montgomery county today
177
1. Includes Roslyn branch.
2. Includes East Cheltenham, Elkins Park, Glenside and La Mott branches.
3. The Lansdale Public Library is the sole library in the county that does
not receive state assistance.
4. Includes Ardmore, Bala Cynwyd, Belmont Hills, Gladwyne, Ludington
and Penn Wynne branches.
5. Includes Norristown Public Library, Conshohocken Free Library,
Perkiomen Valley Library at Schwenksville, Royersford Free Public
Library and the Upper Perkiomen Valley Public Library.
6. The Upper Dublin Public Library statistics include the North Hills
Branch, which has since closed.
7. Includes Ambler branch.
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth
Libraries, Bureau of Library Development (Pennsylvania Public Libraries
Annual Reports, 2010).
LIBRARY
CARD
HOLDERS
CIRCULATION
Abington Township Public Library
1
37,392
494,324
Cheltenham Township Library System
2
19,681
409,022
Free Library of Springfield Township
8,815
177,424
Horsham Township Library
16,846
386,333
Huntingdon Valley Library
10,094
90,650
Indian Valley Public Library
40,425
513,869
Jenkintown Library
3,475
64,665
Lansdale Public Library
3
6,679
97,232
Lower Merion Library System
4
38,240
1,187,963
Lower Providence Community Library
9,734
279,669
Montgomery County Library
System—Norristown
5
79,343
623,025
Upper Dublin Public Library
6
10,548
313,260
Upper Merion Township Library
22,387
213,718
Upper Moreland Public Library
11,305
161,627
William Jeanes Memorial Library
7,160
98,593
Wissahickon Valley Public Library
7
17,888
358,366
Total
374,179
5,722,824
Narberth Community Library
2,877
43,909
North Wales Library
1,633
58,503
Pottstown Public Library
21,861
120,899
Union Library Company of Hatboro
7,796
29,773
FIGURE 134:
Library Statistics
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Pottstown
Norristown
Lansdale
Collegeville
Jenkintown
Conshohocken
476
276
76
476
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422
t
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202
611
100
309
Hatboro
Ambler
Pennsburg
73
663
29
29
73
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Public Libraries
FIGURE 133:
Libraries
Source: Montgomery County Planning Commission
