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Acton Memorial Library is a public library at 486 Main Street in Acton, Massachusetts.In 1889 William Allan Wilde (1827-1902), a Sunday school publisher and philanthropist [1] who was a native of Acton, donated funds to construct the library to memorialize Acton's citizens who served in the American Civil War.
Acton Center is the civic center of the town and is the site of the town hall, the main public library (Acton Memorial Library), a children's playground, an obelisk monument commemorating Acton deaths in "the Concord Fight" of the Revolutionary War, a fire station, the Acton Congregational Church, a 64-acre (260,000 m 2) arboretum and ...
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 Acton Library Board was selected ahead of projects like a band hall, a swimming pool, or a chapel at the cemetery. The Board of Education chipped in with a corner of the Robert Little Public School property, and in June 1967, the new library facility opened. The new facility sparked a change in the way the Acton Library operated.
The Acton branch of the Halton Hills Public Library is located at 17 River Street. Initially built as the community's centennial project when it opened in 1967, it was replaced in 2012. [69] Halton Hills has its own fire department but policing is provided by the Halton Regional Police Services. [70]
At the same time, libraries began to develop applications to automate the purchase, cataloging, and circulation of books and other library materials. These applications, collectively known as an integrated library system (ILS) or library management system, included an online catalog as the public interface to the system's inventory. Most ...
The A.L.A. Catalog, also known as the Catalog of A.L.A. Library, as one of the most popular booklists developed by experts, is the “first general book selection guide cooperatively prepared for use by American public libraries.” [3] Before the development of the catalog, Melvil Dewey first promoted the idea of a universal library collection guide in an article “The Coming Catalogue” in ...
This increase made Acton look at its public schools to expand. In 1953, new schools were constructed to accommodate the growth in the student population. In 1957, Acton and Boxborough created a regional school district for grades 7 -12 (Littleton pulled out of the planned regional district halfway through the planning process).