Summer @ WJN School’s out and it’s time for learning to be FUN! Summer @ WJN promises to offer your child (babies through 10-year-olds) eight weeks full of reading, fun, learning, and prizes, guaranteed to help prevent that classic “summer slide.” With programs including live animals, reading, music, art, magic, storytelling, movies, theater, magic, and more, there will be no reason for your child to say “I’m bored!” and no reason for you to say “That’s too expensive!” Everything at the library is free and fun! Read More

Improved Searching with Discovery Service–Available Now! The Montgomery County Libraries have joined together to offer you access to the EBSCO Discovery Service–an enhanced SEARCH tool that allows you to dive deeper into all of the fantastic resources our libraries offer! From the homepage of our website, click on the magnifying glass in the upper right-hand corner. A new drop-down window will... A New Way to Search Our Catalog!

Wine and Cheese and Chocolate Tasting Fundraiser Sponsors A big THANK YOU to all of our sponsors who made our FIRST Wine and Cheese and Chocolate Tasting fundraiser such a success! Joel and Peggy Sloane   Joel and Carole Lukoff   Marc J. and Amy P. Grossman The Artist’s Loft Elizabeth Barker BJ’s Boscov’s Department Store Bredenbeck’s Bakery & Ice Cream Parlor Cantina... Thank you to all of the sponsors who made our Wine and Cheese and Chocolate Tasting Fundraiser such a success!

TRIBUTE GIFTS Donate a Book in Someone’s Name The William Jeanes Memorial Library and Nicholas and Athena Karabots Center for Learning is pleased to offer you the opportunity to honor a loved one with a bookplate in one of the titles in our collection. Click here for the form. You may print it and fill it out... Read more....

Library Corner *Note: The Colonial has been merged into The Ambler Gazette as of Spring 2018. Please look for us there! Click below to read through past “Library Corner” articles: June 10, 2018: Library Collecting Items for Upcoming Jewelry Sale, by Lisa Clancy April 22, 2018: Celebrate William Jeanes Memorial Library’s 85th Anniversary at Open House, by... Read our latest "Library Corner" article from The Colonial here!

Library Parking Project 2018 Dear Community Member, As many of our neighbors know, since the William Jeanes Memorial Library and Nicholas and Athena Karabots Center for Learning reopened its doors on Joshua Road in 2012, we’ve become very good at fulfilling our mission “to be a resource center that serves the diverse and changing needs of the community by... Library Parking Project 2018

History The History of William Jeanes Memorial Library The original home of the library was a single room in the William Ambler House in Plymouth Meeting. In 1926 Mary Jeanes Miller donated $75,000 as seed money to finance a new library in memory of her first husband William Jeanes. It took awhile but in 1935 the... CELEBRATING 85 YEARS: Click here to see the notes describing the initial meeting to form the William Jeanes Memorial Library. Check back each month for updates as we dive into our history!

2018 Teen Summer Reading Club! Registration starts Saturday, June 23rd for the Teen Summer Reading Club! The Club is open to ANY teen entering grades 6-12. How the Teen Summer Reading Club works: First, you need to register! Fill out this form: Loading… The Teen SRC will run from Saturday, June 23rd to Saturday, August 25th. All throughout the summer... Read More