User:Mxt72/The Duxbury Free Library

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History
The Duxbury Free Library, located in Duxbury Massachusetts, opened to the public, the spring of 1890. The library had seven trustesese lead by Henery Winsor that first gathered in 1889. As time went on, the library needed to incorperate the name Duxbury free Library, Inc. to recieve a gift of $3,000 from the Unitarian Ladies' Aid Society of Duxbury. Henery Winsor and the original board of trustees remained governing the library untill an extention was voted in 1967, In order to float the necessary municipal bond as voted by the Town Meeting of that year, Duxbury was required to own the library. The orignal board of trustees donated the library to the town and in accordance with Massachusetts' laws the town created a governing board of six elected trustees.

The Library has been located in three buildings in Duxbury. During it's opening in 1890, the library was housed in a small house. In the early 1900s, The second location of the library was inbetween the current Duxbury Public Middle School and High School. In a building that is now known as the Duxbury Campus Center. The library was moved to a new state of the art building in November of 1997, to triple space for more materials. Since 1997, the library sits on a hill overlooking Duxbury Public Schools.

Today
The Duxbury Free Library is open to the public and is part of the Old Colony Library network which is comprised of 28 cooperative libraries around the South Shore of Massachusetts. Elaine Winquist is the current director of The Duxbury Free Library, she leads a staff of 20 employees from techincal services, reference librarians and custodians. In 2010, the library boosts that 10,483 residents of Duxbury have library cars the library circulates 260,622 items last year including DVDs, CDs, books and books on tape.

In 2009, 483 public programs were presented by The Duxbury Free Library and housed 17 area museum passes. Reference librarians have also kept busy with 7,887 questions answered over the past year with assistance of 32 databases available on the library's website.

What to Expect
The Duxbury Free Library has many departments to offer along with an exciting art gallery

Upper Level


 * Duxbury History Room
 * Lanman Meeting Room
 * Non-fiction and Biographies
 * Quiet Study Rooms
 * Reference Department
 * Teen Department

Main Level


 * Audio Visual Material
 * Children's Department
 * Circulation Department
 * Cutler Reading Room (Newspapers & Magazines)
 * Fiction
 * Helen Bumpus Gallery
 * New Books

Lower Level


 * Merry Program Room
 * Setter Program Room
 * Technical Services Department

Hours
Library Hours


 * Monday 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
 * Tuesdays - Thursdays 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
 * Friday - Saturday 10:00 am —5:00 pm
 * Sunday 1:00 pm — 5:00 pm (winter only)
 * Closed on Massachusetts Legal Holidays