* General Information
* Address, Hours, Driving Directions, Telephone
* Library Use Calculator
* Advisory Committee
* Catalog
* Collections: Books, Videos, etc.
* Fines
* Internet Access
* Online Resources
* Patron Accounts
* Reference Services
* Reserving a book
* Staff
* Volunteering
* Map of the Library
General Information
The Free Library of Springfield Township was founded in 1966 and provides free access to over 60,000 educational and recreational materials to all Springfield Township residents. We are a charter member of Access Pennsylvania, which allows patrons to use any participating Pennsylvania library. Reference, Children’s Services and the Internet (see policy) are available at the Library. We are also a charter member of MCLINC, a consortium of libraries which provides online, public access to Montgomery County library collections and Online Databases via library, home and office computers.
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Advisory Committee
Susan Yeager, Chairperson
Jack Fitzsimmons, Vice Chairperson
Carrie Ogorek
Marion Rothbart
Robert Gillies
Daniel Pickens
Romona Salotti
Janet Waxman
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Catalog
Accessing the library is catalog is easy; log on to the library website http://fls.mclinc.org at any time of the day or night and search for books, videocassettes, audiocassettes, CDs and DVDs and other materials in Springfield's collections. You can also search the collections of neighboring libraries in our MCLINC consortium and borrow materials through interlibrary loan.
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Collections: Books, Videos etc.
We have collections of best sellers, biographies, general nonfiction, mysteries, science fiction, paperbacks, young adult, audio cassettes, videocassettes and DVDs. Extensive online resources available through the library homepage complement our collections.
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Fines
Effective March 1, 2006
Adult, YA, paperbacks (21 day books)--15 cents/item per day
Children's books, paperbacks(21 day books)--10 cents/item per day
Best Sellers and other 14 day books--15 cents/item per day
Recordings Talking Books, CD's(14 day)--15 cents/item per day
DVDs, Video Cassettes (7 days) $1.00/item per day
*Fines accumulate up to $8.00 per item for children's materials and $10.00 per item for all other materials.
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Internet Access
Internet access is available at the library. You must fill out the Computer Workstation and Internet Access Registration at the front desk in order to use the internet and you must follow the Internet Acceptable Use Policy. Printed forms are available at the Circulation Desk, online versions through the links above.
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Online Resources
You may also access the library through MCLINC using the bar code on your library card. This resource provides online reference materials, periodicals and a photo library.
Accessing online resources such as Pennsylvania Power (Pennsylvania Online World of Resources) is easy. Just log on to the library website http://fls.mclinc.org at any time of the day or night, click on "Search Online Resources" and using your library card, select the database you want to search.
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Patron Accounts
You can see what items you checked out, when they're due, and what items you have on hold from any Internet connection by doing the following. First, when you are in the library, give the Circulation Desk Staff your password so it can be entered into our database. You can then click "patron account" in the online catalog, then enter the barcode number from the back of your Library card and your password.
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Reference Services
We maintain book lists on a variety of subject areas such alternative medicine, bereavement, cookbooks, Philadelphia Area and Pennsylvania Fiction, and local history. Our vertical file collection is rich in materials of local interest and history, health information, census information, and Philadelphia area education reports. Come in or call us or email us to help you find what you need and help you navigate our online resources.
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Reserving a book
All reserves are free. You can reserve books or other items in person or by telephone. If you call, please have your library card barcode at hand so you can read it to the person taking your request.
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Volunteering
The Free Library of Springfield Township is staffed, in part, by volunteers who help in various facets of library operations. Volunteers are very important to the smooth running of the library facility, and we appreciate all our volunteers, without whose help and valuable assistance we would not be able to offer the level of services our patrons now enjoy.
If you would like to become a volunteer at the circulation desk, help out with shelf reading or with the maintenance of the Library gardens, please call Pat Ennis at 215-836-5300, or stop by. If you are interested in helping someone to learn how to use a computer or surf the Internet, or if you are someone who needs to learn how to use a computer, please call Joy Utz. She can give you the name of someone who needs your assistance or the name of someone who can train you in the basics of computer use.
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