Baltimore County Public Library listened when residents of the Hereford
Zone expressed a strong desire to have their own
library. About ten months after the
Friends of the Hereford Library, Inc.
was formed, the long awaited branch opened on Monday, October 3, 1988 on the
first floor of the Hereford Center building.
The new library opened with 11,000 items on its shelves and was primarily
staffed with volunteers. Twenty years later, the collection includes more
than 36,000 items and the library's twenty full and part-time Baltimore
County Public Library employees
outnumber its volunteers. With its facility expanded to 7,500 square feet in
2002 and its hours of operation extended in 2006, the Hereford Library
serves the needs of the North County area as a growing full-service branch
of Baltimore County Public Library.
Source: Hereford Library staff