About

Role of Library: Tredyffrin Public Library serves as a regional library within the Chester County Library System. It is a full-service library with professional reference service 65 hours per week. A separate Children's Department on the lower level serves children through grade 6. The library has multiple copies of best-selling items as well as materials of local or specialized interest. There are 18 public PCs networked to black and white and color printers that can be used for word processing as well as Internet access over a T-1 line, and for word processing, etc. available to the public.

Handicapped Accessible: Yes

Public Meeting Room: Yes

Large meeting room holds up to 100 people.
Small room holds up to 40; and conference room.
Rental rates for Non-Profit Groups or Business Organizations.
Light refreshments may be served.

Meeting Rooms will not be available until construction is completed in 2009.

Brief Scope of Collection: 48,000 adult volumes; 28,000 juvenile volumes; 7,000 audiovisual items including DVD's; 170 computer software titles; wide variety of music on compact disc; large-print books; a reference collection of 3,000 adult vols. and 400 juvenile vols.; beginning collection of electronic books; over 200 magazine subscriptions and online subscriptions such as Grove Dictionary of Art, Wall Street Journal and more.

WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS for personal laptops and other mobile devices is available in all public areas of the library.

High-speed internet access is also available on public access PCs.

Last Modified: 10/7/08