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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]
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All of Bergen County's public libraries are members of the BCCLS, along with 16 library systems from other counties with 11 in Essex, 4 in Hudson, and a single one Passaic county. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] A patron's hometown library card is honored at all participating libraries.
The Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the largest library in the United States and second-largest library in the world with over 167 million holdings, including 39 million books and other printed recordings, 14.8 million photographs, 5.5 million maps, 8.1 million pieces of sheet music, and 72 million manuscripts
Hamilton Township is a township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 27,484, [8] [9] an increase of 981 (+3.7%) from the 2010 census count of 26,503, [18] [19] which in turn reflected an increase of 6,004 (+29.3%) from the 20,499 counted in the 2000 census. [20]
The New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) is the largest and busiest highway in Hamilton, though it has no interchanges within the township. Situated next to the New Jersey state capital of Trenton, and New Jersey's eighth-largest municipality, Hamilton Township is 65 miles (105 km) away from New York City and 35 miles (56 km) away from Philadelphia.
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 ]
Atlantic County Library System is the county library system of Atlantic County, New Jersey.The library system is the information center in Atlantic County. The Library System includes ten branch libraries located throughout Atlantic County: Absecon, Brigantine, Egg Harbor City, Egg Harbor Township, Galloway Township, Hammonton, Mays Landing, Pleasantville, Somers Point, and Ventnor. [1]