Serving a population of approximately 127,558, its collection contains 342,305 volumes, circulating 190,581 items annually[1] from its four locations.

[2] Elizabeth's Main Library was built during the "free library movement" at the turn of the 20th century in part with the impetus of Charles N. Fowler,[4] US Congressman from Union County.

[5] Records show that millionaire Andrew Carnegie granted $130,810 made February 3, 1910, for the main and no longer existing Liberty Plaza branch libraries.

[6][7] Opened in 1912, the building, reminiscent of an Italian palazzo and the Boston Public Library was designed by Edward Lippincott Tilton,[8] who had designed many other Carnegie libraries as well as the immigration station at Ellis Island.

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