Germantown Community Library

Specialties

The library is fully owned and operated by the City of Germantown. The City subcontracts day-​to-​day management to Library Systems and Services, LLC. The staff is guided by policies developed by the Germantown Library Board, composed of seven citizens appointed by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Friends of the Germantown Community Library operates a used book store that is housed in the library.

Germantown Community Library…

* Promotes lifelong learning and a love of reading

* Informs, enriches and empowers every patron served

* Provides easy access to a wide variety of materials, services and programs

* Meets the personal, educational, cultural and professional information needs of the community

The mission of Germantown Community Library is to provide access to books, materials and resources that contribute to individual knowledge, enrichment and enjoyment. The library is committed to encouraging a love of reading and learning for young children through adults with our programs and services.

History

Established in 1954.

«In 1953, the system discontinued bookmobile visits to outlying communities. The Germantown Woman’s Club, meeting in January 1954, laid plans for a library to serve the 600 citizens of the town, along with residents of the rural area around it. The club sponsored fundraisers, including a book review and tea at town hall. The library opened that summer – fifty years ago – in the old St. George’s Episcopal Chapel, then located on a narrow east-​west street south of Germantown Presbyterian Church.»

–From the City of Germantown webpage on the history of the library, «The Library — Steeped in a Rich History.»

Germantown Community Library also recommends

Arlington Branch Library

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Bibliotecas

Germantown Community Library says,

«One of four libraries in the Wolf River Library Consortium; customers may request select items be held for pick-​up at any of the locations.»

Millington Public Library

Bibliotecas

Germantown Community Library says,

«One of four libraries in the Wolf River Library Consortium; customers may request select items be held for pick-​up at any of the locations.»

Lucius E and Elsie C Burch, Jr Library

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review

Bibliotecas

Germantown Community Library says,

«One of four libraries in the Wolf River Library Consortium; customers may request select items be held for pick-​up at any of the locations.»