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and reserve study rooms. Asked why she chooses the public library over any of the 10 libraries on campus, she has a oneword answer: “convenience.”

Princeton Room

KWANGRAN QIAN is a former Montgomery Township resident living in Pennsylvania whose wife works at Princeton University. “I love this library and use it often while my wife is working. I spend most of my time here reading books and magazines in the Newsroom.”

BETH AND CASEY LEW-WILLIAMS moved to the Jugtown neighborhood of Princeton in 2014 and one of their first stops was to Princeton Public Library. An associate professor at Princeton University, Beth is a historian of race and migration in the U.S., specializing in Asian American history. Casey is a professor and director of graduate studies in the psychology department at Princeton. Casey said he uses the library once a week as a place to work away from home and campus. The couple’s two children are frequent library visitors.

LAUREN VALVANIS is a Princeton resident who makes annual gifts to the library to supplement taxpayer support. She also serves on the Refugee Resettlement Coordinating Committee of Nassau Presbyterian Church. “This library is so great,” she says.

Designed for the casual researcher, the local history collection includes books and information about the history of Princeton, its people and its institutions. The room contains maps, census information, local newspapers on microfilm, city directories and an assortment of small publications and other resources, including genealogy reference material, a collection of Princeton High School yearbooks and artwork related to the town, including a tile by Katherine Hackl depicting an 1870 march in Jugtown by the AfricanAmerican community in support of passage of the 15th Amendment.

Papers Of Princeton

This digital archive contains searchable town and Princeton University publications dating from an Aug. 29, 1834, issue of The Princeton Whig to the Dec. 18, 2015 issue of The Daily Princetonian. A collaboration of the library and Princeton University, this invaluable resource for researchers is continually updated as publications are scanned and made available.

Business Center

The Business Center houses a printing station, document and book scanners, photocopier, microfilm machine and typewriter. Customers can print in color or black and white from library computers on the second floor or wirelessly from a personal laptop or device. Print jobs can be released at the central print release station and must be picked up within 24 hours. Documents can be scanned at two dedicated stations and saved or faxed; scanning and faxing services are free. Scan stations have translation capabilities.