Friends of Montgomery Library District Center
Information about the Friends
Our state award-winning Friends organization, founded in 1975, sponsors cultural bus trips, public events for children and adults at Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library, and gives funds for equipment and additions to the library's collection.
Friends participates in programs of the Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries (P.C.B.L.) and Friends of Libraries, U.S.A. (FOLUSA)
The purpose of this organization shall be to maintain an association of persons interested in books and libraries, to focus public attention on library services, facilities and needs, and to stimulate gifts, desirable collections, endowments and bequests.
New members welcome.
Benefits of membership include free admission to Friends’ programs presented at the library and reduced rates for trips organized by the Friends.
For questions and/or information, send an email to montcolibfriends@gmail.com. To become a member, click here for the form or pick up an envelope on the rack in the lobby of the library.
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Please join us, the Friends of Montgomery District Library Center, for a Wine and Cheese Reception for our members. This event will take place in the library on Saturday, March 31, at 1PM. Enjoy entertainment, a silent auction, door prizes, light fare, a tour of the library, and meet the board members. At this free event, you can renew your membership or become a member of the Friends for the first time. Membership forms will be available. This event is for current members of the Friends of Montgomery District Library Center and for those who would like to join our organization that day. |
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Lori Jackson, president of the Friends of the Library, and Leslie Rush, head of the Automation Department at the Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library, admire the First Place winner in the Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Contestants from all the departments at the branches as well as the main library were invited to participate in this "Fun Day" activity. The winning entry was this Cinderella carriage pulled by bookmobiles which were pulled by horses ridden by skeletons bearing the names of the actual human drivers. The interior of the "carriage" had shelves of tiny books as well as a witch on the computer checking out a ghost's books. Congratulations to the Outreach Services and Bookmobile Department for this awesome creation! (Featured behind the winner is another clever entry: "Pumpkin Pi.") |
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Master iconographer Chrystyna Dochwat (on right) joins Montgomery County-Norristown District Library Center Executive Director Kathleen Arnold-Yerger and Senior Cataloguer William Evans in displaying icons from a collection of the late Ben Wood, who was a cataloguer at the library for many years. Dochwat gave a presentation about the application and meanings of church iconography at a program presented by the Friends of the Library. |
$1000 to support Monte Carlo Night
$300 to support the Children’ Art Exhibit
$600 to support the Children’s Summer Reading Program
$360 to support the Librarians’ In-service Day
$5000 to support the Library