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"Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times with no libraries."
~ Anne Herbert
About Us
History
The Norton Public Library grew out of the Norton Magazine Club, a private organization begun in 1879 by local residents. The free lending library became a Massachusetts corporation in 1886. Through the generosity of all Norton citizens including benefactors Eliza Wheaton and the Balfour Foundation, the library has expanded its collections and facilities over the past one hundred and twenty-two years and now resides in the modern building on East Main Street dedicated in 1991 with the adjacent Library Park opened in 1999. Read more: Library History(pdf)
Board of Directors
| President | Brian Stalters |
| Vice President | Lisa Daly-Boockoff |
| Clerk | Marjorie Crowe |
| Treasurer | Robert Berg |
| Herbert Ellison Carlton Moore Kenneth Perlow Gail Robinson Donna Summerfield |
Norton Library Staff
| Head Librarian | Elaine Jackson |
| Youth Services Librarian/ Assistant Head Librarian |
Lee Parker |
| Reference Librarian | Jane Michelmore |
| Technology Coordinator | |
| Circulation Supervisor | |
| Assistant to Youth Services | |
| Technical Services | Sandra Day |
| Library Assistants | Annette Phillips Thelma Ferguson Sheila Starratt Kathy Trepanier Carol Garlington |
| Pages | Paula Calhoun |
Mission Statement
The Norton Public Library exists to provide a patron-friendly environment where people of all ages can find resources on a broad array of topics to support their desire for informal learning and recreational enjoyment, where they can gather information on personal, work, or
school-related topics, and where they can interact with others during meetings and programs. We see the library as the hub of the community: bringing the community into the library and the library into the community.
Library Statistics
Fiscal Year 2008
| Print Volumes | 54,131 |
| Subscriptions | 375 |
| Videos | 1,813 |
| Audiobooks and CDs | 1, 776 |
| Circulation | |
| Total | 113,737 |
| Per Capita | 5.91 |
| Programs | |
| Number of Children’s programs | 205 |
| Attendance | 8,311 |
| Number of Adult and YA programs | 80 |
| Attendance | 1,630 |
| Community Room use | 426 |
| Attendance in library | 88,466 |
| Number of registered borrowers | 13,342 |
| Number of registered borrowers from Norton |
12,159 |