About the Friends of the Hyde Park Branch Library

  

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The Hyde Park Branch Library
Hours
Monday, 12-8pm
Tuesday & Wednesday, 10am-6pm
Thursday, 12-8pm
Friday & Saturday, 9am-5pm
(closed Saturdays during the summer)
 
First Floor:
Circulation Desk, Periodicals, Main Reading Room, Young Adults Room, General Reference, Adult Non-Fiction Collection, Audio-visual Collection, Study Rooms, Local History Room, Restrooms
 
Second Floor:
Adult Fiction Collection, Higher Education Information Center, Weld Hall
 
Ground Floor:
Children's Room, HAP Room, Courtyard, Menino Hall, Friends of the Hyde Park Branch Room, Restrooms
 
The branch building is accessible for persons with disabilities and an elevator connects all floors.
 
 
We thank photographer Steve Rosenthal for use of his wonderful view of the branch library in our page header and bookmarks!
 
All other photos and text presented on this website, unless otherwise noted, by Alice Kane.

The Friends of the Hyde Park Branch Library is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to support a variety of adult and children's programs at the Hyde Park Branch Library.   We have offered:

  • a successful weekly outdoor summer concert series,
  • children’s story tellers and entertainers, and
  • passes to the Franklin Park Zoo, and to the Trailside Museum.

The Hyde Park Friends have also

  • purchased craft materials for ongoing programs
  • supplemented the branch's book and DVD collections, and
  • replaced worn out equipment.

We anticipate more requests from the library staff for supplies and financial support of programs because of 2011 budget cuts. We also see a need for more programs because of the increase in the number and diversity of people using the library.

Please consider supporting the library by:

  • renewing a lapsed membership,
  • giving a gift membership,
  • making a donation,
  • volunteering a few hours a month by working on a Friends committee.

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AND OFFICERS
2010 - 2011

President:
Charles F. Carroll
Vice President:
John Wentworth
Secretary:
Kathy Adams
Treasurer:
Andrina Buffong
Corresponding Secretary:
open
Membership Coordinator:
John Wentworth
Volunteer Coordinator:
open

Directors
Kathy Adams
Mary Ellen Berman
Andrina Buffong
Charles F. Carroll
Miki Depeiza
Sheril Groce
John Wentworth
Barbara Wicker

Directors Emeriti
Victoria Gall
Charlotte Halloran
Barbara Heatley
Clare Pauley
David Vieira
 

(c) 2009-2011  Friends of the Hyde Park Branch Library
35 Harvard Avenue, Hyde Park, MA, 02136
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Friends' email address
Last Updated: January 22, 2011
This website designed and maintained by Alice Kane.