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Mark Hasskarl
Director
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Hours:
| Monday |
10:00am |
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7:00pm |
| Tuesday |
10:00am |
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7:00pm |
| Wednesday |
1:00pm |
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7:00pm |
| Thursday |
10:00am |
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7:00pm |
| Friady |
10:00am |
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5:00pm |
| Saturday |
10:00am |
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5:00pm |
| Sunday |
1:00pm |
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5:00pm |
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Address:
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170 Main Street
Danbury, CT 06810
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Telephone:
Fax:
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203-797-4505
203-796-1677
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About Us:
A library card, free for Danbury residents, connects users of all ages to a world of learning, knowledge and culture through books, recordings, computers, and programs. The Danbury Library’s mission is to continue being a welcoming destination and convenient gateway to the best sources of information, cultural enrichment and possibilities in the Danbury community while staying responsive to the varied needs of our city’s diverse population.
Even regular library users might not be aware of how complex an operation the Danbury Library actually is. There are nine distinct departments in the library, and each one plays an important role in providing excellent library service. The public service departments are known to most library users: Lending Services, Information Services, Junior Services, the Technology Center, the Movies & Music area, and the Language Center deal directly with the public. Behind the scenes, Technical Services works to maintain the various print, non-print and electronic collections by selecting items for purchase, processing them when they need to circulate, and evaluating them to determine if they should be kept in the library. The Webmaster maintains and updates the library’s web site, through which many of the library’s services are accessible 24/7. The Community Relations Department strives to keep the community informed of everything that goes on at the library, including programs designed for children, teens, adults, and families.
All of the functions mentioned above mean that the library has an average of 65 full- and part-time employees, including librarians, paraprofessionals, and clerks.
Our Accomplishments:
The library’s normal operating schedule of seven days (58 hours per week) during the school year was modified during mid-September 2008 as part of the city’s efforts to save energy costs. Despite that reduction of service hours per week, the Danbury Library remained one of the busiest places in the city. Throughout the 2008-09 year more than half a million people used the library; more than 600,000 items (books, magazines, CDs, audiobooks, and DVDs) circulated and 70% of them were checked out using the library’s four self-check machines; more than 14,000 people of all ages attended more than 450 free library programs; more than 145,000 used the library’s online computers and Ask Me desk librarians answered more than 56,000 reference questions in person, via phone and email.
The Danbury Library, along with Western CT State University and Danbury High School, was proud to be one of the organizations that presented Danbury’s first city-wide reading program, One Book, One Community, during the fall of 2008. Featuring Jhumpha Lahiri’s acclaimed novel, The Namesake. OBOC ultimately included 19 different programs, ranging from book discussions to film showings, and from a Diwali celebration to an appearance by Ms. Lahiri herself, that were attended by more than 1,500 people. Danbury also became one of the first libraries in the state to offer the newest movie format, Blu-ray discs, to our audio-video collection in September.
The library staff is very proud of the services the library offers to Danbury. Serving people of all ages, regardless of race, creed, gender, ethnicity, or economic or educational status, the Danbury Library is truly the people’s university, one of our most important civic institutions, and a place for learning, cultural enrichment, and recreation.
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