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The Briarcliff Manor Public Library is the public library serving Briarcliff Manor, New York. It is located on the eastern edge of the Walter W. Law Memorial Park, on Library Road. The library is a member of Westchester Library System.〔〔 It is staffed by a director, full-time and eight part-time employees, including reference and youth librarians. It is governed by a seven-member board, with a liaison to the village board. Services include computer classes, book-discussion groups, young-adult programs, a children's room and a local-history collection. Library spending constitutes about four percent of the village budget.〔 The library also houses the village's historical society and recreation department offices. The library was founded in 1914 in the Briarcliff Community Club building. From the building's destruction in 1929 and over the next thirty years, the library was without a permanent location. In 1959, the library purchased the former Briarcliff Manor station of the New York and Putnam Railroad. After renovations in the late 1990s, a significant expansion was funded and completed in the late 2000s. The Westchester County Bike Trail (also known as the North County Trailway), a rail trail, runs alongside the library, where it extends north to Baldwin Place in Somers, and south along NY Route 9A to Eastview in Mount Pleasant.〔〔 ==History== The Briarcliff Manor Free Library was founded by Edward S. Arnold in 1914 at the Briarcliff Community Club. The building, built as a public school in 1898 at the current Pleasantville Road southbound ramp to Route 9A, was sold to the Westchester Parkway Commission in 1928 and burned down in 1929.〔 World War I delayed the progress of the library; in 1921 it was revived, largely due to the efforts of Mrs. Alfred G. Bookwalter; at the time, the Library Board consisted entirely of women. On September 22, 1921, the library was registered with the New York State library system,〔 and on March 8–13 of that year, the Briarcliff Free Library was officially opened.〔 On September 1, 1922, the Club’s library funds were transferred to the Library Committee, and the village government donated $500 ($ today) to the library in 1924. At that time, it had 1,900 volumes; it grew to 3,000 in 1926 and to around 6,000 in 1939. In 1952, the library had 8,000 volumes, 1,000 of which were in storage due to a lack of shelf space.〔 In 1988, the library's collections had grown to 25,000.〔 In its early years, the library received many donations from the village Sunday school and the Community Club; a book-party was held on March 19, 1926 for the purpose of seeking book donations; 2,100 were donated, and 600 were retained after duplicates were sold. During that event, Briarcliff College trustee Barrett Clark displayed his collection of autographs and rare books.〔 In July 1928, the library was moved to the tower room of the Briarcliff Farms building, the present branch of the International Union of Operating Engineers. On March 18, 1930, after invitation from the Briarcliff Board of Education, the library was relocated again. It moved to a large room on the main floor of Briarcliff’s high school extension to its Law Park grade school building.〔 In 1949, the school required use of the room; the village board then provided two rooms in its recreation building on NY Route 100. On March 18, 1952, the New York State Board of Regents granted the library a provisional charter; that year its registration numbered 503.〔 Also in 1952, the village semicentennial history book notes the need for a permanent home for the library.〔 Around 1939, the library received recently an efficiency rating of 92.84 percent from the Library Division of the New York State Education Department.〔 In 1944, the library received its highest efficiency rating, 98.3%, from the Library Extension Division of the University of the State of New York.〔 The 1952 appropriation for the library was $1,800 ($ today); its expenditures for 1951 were $1875.86.〔 On January 20, 1959, the library finally moved to its current location, the former Briarcliff Manor station on the New York City & Northern Railroad (later the New York and Putnam Railroad).〔 The station was built in 1906 by village founder Walter W. Law, as a replacement for a smaller station, moved to nearby Millwood.〔 The railroad's Putnam Division was discontinued in 1958,〔 freeing up use of the building for the library. The library spent $12,500 ($ today) to purchase the building and an additional $6,500 ($ today) for renovations; it raised $14,000 ($ today) for the expenses from village residents; the rest was funded by the Library Board. In 1959, the library received its absolute charter, and received a charter in 1964 to become a public library; the Briarcliff Manor Public Library.〔 In the late 1900s, videocassettes were increasing in popularity; ''The New York Times'' reported in 1990 that the library had experienced a significant increase in their circulation, with over 5,435 circulated in that year, compared to 2,864 in 1989.〔 The library, which had , had no wireless capacity and poor shelving and lighting,〔 among other problems. A mezzanine was added in 1980 for more accessible shelf space. In 1995 a referendum was voted on for a new library of ; the referendum failed by 13 votes (871 were cast). From 1997 to 1999, major renovations took place both on the building's interior and exterior. In the early 2000s, plans began for an expansion to the library. A modular building was set up in 2004 as the library's children's room. In 2006, a $4 million bond resolution ($ today) was passed for a two-story, addition, which began construction in summer 2007 and opened February 19, 2009.〔〔 The part of the building that formerly housed the library is planned to be renovated and to become the Briarcliff Manor Community Center. The community center has been in development since as late as 2013,〔 and has an estimated completion date of 2016 and cost of $1,800,000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Briarcliff Manor Public Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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