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Robbinsville Branch
(Formerly Washington Branch)
42
Allentown-Robbinsville Road
Robbinsville, NJ 08691
Do you remember ...
A tiny library in a small room on the first floor of the
Robbinsville
Township Municipal Building? a library that circulated only books, and was
open only 4 hours a week? a library with a card catalog full of paper file
cards? a library that issued library cards made of paper, with individually assigned patron
numbers? a library staffed by dedicated volunteers, who took pride in the
personal service offered to every patron?
If so -- then you remember the original Washington Branch Library from
1962.
Do you
remember ...
A library in a (slightly larger) basement room of the Municipal
Building? a library that circulated books and 8mm films?
If so -- then you remember the Washington Branch Library in the 1970’s.
Do you
remember ...
A modern library building, open and airy, incorporating state-of-the-art
passive solar design? a library that circulated books, magazines, records and cassettes?
a library open 40.5 hours weekly, including Saturday mornings?
If so -- then you remember the Washington Branch Library of 1984.
Do you
know ...
An expanded, renovated, 9,000-square foot library building?
a library that circulates books, magazines, videotapes, music CDs, cassettes,
read-alongs, and
books on tape? a library that offers Internet access, Microsoft Word and Excel, and
reference CD-ROMs? a library that is open 61 hours a week? a library whose patrons search the catalog on computerized terminals, and can browse or
place holds from their home computers? a library that issues plastic library cards
with personal barcodes? a library staffed by 10 dedicated employees, who continue to take
pride in the personal service offered to each and every patron?
If
so -- then you know the Robbinsville Branch, Mercer
County Library of today!
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