2023 has been one of the busiest, most exciting years in the library's 131-year history:

* We completed digitizing the Beacon newspaper archive, making this invaluable local history record available to all.

* We hired a new full-time children's library, Danielle Bey, who has exciting plans for increasing programming for our youngest patrons.

* We are supporting the Lambertville Public School by providing books and other library services to students who have been displaced while the school is under construction. Additionally, we are ensuring that all LPS students get their own library cards, a benefit that is available to all students in the school district!

* We marked a milestone on October 10th by welcoming our 10,000th patron since 1990.

* We wrapped up a second year of Latinas en Lambertville programming with an extremely successful Oaxaca Day festival, which brought hundreds of community members to celebrate on the library's grounds.

* The library was nominated by US Senator Cory Booker for the prestigious National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest honor given to museums and libraries (winners will be announced in the spring). You can read our application materials on the library's website.

So much of what we accomplished this year could not have happened without the support of the community, especially the Beacon digitization and the Oaxaca Festival. Both projects represent the library's commitment to deepening its connection to the community and to ensuring that we are serving all Lambertville residents, now and in the future.

Yet, as always, there is more work to be done, and we rely on loyal patrons like you to help us aspire and grow. As we near the end of the tax year, we ask you to consider making a year-end donation to the library.

Funds raised during this first annual appeal will be used to purchase furniture for a new multi-use space that has opened up on the first floor now that the microfilm machine has been donated to the Princeton University Library; to build more adult programming; to improve exterior signage; and to start preparing for the 100th anniversary of library in 2025-26.

We are grateful for the steadfast support and loyalty of our patrons. Our mission--to inspire and assist the community to learn, explore, create, and connect—would be impossible without you! On behalf of the staff and trustees at the Lambertville Free Public library, we thank you.

End-of-Year Annual Appeal

By Lambertville Free Public Library

End-of-Year Annual Appeal