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Fairfield Public Library
Celebrating our 150th Anniversary Year!
1853-2003
History: Fairfield was the first Iowa town to offer library services
to its residents. Established in 1853, the Fairfield Public Library
was first housed in a rented room off the town square. The Carnegie
building on the corner of Washington and Court streets became its home in 1893.
In May of 1996 the library moved to its present location on 104 West Adams St.
Services include: books, magazines, reference materials, maps, videos, DVD, Book on CD, music CD's and cassettes, high-speed internet consoles, Sick Kid Kits, Storytime for preschool and toddler, special events, movie line, and much more!
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Did you know that the Fairfield Public Library ...
- has over 12,000 registered library card holders from Fairfield
and surrounding area!
- has circulation of over 220,000 items!
- tracks over 182,000 library visits annually!
- reaches over 8,000 patrons who attend library programs
in the library and through our out-reach programs!
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LOG ON ...to the Fairfield Public Library website at
www.fairfield.lib.ia.us
From our homepage, you can:
* Find info like library history, hours and upcoming events.
* Click ONLINE LIBRARY CATALOG to search our collection.
Manage your personal account, reserve materials & much more!
* Click on USEFUL LINKS, then:
- Click on REFERENCE USA to access 12 million business and 120 million residential telephone numbers.
- Click EBSCO MAGAZINE ARTICLES for full test access to full test of nearly 1,900 magazines
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Library Director
Jim Rubis
Staff (new e-mail to)
Carol Jones; Reference Librarian
Judy Bar-Shimon; Youth Services Librarian
Juli Hisel, Children's Outreach & The New Footnotes Newsletter editor
There are others on staff who assist with
material checkout, return, and computers.
Their dedication and service are appreciated.
Library Board:
Martha Rasmussen, President
Arvin Boggaards, Ron Huggins, David Johnson, Keevin Koch, Willy Koppel,
Sally Neff, Beverly Olson, Jane Rowe.
General information
Fairfield Public Library,
James Rubis, Director
Location: 104 West Adams, Fairfield, Iowa 52556
Telephone: 641 472-6551
FAX: 641 472-3249
E-mail: fplib@fairfield.lib.ia.us
Movie line: 641 472-3253
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