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 Memorial Library The Richmond Memorial Library is located on Ross Street in Batavia, New York, United States. It is an 1880s stone structure in the Richardsonian Romanesque style designed by Rochester architect James Goold Cutler. His design was strongly inspired ...

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 weekly outreach service 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 placed a book dispensing machine in the Hamilton Community Centre, allowing nearby residents to access the library's collection. Services The Richmond Public Libraries offer a variety of services, such as: *Books, DVDs, music CDs, video games in a variety of languages for children and adults *E-books and audio books offered through Libby a free app on iOS and Android by OverDrive, Inc. *Computer and Internet Workstations (MSWindows, Web browsing, MSOffice, Basic accessory application-programs) *More than 5000 movies and TV shows *A silent study ...
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Richmond Public Library (United States)
Richmond Public Library is a public library in Richmond, Virginia. While many other libraries in the United States were provided initial funding by Andrew Carnegie, the City of Richmond famously rejected Carnegie funding twice. History 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. 3(fear that Carnegie might require the city to admit black patrons to his library account for the local government's refusal. 5A ...
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Richmond, Rhode Island
Richmond is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island. The population was 8,020 at the 2020 census. It contains the villages of Alton, Arcadia, Barberville, Carolina, Hillsdale, Kenyon, Shannock, Tug Hollow, Usquepaug, Wood River Junction, Woodville, and Wyoming. Students in Richmond are part of the Chariho Regional School District. History The town of Richmond was originally part of the territory of Westerly, Rhode Island (1669 to 1747), which remained in dispute for several years among the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut Colony, and Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1665, King Charles II dissolved the charters of those three colonies and renamed the disputed area "King’s County". In May 1669, the General Assembly of Rhode Island organized King's County into the town of Westerly, and the town of Westerly organized itself into four separate areas: Westerly, Charlestown, Richmond, and Hopkinton. On April 19, 1873, there was a bridge washout in ...
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