About The Springfield Town Library

  • Christine Edwins

    The New Library Director

  • Micah Kelly

    Youth Services Librarian

  • Tracy Obremski

    Technical Services Librarian

    "Look, I... I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter but I am proud of what I am.

    I... am a librarian. “

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  • Christopher Bloomfield

    Library Technician III
    (Library Technology)

    he/him

  • Tammy Gould

    Library Technician II
    (Circulation Supervisor)

    she/her

  • Tracey Craft

    Adult Services Librarian
    ”Never regret anything that made you smile.”

    she/her

  • Abbey Beaulieu

    Library Clerk

    she/her

  • Molly McAllister

    Library Clerk

    she/her

  • Mari Csiszer

    Library Aide

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  • Opal Wright

    Library Aide

  • Ann Herrick

    Library Aide

    she/her

  • Jen Dechen

    Library Aide

  • Izzy Beer

    Library Aide

    he/she/they

  • Sue Ellen Morin

    Materials Handler

    she/her

  • Elliott Pearce

    Materials Handler

    he/they

  • Kevin Willard

    Building Maintenance

 

Library Staff

Library Trustees

The Trustees meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 5:30 pm, on the second floor of the Springfield Town Library, at 43 Main St., in Springfield, Vermont.

Meetings are open to the public, in accordance with Vermont's Open Meeting Law.

Agendas and Minutes will be posted on the Town of Springfield's main website: http://www.springfieldvt.govoffice2.com

Members:

  • pattrice jones

  • Sharon Ayer

  • Christine Boardman

  • Suzette Chivers

  • L. Chris Goding

  • Carrie Mobus

  • Elijah Paez

About the Building

Springfield Town Library History

The earliest library in Springfield was organized in 1819 when a group of prominent citizens incorporated as the Springfield Central Library electing Nomlas Cobb as the town’s first librarian. The books, fewer than 100, were kept in his law offices for the use of the Library’s “proprietors.”   For a substantial fee, a person of good standing and at least 21 years of age could become a proprietor with borrowing privileges.

 

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A second library, the Agricultural Library Association, was organized in 1850 and maintained its own small collection until 1871 when both libraries and the Springfield Wesleyan Seminary dissolved and donated their assets to form the Springfield Town Library .

Over the years, the library moved its collection to the offices and stores of successive librarians. The Library found a permanent home with a bequest from Henry Harrison Spafford, and when the historic Spafford Library Building opened in 1895 the collection had grown to nearly 5,000 volumes.

Springfield Town Library has expanded several times since then. In 1928 a donation from the children of Henry Barnard allowed for the construction of an addition to house a children’s room. Ten years later the Library had again outgrown the building and in 1939 a bequest by Mary Barnard was used to extend the ell on the original Spafford building to increase the shelf capacity of the Library.

Over one hundred years later, Springfield Town Library continues to serve the community from that magnificent building, expanded several times over the intervening century and now housing over 50,000 volumes and including formats unimaginable when it first opened. The historic Spafford Library Building located in the heart of downtown Springfield is a local landmark and magnet, drawing people to Springfield from surrounding towns. Springfield Town Library enjoys the respect, devotion and support of the community as it remains committed to the best library services possible.