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Beaver Island Community School Library

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Summary

The Beaver Island Community School Library was presented in November 1974 as a public winter resource with Friday assistance hours and recently acquired books.

Evidence and limits

The source establishes a service notice, not the library’s founding date, charter, catalog, staffing, funding, or later institutional continuity.

The dated record

3 dated events · 1974–2013These years on the timeline →

Sources

  1. The Beaver Island District Library announced like-new children's and adult books at best-price/pay-what-you-decide terms for holiday shoppers. This is a first-party availability notice, not a complete inventory, price list, or sales record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 14 · t014911
  2. The school library is mapped to the current school-site point because the held notices identify it as the Community School Library; the sources do not establish a separate library building or exact 1974 room location.
    osm · amenities
  3. Describes the Beaver Island Community School Library as open to the public, with Friday assistance hours, hundreds of new books, and a small Northland Library Association collection. It does not provide a charter, catalog, staff roster, or complete institutional history.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-11_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1974-11_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Reports summer visitors and circulation, school-day access, self-checkout, a winter aide, Northland Library System support, and a proposed preschool story hour. It does not provide a catalog, circulation ledger, budget, or complete staffing record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1976-09_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held issue confirms the library service report and planned preschool programming.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community School Library”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/organizations/beaver-island-community-school-library-1974/, accessed [date], citing BIDL, “Like New Books- perfect in time for Holidays,” Beaver Island Forum, December 19, 2019, topic 14911. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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