People

You make us smile and we do the same for you. The relationship between the library and its customers has never been stronger. Staff are recognized outside the building and introduced to the family and friends of customers. “A customer saw me in the local Apple store and introduced me to her husband and said I went beyond my job and helped her in the library,” staff member Lakshmi Ramesh told our Board of Trustees recently. For regulars, we are a daily touchstone in their lives. For newcomers in a growing town, we are a welcoming presence. Your smiles tell the story of the library.

Services Contact

Many of the services we offer are funded by generous private gifts, both large and small. Princeton’s taxpayers are an indispensable part of our success; their support pays for a staff that is customer-focused, both at our service desks and behind the scenes. Tax support also goes a long way to ensuring that the Sands Library Building continues to be a safe and welcoming space for library services. This tax support represents about 75% of our operating budget. The other 25%, including many of the items in the Services column of this report, comes from private gifts from people like you. Please consider a gift to the Annual Appeal. Visit princetonlibrary.org/donate or scan the QR code. Thank you for your smiles — and for your support.

To learn more about how your gift can change lives minute by minute, please contact:

Dawn Frost, Development Associate 609-924-9529, ext. 1284 dfrost@princetonlibrary.org