Meriden Public Library

Meriden, United States

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Specialties

We carry currently released books and movies.

A full time Reference staff to answer your questions, assist on the computer, and find your next book to read.

We have three computer centers: 24 computers in the adult area, 4 computers for teens, and 6 computers available for children between the ages of 8 and 12 years old.

We have a selection of databases for personal or business use. Please check the website.

Many programs for all ages, and we show two movies a month. Please call for the current showings.

We have a copy center with a self service fax machine, three copy machines with color and two-​sided capability, and scanner. Fax machine prices: $ 1.50 for first page each additional page is $ 1.00. Printing and .15 cents for black and white and .25 cents for color.

A large selection of Connecticut history books, geanealogy, and a business career center.

History

Established in 1796.

As early as 1796 Meriden had a subscription library, but it was not until a group of energetic ladies (The Thursday Morning Club) raised money through a series of successful lectures that a public library came into being. In 1899 the club opened a reading room on East Main Street. Because this library was so heavily used, Mrs. Augusta Munson Curtis agreed to donate $ 5000 for a library site and to contribute $ 25,000 toward the erection of a building in memory of her husband and daughter. The Curtis Memorial Library opened on April 20, 1903. As the town and book collection grew, the need for a new building became acute; after much planning the present building opened on June 3, 1973. A bookmobile was added in 1977. Computers arrived in 1986.