2 Book-Drop's available

If the Library is open, we welcome patrons to come-on-in and drop-off your books.

Perhaps you will find your next great read.

BEING A CARD CARRYING MEMBER OF WHITEFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY ALLOWS ACCESS TO:

• 10,000+ items (books, DVD's, CD's, magazines, periodicals) in the collection at the Library, which may be searched utilizing koHa.
• Libby,: FREE e-books, audiobooks and magazines. Download the Libby app.
• NH Interlibrary Loan System; search other New Hampshire libraries and have the item delivered to the Whitefield Public Library.

HOW TO APPLY FOR A WHITEFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD

• Stop by the Library at 8 Lancaster Road in Whitefield, call (603) 837-2030 or email whitefieldpubliclibrary2@gmail.com.
• FREE Whitefield Public Library Cards are available to residents of Whitefield, as well as, Students and Staff-Members in SAU 36. With the Whitefield Public Library Card comes not only full access to our collection (search utilizing koHa), but full access to the NH Interlibrary Loan System and via Libby, free e-books, audiobooks and magazines!
• Proof of Residency Requirements - license, tax bill or household bill.
• Fees Associated with Non-Resident Members - A refundable deposit of $25 is charged to non-resident members.
• Students from 6-13 are eligible for a card with parental permission. You may have your OWN card, or you may have a family card. Students from 14-18 do NOT need parent permission, but may only borrow two physical items at a time.
• A bit about confidentiality: If you have a family card, anyone in the family can see what someone else has checked out. If you have your OWN card, you must give permission for someone else to pick up your books or see your checkouts.

WHAT YOU WILL FIND AT WHITEFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY  

• Free WIFI
• Printing - 20 cents per side
• Copies - 10 cents per side
• 2 Desktop Computers (first come, first served)
• Tablets available for in-Library use
• Local newspapers delivered every Wednesday; The Coos County Democrat & The Littleton Courier 
• Collection of magazines for borrowing
• Free magazines that have been removed from circulation 
• Games to use on-site and a selection available to borrow 
• Puzzles to borrow
• FREE Family Pass to Fairbanks Museum for patrons - Call to reserve.
• Arts & crafts materials for use in the program room
• Puppets & toys for children
• LEGOs

LOAN POLICY

• Books, CDs, DVDs - 3 weeks, unless someone else has put an item on hold.
• How to Extend Loan Period; stop by the Front Desk, call (603) 837-2030 or email whitefieldpubliclibrary2@gmail.com.
• How many Items may be Borrowed - 10 (Students ages 14-18 with own card may only borrow 2 items at a time.)

OVERDUE FEE SCHEDULE

Books, DVDs, CDs, etc. - No overdue fees charged, but donations always accepted.

Patrons will be charged for lost or irreparably damaged materials.

A total of 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, including some belonging to public and university library systems. 1,689 were built in the United States, 660 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 125 in Canada, and others in Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Serbia, Belgium, France, the Caribbean, Mauritius, Malaysia, and Fiji. By the time the last grant was made in 1919, there were 3,500 libraries in the United States, nearly half of them known as Carnegie libraries, as they were built with construction grants paid by Carnegie. Small towns received grants of $10,000 that enabled them to build large libraries that immediately were among the most significant town amenities in hundreds of communities.[16]

September 1904

$7,500 (We were thinking small, even then.)1 of 9 in the state$7,500 in 1900 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $264,438.39 today,10% is $26,438.

The microfilms are open for research as part of the Carnegie Corporation of New York Records collection, residing at Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

CARNEGIE FORMULA

Nearly all of Carnegie's libraries were built according to "the Carnegie formula," which required financial commitments for maintenance and operation from the town that received the donation. Carnegie required public support rather than making endowments because, as he wrote: an endowed institution is liable to become the prey of a clique. The public ceases to take interest in it, or, rather, never acquires interest in it. The rule has been violated which requires the recipients to help themselves. Everything has been done for the community instead of its being only helped to help itself.

Carnegie required the elected officials—the local government—to:

• demonstrate the need for a public library;
• provide the building site;
• pay staff and maintain the library;
• draw from public funds to run the library—not use only private donations;
• annually provide ten percent of the cost of the library's construction to support its operation; and,
• provide free service to all.

Bertram's architectural criteria included a lecture room, reading rooms for adults and children, a staff room, a centrally located librarian's desk, twelve-to-fifteen-foot ceilings, and large windows six to seven feet above the floor. No architectural style was recommended for the exterior, nor was it necessary to put Andrew Carnegie's name on the building. In the interests of efficiency, fireplaces were discouraged, since that wall space could be used to house more books.