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The Waverly Public Library, located in Waverly, Iowa, is a public library that serves Waverly and the surrounding counties of Bremer and Butler. As of April 2011, the library contains 66,790 volumes,〔(【引用サイトリンク】date= April 9, 2011 )〕 including over 2,000 DVDs and over 1,000 CDs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://city.waverlyia.com/ibistro.asp )〕 The library circulates approximately 166,909 items every year.〔 ==History== In 1857, two years before Waverly was incorporated, a committee was organized for the purpose of collecting books for the public’s general use. Ten years later the First Baptist Church housed the collection in their new building. The Waverly Public Free Library was created in 1868, following a lecture series which raised more than $300. This lecture series included programs featuring Clara Barton, Frederick Douglass, John Heyl Vincent, and Paul Du Chaillu. The money raised was placed in a fund for developing an actual library building. The books were next stored in the Waverly Opera House, and then moved to rooms over Broadie’s Drug Store in 1901.〔Drolet, Anne, ed. (2008). "150 Years of the Waverly Public Library: A retrospective collection", Waverly Public Library Foundation, Waverly.〕 On February 20, 1903, Andrew Carnegie, a wealthy New York philanthropist, awarded Waverly a $10,000 grant to construct a new library building. The new library was dedicated on January 1, 1905, and opened to the public for their use. At that time, the population of Waverly was 2,916 and the library owned less than 2,000 books.〔(【引用サイトリンク】date= 2002–2008 )〕 By 1965, the library had 7,872 registered borrowers, and the collection totaled over 30,000 books. A “wrap-around” structure was built in 1968 to accommodate the increase in patrons and materials.〔Locke, Ray, ed. (1996). "Waverly - Rich in Iowa Heritage", Heritage House Publishing, Marceline, MO.〕 In 1992, the city of Waverly ordered that a study be done to consider the library’s future options. It was decided that a new library building would be constructed at a different location, and so in 1998 the present building was completed.〔 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「Waverly Public Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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