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The Camden Free Public Library Main Building is the first former main library of the Camden, New Jersey public library system. Designed by Herbert D. Hale and Henry G. Morse, [4] the building was constructed with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation and opened in 1905.
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]
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.
Danforth Memorial Library, also known as the Paterson Free Public Library, is located at 250 Broadway in the city of Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. The library was built in 1905 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 1, 1984, for its significance in architecture, education, and social history. [1]
The New Jersey Room holds over 20,000 volumes, in addition to historical maps and periodicals. [15] [16] Biblioteca Criolla, the system's Spanish language library, originally opened on Newark Avenue in 1972 but was incorporated into the main library in 2010. [13] [2] The building was also home to the Jersey City Museum until it was relocated in ...
The Weehawken Public Library is the free public library of Weehawken, New Jersey. The library has a collection of about 43,000 volumes and circulates 40,604 items annually. [1] It is a member of the Bergen County Cooperative Library System, a consortium of municipal libraries in the northeastern New Jersey counties of Bergen, Hudson, Passaic ...
The Kearny Public Library is the free public library in Kearny, New Jersey. Containing a collection of 76,989 volumes it serves a population of approximately 46,000 from two locations and circulates 79,118 items annually. [1] The main library is one of New Jersey's Carnegie libraries. [2]
The John Cotton Dana Library, referred to simply as the Dana Library, is the third largest library of Rutgers University and the main library on its Newark campus. [1] The library collections focus on business, management, and nursing. The fourth floor houses the Institute of Jazz Studies, the world's