Company Profile
The Atlantic City Free Public Library
Company Overview
The Atlantic City Free Public Library serves a remarkably diverse community for a city its size. The main library facility is located in the central business district while our one branch is separate yet part of the Richmond Avenue Elementary school. Recent projects have included the "Fresh Start @ Your Library" project which provides reentry and support services to citizens returning to their home communities after
being paroled or after completing their prison terms. There are two computer training centers that provide walk in jobs skills labs, basic computer training, ESL, career assistance especially focusing on the tourism industry. The library recently received a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities to digitize and build an online repository focusing on the African-American Community in Atlantic City. A 2022 New Jersey Department of Labor grant will assist the library in expanding already existing career building services that the library provides. Our Youth Services Department has a maker's space and teen lounge with gaming, audio editing equipment and 3D printer. We encourage candidates that are seeking positions in vibrant diverse urban settings to apply.
Company History
Atlantic City, New Jersey, incorporated in 1854, is located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, on the southern edge of New Jersey, in Atlantic County. Atlantic City has earned the title “Queen of Resorts” by offering pristine beaches, lodging, dining, entertainment and amusements for all ages, tastes and incomes since the 1880’s. It is home to 39.260 residents (2016 U.S. Census estimate) and plays host to millions of visitors each year.
The Atlantic City Free Public Library was founded in 1901. That first library was housed on the third floor of City Hall, where service began on April 3, 1902. On November 1, 1903 the library formally opened its doors in a wood frame house at Illinois and Pacific Avenues. Andrew Carnegie subsequently donated $71,000 for the building of a new structure at this location. The new structure opened in 1905. In 1985, the library moved to its current home at Tennessee and Atlantic Avenues. The library provides access to books, magazines, DVDs, music, audiobooks and electronic resources, as well as a variety of programs, exhibits and training for all ages. The library operates one branch. The new Richmond Branch Library is constructed in the Richmond Avenue School and opened in February 27, 2013. Measuring in at 3,000 square feet, the new library offers five times the available space of the previous branch, which served the community from 1923 to 2009. During construction, Library Express, a temporary store-front version of the branch on Atlantic Avenue, was open from April 2010 to October 2012. Beginning August 2012, the Library assumed the asset and management of the Atlantic City Historical Museum located on the Garden Pier. The Pier was sold by The City of Atlantic City in 2016. The library vacated the Pier and incorporated the Museum collection into The Atlantic City Heritage Collection housed at the Main Library.