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Free Library and Reading Room–Williamstown Memorial Library is located in the Williamstown section of Monroe Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. The library was built in 1878 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 1987.
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 ...
The Belleville Public Library and Information Center is the free public library of Belleville, New Jersey located at 221 Washington Avenue. [1] Serving a population of approximately 36,000 the library in 2011 included a collection of 105,452 volumes and had a circulation of about 39,000 items per year.
The Main Library undergoing renovations in Fall 2011. The Elizabeth Public Library is the free public library of Elizabeth, New Jersey.Serving a population of approximately 127,558, its collection contains 342,305 volumes, circulating 190,581 items annually [1] from its four locations.
The state of New Jersey was allocated $1,066,935 across twenty nine communities, which ranked New Jersey as the number eleven state in terms of the number of communities assisted by Andrew Carnegie's donations. The communities that were assisted ranged from large cities to small towns and contained a diverse selection on economic backgrounds.
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 ...
Back in March, the Louisville Free Public Library (LFPL) received two books checked out by the family of music legend Morris Perelmuter King in the 1920s and were finally returned to their St ...
The Cherry Hill Public Library is a public library located at 1100 Kings Highway North in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The library is overseen by the Library Board of Trustees and run by The Library Director. Originally called The Cherry Hill Free Public Library, the word "Free" was dropped from the title in 2003. The current library building was ...