Naming Opportunities
A naming opportunity presents a unique chance for individuals, families, and businesses to help build the future of the Talbot County Free Library. Through these naming opportunities, your gift in support of “Building for the Next Century” will have a demonstrable effect upon our mission (“...to connect our community to ideas and information to enrich and renew lives”), while creating a long-lasting tribute to the person or family named. Your gift, and the name that will become associated with it, will contribute directly to the quality of life in our community, providing access to enriching materials, resources and facilities for years to come to residents and visitors to Talbot County.
Spaces, furniture, and other parts of the Easton and St. Michaels libraries may be “named” in honor of someone special in your life. In addition to the naming opportunities list following, the Director is always available to work with individual donors to create additional opportunities for meaningful recognition.
The St Michaels Library will be renovated and expanded by late 2025. The Library's renovation will transform the libraries spaces and services and include study rooms, an expanded meeting room, a quiet reading room, expanded children's and teen areas, a library café, and new innovative technology.
Years of careful planning have brought us to this moment. Just as the community came together over thirty years ago to build the library's original structure, this expansion and renovation of the St. Michaels Library's physical plant and services will depend on the generosity of Talbot County residents and support from the County.
We invite you to leave a legacy to make the expanded St. Michaels Library vision a reality. Gifts of sufficient size to name the newly expanded St. Michaels Library or the Easton Library, their rooms, or furnishings, will serve as a lasting reminder of the generosity and commitment of the people of our community. Such gifts will be recognized by the placement of commemorative plaques or inscriptions bearing the donor's name or the names of those being honored or memorialized.
The value assigned to each space or item is based on visibility or functional importance and may not reflect the actual cost. For gifts of the following amounts, donors will be recognized for their contributions:
| Library Building | varies based on location |
| Main Community Meeting Room | $200,000 |
| Café Space | $200,000 |
| Quiet Reading Room | $200,000 |
| Children’s Area | $150,000 |
| Teen Area | $150,000 |
| Foyer/Entryway | $150,000 |
| Electric Vehicle Charging Station | $125,000 |
| Public Service Desk | $100,000 |
| Study Room | $100,000 |
| Social Computing Room | $100,000 |
| Computer Area | $50,000 |
| New Books Display | $50,000 |
| Reading Area | $50,000 |
| Early Literacy Center | $35,000 |
| Reading Nook | $35,000 |
| Magazine Display Area | $35,000 |
| Book Sale Area | $35,000 |
| External Bookdrop | $20,000 |
| Tree | $20,000 |
| Large Book Displayer | $15,000 |
| Outdoor Bench | $10,000 |
| Study Carrel | $10,000 |
| Small Book Displayer | $10,000 |
| Shelf | $10,000 |
| Table | $10,000 |
| Community Information Bulletin Board | $5,000 |
| Drinking Fountain | $5,000 |
| Computer | $5,000 |
| Chair | $5,000 |
| Book Cart | $5,000 |
| Name included in Annual Plan/Newsletter | $500 |
| Educational items for Children’s Area | $300 |
| Brick for St. Michaels | $300/$100 |
Library Materials Collections:
| General Fiction | $200,000 |
| Children’s Collection | $200,000 |
| Teen Collection | $200,000 |
| DVDs | $100,000 |
| Large Print | $100,000 |
| Books on CD | $50,000 |
| VOX Books | $20,000 |
| Dewey “tens range” | $20,000 |
| STEM Kits | $10,000 |
| Sheet Music | $10,000 |
| Others defined by director | $5,000+ |