East Smithfield Public Library

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The East Smithfield Public Library is a public library in the village of Esmond, Rhode Island in the town of Smithfield.

1 History
2 Services
3 Available for Loan
4 Database Subscriptions
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

The East Smithfield Public consists of two former libraries sponsored by a local mill. These libraries are the Bernon Public Library and the Esmond Free Public Library. In 1872, the Bernon Public Library was founded by the Bernon Manufacturing Company, while in 1916, Esmond Mills, a textile plant, contributed the materials needed to build the Esmond library. Half a century later, in 1967, the Boards of Trustees of the two libraries determined to merge the two libraries into one library under one board to be called the East Smithfield Public Library. Subsequently, in 1985, they moved to their current location at the former Dorothy T.P. Dame School. Today, a non-profit corporation with a Board of Trustees governs the library.^[1]

[edit] Services

OSL (Ocean State Libraries), Copy Machine, Computers ,Conference Room, Display Cases, ILL (Interlibrary Loan), Internet WIFI access Laminating, OCLC (Online Computer Library Catalog), Outreach, Reference, Tax Forms, Typewriter

[edit] Available for Loan

Books, Audio Books, CDs & DVDs, Large Print Books and Newspapers, Magazines Newspapers, Paperbacks, Passes to Providence Children's Museum and Roger Williams Park Zoo, Play and Learn (PAL) Bags, Puzzles, LP Records, Vertical File, VHS cassettes, Play away digital audio player, Ocean State Libraries E-Zone (Audio and E-books).

[edit] Database Subscriptions

EBSCOhost Web, Auto Repair Reference Center, Consumer Health Complete, Novelist, Student Research Center, Kids Search, Salud en Espanol (CHC Spanish Version)