Library Latest

We know you miss browsing the library’s shelves, so we’re bringing the shelves to you! Each post highlights new materials or a part of the collection our staff thinks you should check out!

January 12, 2021: Get the story behind the music with one of these music biographies!

January 5, 2021: AcornTV is your place for your favorite mysteries! Check out these selections from Belmont Public Library staff!

January 1, 2021: Start 2021 off by checking out the most popular library materials from 2020!

December 29, 2020: Hoopla has a great selection of PBS documentaries. Here are a few titles recommended by our staff!

December 22, 2020: Learn something new without leaving your home! Checkout one of these Great Courses titles on kanopy!

December 15, 2020: Legendary spy novel author and real life spy (he worked for MI-5 and MI-6) John le Carré passed away on December 12. Discover (or rediscover) his masterful storytelling with one of these selections.

December 11, 2020: Filled with wanderlust while staying home? Prepare for the days when you can travel abroad again by studying another language.

December 4, 2020: Discover a new pattern or a new technique for you knitting in one of the selections from today’s post!!

December 1, 2020: Read your favorite magazines on OverDrive!

November 24, 2020: Get your holiday shopping off to a good start with these suggestions from Belmont Public Library staff members in our annual Holiday Gift Guide!

November 20, 2020: Hone your technology skills with one of the manuals from the Library’s nonfiction collection.

November 17, 2020: Check out these graphic novels on hoopla’s Bonus Borrows for November!

November 13, 2020: Children’s Librarian Amy is here with our newest picture book biographies!

November 10, 2020: Sing along to your favorite showtunes with these Broadway cast recordings from hoopla!

November 6, 2020: Get to know the story behind the competition with these selections of great sports writing!

November 3, 2020: The Library is closed today for the election so we invite you to check out these digital titles about the US Presidency!

October 30, 2020: It’s not too late to pick up a horror movie for Halloween!

October 27, 2020: Learn something new with one of these selections from our Great Courses collection!

October 23, 2020: Get an audiobook for your walk with one of our playaways!

October 13, 2020: Find something new to add to your rotation of recipes with one of these cookbooks from our new nonfiction section!

October 9, 2020: Children’s Librarian Amy is back with some picture books about voting and elections – both fiction and nonfiction!

October 6, 2020: Introducing the Library’s new LP collection!

October 2, 2020: Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month by reading one of these selections from Latinx authors!

September 29, 2020: Participate in Banned Books Week with these selections from the American Library Association’s list of the Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019!

September 25, 2020: Celebrate National Comic Book Day with one of these titles from our adult graphic novel collection!

September 22, 2020: September 22 is National Voter Registration Day! Check out these materials about voting rights.

September 18, 2020: Enjoy these titles from our new fiction collection!

September 15, 2020: Checkout these titles from our new nonfiction collection!

September 11, 2020: Children’s Librarian Amy shares our newest picture books!

September 4, 2020: It’s never too late in the grilling season to learn a new recipe! Check out these print and eBooks today!