersey's journalistic history. At its apex, The News was widely regarded as the newspaper of record in New Jersey. [ 1 ] For much of its life it had the largest circulation of any New Jersey newspaper, and in 1963 was the 20th ranked national newspaper by evening circulation numbers.
The library was temporarily housed in the old YMCA building on South Street. Meanwhile, the trustees used insurance and savings to buy land at the corner of Miller Road and South Street, with the intention of erecting a new library building. In 1916, retired textile merchant Grinnell Willis paid the entire cost of a new, fireproof building. He ...
She was born as Nellie K. Morrow to Mary A. (1875-?) and John Eugene Morrow (1873-?) aka Eugene Morrow, on August 27, 1902, in Hackensack, New Jersey. [2] John was the janitor of the Johnson Public Library at 274 Main Street in Hackensack and also a minister . He was born in North Carolina. Nellie had the following siblings: Eugene Abram Morrow ...
The New Jersey State Library, based in Trenton, New Jersey, was established in 1796 to serve the information needs of New Jersey's Governor, Legislature and Judiciary. The State Library is also responsible to assist in the provision of library and information services to all New Jersey residents. [ 1 ]
The Burlington County Library (BCLS) is a public library system that serves 37 out of the 40 municipalities of Burlington County, New Jersey. The central headquarters is in Westampton . The library collection contains approximately 770,000 volumes, and its annual circulation was 1.8 million in 2005. [ 1 ]
The NJLA was officially incorporated on April 19, 1951, and structured with an Executive Board to oversee operations. [9] The NJLA has published several studies on the services offered by public and county libraries, including the reports Library Service for the People of New Jersey in 1953, [6] Libraries for the People of New Jersey, or Knowledge for All in 1963, [10] and Interim Goals for a ...
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