Editing Moscow, Idaho (section)

===Moscow Public Library===
Members of the [[Pleiades Club]] and Ladies' Historical Club formed a cooperative named the Women's Reading Room Society and established a small library in the Browne building at the corner of Main and Second Streets in 1902.<ref name=wgslbr>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b9cyAAAAIBAJ&pg=5719%2C808512 |newspaper=Idahonian |title=Women's group started library plans rolling |last=Reed |first=Mary |agency=(Latah County Historical Society)|date=February 7, 1987 |page=10 }}</ref>

In 1904, the committee planned to raise funds for a new library building. [[Andrew Carnegie]] promised funding of $10,000 if the community agreed to maintain a free [[public library]] at the rate of at least $1000 annually. Moscow voters approved a permanent tax in 1905 and with successful [[fundraising]] by subscription of local residents and businesses, coupled with the [[Carnegie library]] money, the library construction was begun in 1905. In March 1906, the [[Mission Revival Style architecture|Mission Style]] building was ready for occupancy. Later that month, a fire at the university's [[Administration Building, University of Idaho|Administration Building]] totally destroyed that structure, so the new library was used for university classes during the day and residents used the library in the evening. Beginning in 1907 the building was returned to full use as a library. The original library building (which is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]) was expanded in 1931 and 1983. It houses a children's room named for Moscow native [[Carol Ryrie Brink]], the author of 1936 [[Newbery Medal]] winner ''Caddie Woodlawn''.

In 2006, the Friends of the Library celebrated a Century of Service for the organization. The current organizational structure of library service encompasses all public libraries in Latah County as the Latah County Library District. The library enjoys broad support from the citizens of Moscow and the county and is also supported by the [[Idaho Commission for Libraries]] (formerly the Idaho State Library.)

The Moscow Public Library currently houses about 60% of Latah County Library District's 100,000 volume collection. Administrative, technical, youth services, and branch services offices for the Library District are all housed at this location as well. The library offers year-round programming for all ages, including storytimes and a summer reading program for children, book clubs for teenagers and adults, and presentations by outside experts and organizations. The library also offers public Internet access computers as well as free wifi.

The library serves as resource for all the residents of Moscow, or as one essayist (Ellis Clark) in the 2006 contest states, "When time, money, or circumstances bind you to one locale, the Library is your passport for travel."<ref>{{cite news|last=Spurling|first=Carol Price|title=Moscow Public Library: a century of service 1906-2006|place=Moscow, Idaho|publisher=Moscow Public Library|year=2006}}</ref>