Regional Library Week Highlights Barrington Network
National Library Week runs April 17 to 23 as the Regional Library celebrates patrons in Barrington Bristol East Providence Jamestown Little Compton Middletown Newport Portsmouth Tiverton and Warren. The system operates 63 hours weekly with book lending reference service periodicals maps and microfilmed national periodicals. Loans can be sent to other libraries and a regional card is not required. Expenditures and circulation figures for 1963 to 1966 show steady growth and regional funding from town state and federal sources.
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Barrington
Bristol
East Providence
Jamestown
Little Compton
Middletown
Newport
Portsmouth
Tiverton
Warren
Barrington Public Library
Providence Public Library
Brown University
Intangible Asset Defines a Public Library Network
The article describes a library system where patron use and staff response create intangible assets like information access and learning networks. Barrington Public Library notes a 40 percent rise in its collection to 47 000 books and highlights staff education spreading across nine communities in Bristol and Newport Counties.
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Barrington
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A.D. van Nostrand
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