ADULT WINTER 2019 READING CONTEST Did you make a resolution to read more in 2019? Come on in to grab something to read, listen to, or watch! During February, stop by to pick up a raffle ticket for each book you read or listen to, or movie you watch this month. Drop the completed tickets in the bowl at our... Learn how you can earn raffle tickets to win prizes!

One Book, One County: Tony’s Wife, by Adriana Trigiani Montgomery County Libraries celebrate ONE BOOK, ONE COUNTY with Tony’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani Bestselling author, Adriana Trigiani, is scheduled to be in Montgomery County this spring!  Come see her on Thursday, April 11 at 2:00 pm at Ursinus College’s Bomberger Auditorium in Collegeville or at 7:00 pm at Keneseth Israel Synagogue in Elkins Park. Her... One Book, One County: Tony's Wife, by Adriana Trigiani--Thursday, April 11

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: Sept. 30, 2018: Annual Appeal Supports New Programs at William Jeanes Memorial Library, by Lisa Clancy Sept. 9, 2018: Book Sale to Offer Something for Everyone, by... Read our latest "Library Corner" article from The Colonial here!

Library Parking Project 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

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!