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Staff
Director Terry Kyrios
Assistant Librarian Joan Bomba
Children's Librarian Joan Cox
Mission
The Public Library offers a full range of services to meet the
informational, educational, and cultural needs of the community.
Services
Provide access to holdings at more than 40 local libraries as well as
libraries outside the region.
Assist with genealogy research.
Conduct programs for children and adults.
Board of Trustees
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William
Carroll
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Maureen
Dupray
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Karen
MacInnis
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Donna
Stucker
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Nick
Sullivan
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Martha
Tilton
Salisbury
Public Library
Membership
Information
Salisbury
residents may apply for a library card upon presentation of proof of
address. A current driver's license is preferred, but a photo
ID
with two other forms of residence (rental lease, utility bill, a piece
of postmarked mail, and/or a checkbook with new address) is acceptable.
An
applicant without mail may go to the town clerk's office and apply for
a resident's card. A photo ID is still required.
A parent or guardian must fill out and sign applications for any
children that are under fourteen.
Local
Checkout Periods
Most
library materials may be checked out for three weeks. DVDs
and
videos are checked out for one week. Items with no waiting
lists
may be renewed by phone or renewed online on the MVLC web site.
MVLC
Member Benefits
The
Salisbury Public Library is a member of a network of public libraries
serving thirty-five communities throughout the Merrimack Valley region
of Massachusetts called the Merrimack Valley Library
Consortium
(MVLC). Nearly three million items are speedily available to you
through MVLC and your having a Salisbury Public Library card.
Once
you have a Salisbury Public Library card you can use it at any library
in the consortium! Use it to request books and access your patron
account online! Use it to access online reference databases! Use it to
checkout and download audio books to listen to via Digital Downloads! A
world of opportunity awaits!
Looking for the latest DVD or video
release? Want to read the new bestseller all your friends are raving
about? If our library doesn't have it, you can get that item
from
any other library in the consortium, often in 48 hours or less! If
necessary, member libraries can even request items for you from
libraries all over the country.
Hoping to learn a foreign
language or need access to Massachusetts newspapers? You can
do
it all for free online thanks to our MVLC membership!
You can
also visit the MVLC libraries to use their up-to-date reference
collections. Be sure to call your local library with any questions you
may have. From foreign exchange rates to e-mail addresses of your local
legislators, our reference librarians are eager to assist you. In
addition, you can access a variety of online reference databases
through the MVLC web site, 24 hours a day, from any internet connected
computer.
Library
Elf via MVLC
Library
ELF is a free service available to all Merrimac Valley Library
Consortium users! Let the Library Elf help you manage your MVLC library
loans and holds. The free ELF service keeps track of all your checked
out material, and sends you email and/or text message reminders
"before" they are due. It works with
RSS readers as well. Check out the online demo, or click here for your
free sign up!
MVLC
Circulation Policies
Each
member library is an independent entity and regulations, fines and
charges will vary from library to library. However, MVLC members do
have some policies in common:
Residents of MVLC communities must
have a library card from their home-town library Your MVLC card may be
used at any public library in the consortium You are responsible for
all materials borrowed on your card. Most materials may be returned to
any MVLC library Replacement costs will be charged for lost or damaged
materials. Fines and replacement costs may be paid at any MVLC library
Borrowing privileges will be suspended if materials are not returned or
if overdue fines are not paid. Also, for your own protection, please
remember:
If you change your name or your address, or if your card is lost or
stolen, please report it to the library immediately.
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Library's History
March 29, 1885
At the annual town meeting in March 1885, a board of trustees was
appointed to establish a town library. Frank Chapin, the post master,
agreed to furnish a shelf at the post office and serve as the first
librarian.
1900
In the Annual Report, the Board of Trustees reported that they grew
from three to six members “by the election of three ladies”. Hannah B.
Coffin was appointed the first female librarian.
1907-1955
In June 1907, the library was moved to Cushing Hall (presently Town
Hall). In 1920, the library moved to the lower floor of the Cushing
School and was called the Major Robert Pike Memorial Library. Later, in
1951, the library moved again to the former superintendent’s office on
Park Street.
1956-1973
In 1956, the new library was built on the Salisbury green. The original
building is now the front reading room and the children’s room. By
1972, the town had outgrown the building and a large addition was
built, adding the front desk area and the stacks.
1985
The trustees felt that the library had outgrown its space and began to
plan a new addition. While blueprints were drawn up, the plan was never
executed.
1995
The Salisbury Public Library became a full member of MVLC-the Merrimack
Valley Library Consortium.
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