Norton Library Park

 

"Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times with no libraries."

~ Anne Herbert

About Us

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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
 

Herb & Brian

 

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