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A listing of meeting minutes and past reports can be found <a href="http://www.rahwaylibrary.org/Reports" target="_blank">here.</a> 190 </div> 191 </div> 192 193 <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4"> 194 <div class="faculty-div"> 195 <h4>Staff</h4> 196 197 <br /> 198 Ian Sloat - Director - x218<br /> 199 Reference Department - x212<br /> 200 Elizabeth Hoens - Children's Librarian - x202 <br /> 201 </div> 202 </div> 203 204 <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4"> 205 <div class="faculty-div"> 206 <h4>Policy</h4> 207 208 <br /> 209 <!-- <a href="policy/annualreport.pdf" target="new">Annual Report</a><br /> 210 <a href="policy/annualstatisticreport.pdf" target="new">Annual Statistics</a><br /> --> 211 <!-- <a href="policy/circulation.pdf" target="new">Circulation Policy</a><br /> --> 212 <a href="policy/borrower.pdf" target="new">Borrower Policy</a><br /> 213 <a href="policy/internet.pdf" target="new">Internet Policy</a><br /> 214 <a href="policy/publicbehavior.pdf" target="new">Patron Disciplinary Policy </a><br /> 215 <a href="policy/rulesofconduct.pdf" target="new">Public Behavior</a><br /> 216 <a href="policy/bedbug.pdf" target="new">Bed Bug Policy</a><br /> 217 <a href="policy/phone.pdf" target="new">Library Phone Policy</a><br /> 218 <a href="policy/children in the library.pdf" target="new">Policy on Children in the Library</a><br /> 219 <a href="policy/Patron Reconsideration Form.docx" target="new">Patron Reconsideration Form</a> 220 </div> 221 </div> 222 223 224 </div> 225 226 <hr style="color:#000000; width:100%"/> 227 228 <div class="row"> 229 <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12"> 230 <div class="faculty-div"> 231 232 <h2>Library History</h2> 233 234 235 <br /> 236 In 1797, the first library was established in the area now known as Rahway. The Bridgetown Library Company, or the Rahway Union Library, served as a private subscription library for those who could pay the entrance fee until about the mid-1830s.<br /> 237 238 <br /> 239 In the late 1840's, a group of men collected 140 volumes for their own purposes. After several years, they turned the incipient library over to their wives, who founded the Rahway Library Association. Under the leadership of First Directress Catherine Craig Squier, the library opened to dues paying members in a schoolroom on Oliver Street on June 15, 1858.<br /> 240 241 <br /> 242 Six years later, the library was enough of a success that the husbands of the women who ran the library were asked to file an incorporation petition with the state legislature. The Rahway Library Association was incorporated on June 15, 1864, and the shares immediately sold by the husbands to their wives (wh
242o were not legally allowed to incorporate, but could own). Mrs. Squire continued as First Directress, serving for forty-nine years until her death in 1913.<br /> 243 244 <br /> 245 A library to house the growing collection was built in 1869 at the intersection of Irving and Seminary. The building, still standing today, is the second oldest building in the state specifically built as a library, and predates by over twenty years the well known Carnegie libraries. An addition was built in 1891. 246 <br /> 247 248 <br /> 249 Beginning in the 1870's, the library began receiving donations and bequests, the origins of today's library endowment. Income from the various bequests were for the purchase of books and keeping the library open extra hours. Today, plaques noting the origins and purposes of the different funds can be found at the ends of the book stacks. 250 <br /> 251 252 <br /> 253 From 1890 to 1902, the librarian (precursor of today's library director) was Carolyn Wells. Miss Wells, a Rahway native, began writing for children's magazines while working at the library, and became so successful that she resigned in order to pursue her literary career. When Carolyn Wells died in 1943, she had written over 160 books, and countless poems and articles. 254 <br /> 255 256 <br /> 257 In 1907, a department just for children was added to the library services, and eleven years later the library was opened to all residents of Rahway, not just subscribers. With the Depression, finances became precarious and donations were insufficient, so city funds were needed to keep the library running from 1931 on. At the general election of 1940, the people of Rahway voted to municipalize the library, and early in 1943, the trustees of the Rahway Library Association turned over its assets to the Trustees of the Free Public Library of the City of Rahway. Today City funding accounts for 95% of the total budget of the library. 258 <br /> 259 260 <br /> 261 The library continued to grow, and by 1959, the Children's Department had to be moved out of the library and into the basement of City Hall. Within a few years, the library had its busiest year ever -- almost 140,000 items were checked out between the two sites in 1962. 262 <br /> 263 264 <br /> 265 In response to the crying need for more space and more modern facilities, a new building was constructed on the corner of Central and St. Georges Avenues. It opened to the public in 1967. In July 1997 the process of implementation of library automation was begun. On October 19, 1997 the Library turned on its computers and invited the residents of Rahway to this gala event. Also unveiled at this time was the Library's website. 266 <br /> 267 268 <br /> 269 Since 1858, the library in Rahway has grown from 140 books and a volunteer in one room to over 98,000 items and a staff of 24 in an 18,000 square foot building! Children's programs continue to be very popular and its innovative Teen Summer Reading Program was recognized in 1997 by the American Library Association as one of the fifty best activities for teens in this country.<br /> 270 271 <br /> 272 In September 1999, the Library was struck by a tropical storm which rendered its building unusable, and it was eventually demolished in October 2000.<br /> 273 274 <br /> 275 Construction was begun late in 2001 on a new 32,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility adjacent to the City Recreation Center at City Hall Plaza in downtown Rahway. The new library is part of a public/private multi-purpose building, expected to generate significant tax revenues from 40,000 sq. ft. of office space on the top two floors. 276 <br /> 277 278 <br /> 279 A ribbon cutting was held on March 20, and the library opened for service on March 22, 2004. 280 281 282 </div> 283 </div> 284 </div> 285 286 </div></div> 287 288 289 290 <div class="container" id="about-sec">
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