Food Drive for The Rachel Way Pantry During October and November the Library will be collecting GLUTEN-FREE FOOD ONLY for The Rachel Way Pantry, based at the Plymouth Meeting Mall. Collection bins will be located at each Check-Out Desk. A list of acceptable foods will be available at each desk and on the list below. Read more about the pantry’s mission here.... Gluten-Free Food Collection at the Library during October and November

Annual Appeal 2018   September 2018 As the William Jeanes Memorial Library winds down its 85th anniversary celebration year, we remain committed to delivering high-quality services to the community. In 2017 the Library had 25,000 more visits than in 2012, and we continue to welcome more visitors, add more programs, and circulate more materials than ever before. In... Our Annual Appeal is under way! Please consider donating to the Library--and don't forget a matching contribution if your employer offers one! Click here for more info.

New Catalog Look! As of August 23, 2018, our catalog will look a little different: it will look cleaner and have a few more features to help you get exactly the item you want! First, you’ll notice a new look on the main page of the catalog, whether you’re using it in the Library or accessing it from... New Catalog Look and Features (as of 8/23/18)

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 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!