Morristown Centennial Library

What Morristown Centennial Library does

Morristown Centennial Library is an independent, incorporated nonprofit public library located at 7 Richmond Street in Morrisville, Vermont, founded in 1891 and housed in an Andrew Carnegie-funded building that opened in 1913. It serves Morristown and surrounding Vermont communities with a traditional lending catalog (books, periodicals, media, 2- to 3-week loan periods, no overdue fines), a digital lending platform integrated with OverDrive/Libby for ebooks and audiobooks, and a research suite anchored by the Vermont Online Library (Gale) plus Newspapers.com and Ancestry.com. The technology backbone is the Aspen Discovery online catalog, with auxiliary integrations for Mango Languages, Udemy, and Peterson's Test and Career Prep delivered through the Vermont Department of Libraries.

The library's core product surface extends beyond lending to include free library cards for Vermont residents age 12+, a $20 annual non-resident fee (effective July 1, 2025), meeting room rental (Copley Community Room), printing and copying services, free WiFi and computer access, outreach delivery to preschools/daycares/nursing homes/homebound patrons, and a Library of Things pass program offering 3-day loans of day passes to Shelburne Museum, Shelburne Farms, ECHO, Vermont State Parks, Vermont Historic Sites, and Fairbanks Museum. A staff of approximately 6 — led by Library Director Kendra Aber-Ferri — supports these operations, with the Board of Trustees (chaired by Julie Pickett) governing the institution and overseeing the endowment managed by the Treasurer, Stephanie Hoffman.

The business model is predominantly taxpayer-funded: the library receives an annual appropriation from the taxpayers of Morristown and supplements it with auxiliary fees (non-resident cards, printing, meeting room monitor fees) and community fundraising through the reconvened Friends of the Morristown Centennial Library (active since 2018), including Red Sox raffles and plant sales. There is no commercial revenue, no investor funding, and no disclosed financial reporting; growth is programmatic and service-broad rather than scale-driven, reflecting the institution's role as a community service rather than a commercial enterprise.

Name

Morristown Centennial Library

Legal name

Morristown Centennial Library Association

Website

https://centenniallibrary.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1891

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Morristown Centennial Library is an independent nonprofit public library in Morrisville, Vermont, founded in 1891, serving Vermont residents with free physical and digital lending, digital learning resources, outreach to seniors and youth, and cultural pass programs funded primarily through municipal taxpayer appropriations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Library Services

NAICS

Libraries and Archives (519210), Libraries and Archives (51921), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Libraries & Information Services (BPAIACAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Library Operations & Community Branch Management (EDAEAGAC), Library User Services & Information Support (Reference, Research Help, Instruction Support) (EDAEAGAL), Libraries, Archives & Special Collections (BPAGAHAF), Civic Education & Community Engagement (Voting, Local Government) (EDAAAFAC)

Keywords

• Public library services
• Book lending
• Community outreach
• Digital resources
• Educational programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Morrisville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Taxpayer Funding: Annual appropriation from taxpayers of Morristown as an independent, incorporated, nonprofit public library
2. Non-Resident Library Card Fees: $20 annual fee for non-residents (effective July 1, 2025) who do not live in Morrisville or Elmore
3. Printing and Copying Services: Printing services at 10 cents per copy, 20 cents per copy double-sided or large-sized paper
4. Fundraising: Friends of the Library group conducts fundraising activities including plant sales, Red Sox raffles, and other events
5. Library Pass Loans: Reduced-cost or free day passes to parks and cultural sites available for 3-day loan periods

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Morristown Centennial Library is a nonprofit public library serving the Morristown, Vermont community. It lends physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks; provides access to online learning platforms (Peterson's, Mango Languages, Udemy), research databases (Gale, Newspapers.com, Ancestry.com), computers, WiFi, and printing; loans cultural venue passes; and offers outreach programming to youth, seniors, and homebound patrons.

Product overview

Morristown Centennial Library operates as a traditional public library with a unified physical and digital service offering. The core offering centers on physical library collection lending (books, periodicals, media), complemented by digital lending through Libby/OverDrive for ebooks and audiobooks. Online learning resources (Peterson's, Mango Languages, Udemy) and research databases (Gale/Vermont Online Library, Newspapers.com, Ancestry.com) extend services into the digital education and research space. Additional services include Library of Things passes to regional cultural sites, meeting room facilities, computer/wifi access, and outreach programming for youth, seniors, and homebound patrons. Historic collections including Vermont and Civil War archives preserve local heritage. All services are unified under a single nonprofit library structure governed by a Board of Trustees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Physical Library Collection
• Libby/OverDrive Digital Lending
• Online Learning Resources
• Research Databases
• Library of Things Passes
• Computers, Printing & WiFi
• Meeting Room (Copley Community Room)
• Outreach Services
• Youth Services
• Library Cards & Circulation
• Historic Collections

Quantifiable outcome

• Digitized newspaper collection from 1873-2022 for News & Citizen and 1984-2014 for Transcript
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Vermont Department of LibrariescoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides access to Peterson's Test and Career Prep, Udemy online courses, and Vermont Online Library (Gale databases) as part of statewide library resource sharing
• Overdrive/LibbycoreTechnology or IntegrationDigital audiobook and ebook lending platform. Library card number serves as username, last name with capitalized first letter as password
• Mango LanguagescoreTechnology or IntegrationLanguage-learning program with 70+ languages available via app or online. One-time registration required for access
• Vermont State ParksminorOthersFree and reduced-cost day passes to Vermont State Parks available through Library of Things program
• Shelburne MuseumminorOthersReduced-cost or free day passes available through Library of Things program for 3-day loan periods
• Shelburne FarmsminorOthersReduced-cost or free day passes available through Library of Things program
• ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake ChamplainminorOthersReduced-cost or free day passes available through Library of Things program
• Vermont Historic SitesminorOthersReduced-cost or free day passes to Vermont Historic Sites available through Library of Things program
• Fairbanks MuseumminorOthersReduced-cost or free day passes available through Library of Things program

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stowe Free Library: Public library serving Stowe, Vermont — another Lamoille-region small-town library with comparable service footprint and patron demographics.
• Fletcher Free Library: Burlington, Vermont's public library — a Vermont-based municipal/independent library offering the same categories of service (physical and digital lending, programming, outreach). Comparable as a peer Vermont public library; structurally larger but operationally similar.
• Brownell Library: Independent nonprofit public library in Essex Junction, Vermont, of comparable size and community-mandate focus. Directly comparable as a small, town-funded Vermont library offering circulation, programming, and digital resources to local residents.
• Kellogg-Hubbard Library: Independent nonprofit public library in Montpelier, Vermont, founded in 1894. Closely comparable as a community-supported Vermont library serving a small city, with similar programming depth and trustee-governance structure.

Others

• Gale (Cengage Learning): Provider of research databases accessed via the Vermont Online Library. Suppliers of the discovery and research infrastructure small libraries license to meet patron information needs.
• OverDrive (Libby): Operates the Libby digital lending platform integrated into MCL's catalog. A key technology/infrastructure partner enabling ebook and audiobook distribution for the library and its patrons.
• Vermont Department of Libraries: State library agency that supplies MCL with statewide digital resources (Udemy, Peterson's, Gale databases, Vermont Online Library). An enabling/administrative umbrella organization rather than a competing library, but directly shapes the resource set MCL can offer.
• ByWater Solutions: Vendor of Aspen Discovery, the online catalog system used by MCL. Relevant ecosystem participant underpinning the library's discovery/borrowing infrastructure, though not a peer in the operating sense.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/morristowncentenniallibrary
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/morristown-centennial-library

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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