| Hillsborough Branch
Somerset County Library Hillsborough Municipal Complex 379 South Branch Road Hillsborough, NJ 08844 (908) 369-2200 www.somerset.lib.nj.us Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 9:30 a.m.- 5 p.m.; summer hours Sat. until 2 p.m., no Sun. hours. Library Director: Edward Hoag Special Programs: storytime, sing-a-long and crafts. Adult programs include self-improvement. Library card requirements: Residency in member communities Non-residents: $125 annually Fines: 10 cents/day for books; $1/day for videos. |
Manville Public Library
100 South 10th Avenue Manville, NJ 08835 (908) 722-9722 www.lmxac.org Hours: Mon. and Fri., 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Tue. and Thu., noon – 8 p.m.; Wed., 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.; and Sat. 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. (no Sat. hours in summer). Library Director: Ed Smith Children Librarian: Ruth Bielanski Special Programs: summer reading program, adult craft evenings, monthly cultural and/or musical entertainment programs, and outdoor summer concerts. Library card requirements: Residency in Manville. Non-residents: $25 annually Fines: 5 cents/day for books, $1/day for audio-visual material. Community room: Available for local nonprofit civic organizations. Profit organizations may rent the space for a $35 fee. Member of Middlesex Automation Consortium, the Manville Public Library, established in 1960, remains independent of the county library system. In addition to the usual holdings, the library is a repository for local documents and memorabilia of the Johns-Manville Corp., with special collections on coal and asbestos. A member of the Raritan Valley Federation of Libraries, the Manville Library offers reciprocal borrowing privileges with nine area libraries, and through the Highlands Regional Library Cooperative, offers inter-library loan services from a CD-based union list of regional holdings. |
