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==Wooster Free Library Association==
==Wooster Free Library Association==
By 1897, more interest was generated and the citizens met and organized the [[Wooster Free Library Association]]. Anyone could become a member of the subscription library by signing the constitution and paying a fee of $1.00. There was also an annual fee of $1.00. The Association and the library were governed by a Board of Trustees elected annually by the members. A standing committee on the library was also chosen to meet monthly to select all reading materials, hire the librarian, and other staff members, and to attend to all other matters relating to the library.
By 1897, more interest was generated and the citizens met and organized the [[Wooster Library Association|Wooster Free Library Association]]. Anyone could become a member of the subscription library by signing the constitution and paying a fee of $1.00. There was also an annual fee of $1.00. The Association and the library were governed by a Board of Trustees elected annually by the members. A standing committee on the library was also chosen to meet monthly to select all reading materials, hire the librarian, and other staff members, and to attend to all other matters relating to the library.
On April 10, 1897 the committee met and hired its first librarian, Miss Bertha Ellsperman, at a salary of three dollars per week and a janitor and set the library hours as 9-11 a.m. and 12-8 p.m. each day from October to April. The [[Women's Christian Association]] ladies managed the reading room in the morning before the librarian arrived for her afternoon and evening duties. In May 1897, the Trustees voted to move the library to the southeast corner of East Liberty and Buckeye Streets where a two year lease was taken on the second floor.
On April 10, 1897 the committee met and hired its first librarian, Miss Bertha Ellsperman, at a salary of three dollars per week and a janitor and set the library hours as 9-11 a.m. and 12-8 p.m. each day from October to April. The [[Women's Christian Association]] ladies managed the reading room in the morning before the librarian arrived for her afternoon and evening duties. In May 1897, the Trustees voted to move the library to the southeast corner of East Liberty and Buckeye Streets where a two year lease was taken on the second floor.