Have you read the Watchung Library advisory board
subcommittee report?

                        Watchung Library statistics for calendar year 2019 (the latest available)
                                                             total items circulated: 46,833 (up 5% from 2018)
                                                           door count: 35,722 visits (up 26.6% from 2018)
                                                      computer use 3,653 sessions
                                                                   Wi-Fi use: 4,380 sessions
                                                     attendance at library programs: 4,498 people

Pew Research Study: Millennials are the most likely generation of Americans to use public libraries
If you haven't been in libraries lately, it may surprise you how they endeavor to be much more than bookshelves, but actual community hubs. An article from the Atlantic illustrates the possibilities: Not Your Mother's Library. 

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In this pre-Kindergarten space at Columbus Public Library, a variety of modalities are used to engage and educate young learners.



This word cloud shows how the public expressed
what they see in libraries twenty years from now.

Sociologist and author Eric Klinenberg describes how social infrastructure – the shared spaces like libraries – are vital to the health and resilience of our communities, and our residents.



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Q: What Does Watchung Need More, Better Schools or a local library?  A: YES!!

Some concerned parents have raised a good question, of whether library spending could funnel money away from the school budget. These two budgets are not in competition, they are separate! A strong library supports and complements a strong school system, and public education overall...
Share your thoughts by taking the Somerset County Library System's
patron survey for the upcoming strategic plan. Reaffirm your wish for local library services to meet the needs of our borough, not just distant centralized services in towns miles away! Take just a few minutes to say that we WANT and deserve a library IN Watchung!
 
 

Not a watchung resident? we welcome your NAME on our online petition. invite your friends and family. Around 500 have already signed in support of our library!
but note, donations intended for Watchung should be through our donate link on the top or bottom of this page, not at the change site:  tinyurl.com/ycxruvq5

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