On the Shelf...

The Enid M. Baa Public Library benefits from many donations by corporate sponsors and private citizens.

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We are grateful for the continued support for the following:

AUDIO COLLECTION ON CD: (Classics, Non-Fiction, Current Novels, Plays, Poetry, History, Biographies) Includes Shakespeare and other classics. Regular CD player required.
Donated by Dreihaus Fund

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT: TV, a DVD player, VCR player, a radio/CD/tape player and two individual DVD viewers - one for the Children's Room and one for the Adults' Room.
Through a 2005 grant by First Bank

AFRICAN COLLECTION: Fabulous art and photograph books, current history and politics
Donated by Prosser Foundation

CARIBBEAN COLLECTION: In Von Scholten and Adult reference sections. Reference materials not to be checked out of the Libraries.
Donated by Chase Bank

CHILDREN'S ROOM: New chairs (3)
Donated by First Bank

DICTIONARIES FOR CHILDREN: Fourteen different and wonderful dictionaries for all ages, even illustrated for very young children. Also, thesaurus, grammar, spelling, and illustrated encyclopedias.
Donated by Charaf Fund of the V.I. Community Foundation

ILLUSTRATED ATLASES FOR ALL AGES: A set of 15 on hand.
Donated by the Margate Foundation

SPANISH LANGUAGE COLLECTION: 70 titles of Classics, Novels, History and Geography of America, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.
Donated by Scotia Bank and Little Switzerland

YOUNG ADULT BOOKS: Many of the titles are the ones required by teachers for summer reading; lots of Classics, too!
Donated by The Foundation for Enhanced Education

YOUNG ADULT CAREER BOOKS: A variety of professions to be explored!
Through a 2004 grant (Listing 1) by First Bank; Listing 2

Did you know??? "re: picture of Adult Library...did you know that the desk was custom-made by local cabinet-maker in STT of mahogany? And that Edna St. Vincent Millay (poet) was the first patron to check out books on it?"
- FOSTPL friend Diane Moody