Our major revenue is generated from an endowment fund that provides the basis of our operating budget and from Association memberships. We encourage Essex residents to support the Library through membership since we do rely so heavily upon private support to maintain library services. If the Essex Library does not own an item, we will be happy to try to order it through interlibrary loan. The Children s room has recently undergone a transformation, and now offers the Bookworm s Borough, a cozy corner for young children and their families to play, learn and explore. We also added shelving in order to increase our collection of non-fiction books.
Participation is by registration only and current sessions are filled.
The Fall 2000 session registration dates will be announced at the end of the Summer Reading Program. For the little ones and their families, a Sleepy Time Story-hour is offered on Thursday evenings during the summer. Computers We offer four public use computers. Applications include Microsoft Office97 products, web browsers, and other general programs. Introductory training sessions are offered on an irregular basis.