Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS, pronounced "buckles") is a consortium of public libraries in the four northeastern New Jersey Gateway Region counties of Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, and Essex.
After growing to 30,000 volumes, a 1914 fire destroyed the lyceum and much of its contents. 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.
The New Brunswick Free Public Library is the public library of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The main library, built 1903, is located at 60 Livingston Avenue and is one of New Jersey's Carnegie libraries. [2] The Henry Guest House was moved to library grounds in 1924 and is bordered by the Willow Grove Cemetery.
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 ]
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Somerville Public Library is a public library of the Somerset County Library System of New Jersey and is located at 35 West End Avenue in Somerville, New Jersey. It is centered at the end of Somerville’s downtown Main Street and is in the same building as the town’s Borough Hall. The library offers books, movies, CDs, and periodicals.
The building is one of New Jersey's 36 Carnegie libraries, constructed with a grant of $15,000 made March 16, 1915 by the Carnegie Corporation and opened in 1916. [3] [4] Engraved about its entrance is Edgewater Free Library. In 2009, the library was listed on the state and national registers of historic places. [1]