Southampton Free Library

<p>Adjoining the township building and police station, the Southampton Free Library rounds out the township's municipal complex.</p> <p>The library boasts a collection of over 80,000 cataloged items, ranging from periodicals and reference materials, to books, CDs and DVDs. The library has more than 190,000 patrons visit each year.</p> <p>According to the library's statistics, approximately 63 percent of the Township's residents hold library cards. Library cards are free to all residents of Bucks County who can produce a picture ID proving residency. Loan periods are 21 days for most items, with a 2 time renewal policy. Rental books and movies can be borrowed for seven days and renewed once.</p> <p>The library is a member of the Bucks County Library Network and materials from other participating Bucks County Libraries can be obtained for patrons by request.</p> <p>The community meeting room, in the basement of the building, has recently been renovated. It has a kitchen, handicapped accessible restrooms and an outside entrance. This is where the township's Board of Supervisors meetings are held.</p> <p>Plans for renovations to modernize and upgrade the main area of the library are currently in the works; this will be the first major improvement to the adult section since 1990.</p>