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Richmond Public Library (other)
Richmond Public Library may refer to: * Richmond Public Library (Canada), a public library in Richmond, British Columbia * Richmond Public Library (United States), a public library in Richmond, Virginia See also * Clark Memorial Library, a public library in Richmond, Rhode Island Richmond is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 8,020 at the 2020 census. It contains the villages of Alton, Arcadia, Barberville, Carolina, Hillsdale, Kenyon, Shannock, Tug Hollow, Usquepaug, Woo ... * Richmond Memorial Library, Batavia, New York {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond Public Library (Canada)
Richmond Public Library (RPL) is a public library that serves Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The library has four branches in the city: Brighouse (Main), Steveston, Ironwood, and Cambie. RPL also offers limited Saturday pop-up services to the Hamilton neighbourhood. The library has won numerous awards, including the John Cotton Dana Public Relations Award in 2008 for its "Ralphy" library card for kids. In September 2018, Richmond Public Library launched a book dispensing machine in the Hamilton Community Centre, allowing nearby residents to access the library's collection. A second machine was launched in the Minoru Centre for Active Living in February 2020. In February 2021, Richmond Public Library permanently eliminated late fines to reduce barriers to accessing library services. Services The Richmond Public Library offers a variety of services, such as: *Books, DVDs, magazines, video games in a variety of languages for children and adults *E-books and audio books offere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond Public Library (United States)
Richmond Public Library is a public library in Richmond, Virginia. History While many other Public libraries in North America#Carnegie libraries, libraries in the United States were provided initial funding by Andrew Carnegie, the City of Richmond famously rejected Carnegie funding twice. After the City of Richmond's finance committee rejected the first Carnegie offer in 1901, Carnegie offered to donate $100,000 to the city of Richmond, Virginia, for a public library. The city council had to furnish a site for the building and guarantee that $10,000 in municipal funds would be budgeted for the library each year. Despite the support from the majority of Richmond's civic leaders, the city council rejected Carnegie's offer. A combination of aversion to new taxes, fear of modernization, and fear that Carnegie might require the city to admit black patrons to his library account for the local government's refusal. A Richmond Public Library did open in 1924 with alternative sources of fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
