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Revisions to Service

Updated  4/5/21

We are proud to announce that we are ready to allow patrons back into the Library. Beginning April 5th, holds pickup will now be back inside the Library. As before, adult and teen holds can be picked up at our Main Circulation desk, while Children’s holds can be picked up in the Jane Gray Dustan Children’s Room. Patrons will be allowed to pick up museum passes on hold in the Reference Room too. Additionally, we’ll be offering 45-minute computer appointments, including the use of the printers and photocopiers. You can learn more about that here.

Everyone must wear a mask covering their nose and mouth when they are in the building and maintain 6 feet of distance with others. This is non-negotiable. If you are unable to wear a mask for health reasons, we completely understand, and in those cases we’ll be willing to serve you outside of the Library. For anyone unwilling to comply with the mask protocol, we’ll be calling the Belmont Police Department to come down and help educate citizens on the importance of this town wide mandate. 

Pickup and computer use hours are as follows:

  • Monday – Wednesday: 9:00am – 6:00pm 
  • Thursday: 11:00am – 6:00pm 
  • Friday and Saturday: 9:00am – 5:00pm

Available virtually 24/7/365: We will continue to offer our digital library from the comfort of your home. Our Reference Librarians will be available via live chat, email, and phone to help you with reference questions during operating hours.

Don’t forget, we also are offering a slate of online programs via Zoom, which are free to all. This month we are featuring the 2nd  and final month of our Community Read “Better Through Books: Healing Community Together.” For this final month of the program, we’ll focus on wellness as part of our overarching theme on healing. 

Kind regards, 

Peter J. Struzziero
Library Director

Library Latest – March 30, 2021

Close out #MindfulMarch with one of these reads spanning meditation, resilience, & simply being.

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Prefer eBook and audiobook options? Find those here…

Why We Swim: eBook | audiobook

How to Do Nothing: eBookaudiobook

The Power of Ritual: eBook | audiobook

The Book of Joy: eBook | audiobook

Burnout: eBook | audiobook

Year of Yes: eBook | audiobook

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: eBook | audiobook

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: eBook

Radical Compassion: eBook | audiobook

The Four Agreements: eBook 

Detox Your Thoughts: eBook

 

Library Latest – March 23, 2021

Did you know there’s such a thing as National Puppy Day? We didn’t, either. But apparently it’s today, March 23rd, so here are some reading selections to celebrate all the great doggos out there!

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Prefer eBook & audiobook options? Find those here…

Off the Leash: A Year at the Dog Park: eBook

How to Be Your Dog’s Best Friend: eBook | audiobook

The Friend: eBook | audiobook

Biloxi: eBook | audiobook

 

 

 

 

Library Latest – March 16, 2021

Saint Patrick’s Day inspired reading picks for history and fiction lovers alike!

Fiction

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History

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Memoir

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Prefer eBook and audiobook options? Find those here…

The Death of the Heart: audiobook

Normal People: eBook | audiobook

Miss Emily: audiobook

Dubliners: eBook | audiobook

How the Irish Saved Civilization: eBook | audiobook

Country Girl: eBook

Are You Somebody?: eBook 

Time Pieces: eBook

Maeve’s Times: In Her Own Words: eBook

 

 

 

 

Library Latest – March 9, 2021

Looking for some interesting Women’s History Month reads? We’ve got you covered…

Biographies

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Prefer eBook and audiobook options? Find them here…

The Firebrand & the First Lady: eBook | audiobook

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: eBook | audiobook

Romantic Outlaws: eBook | audiobook

The Glass Universe: eBook | audiobook

Heart Berries: eBook | audiobook

The Woman Warrior: eBook

I Remember Nothing: eBook | audiobook

The ArgonautseBook | audiobook

 

 

 

 

 

Library Latest – March 2, 2021

Here are the latest Children’s fiction titles (plus a sneaky memoir – see if you can spot it)!

Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston: eBook | e-audiobookbookaudiobook

Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor: book | eBook 

Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen: book | eBook | e-audiobook

The Smartest Kid in the Universe by Chris Grabenstein: book | eBook | e-audiobook

Shaking Up the House by Yamile Saied Mendez: book | eBook

A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi: bookaudiobook

Root Magic by Eden Royce: book | e-bookaudiobook

The Mysterious Disappearance of Aiden S. by David Levithan: book | eBook

The Deepest Breath by Meg Grehan: book 

Goodbye Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea: eBook | e-audiobookbook

Library Latest – February 23, 2021






Can’t get enough Bridgerton? Here’s a Historical Romance Roundup just for you!

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Prefer eBook & audiobook options? Find these titles in our digital collection below.

A Rogue of One’s Own: eBook | audiobook

A Duke, the Lady and a Baby: eBook | audiobook

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows: eBook

The Luckiest Lady in London: eBook | audiobook

Lovely War: eBook | audiobook

Born to be Wilde: eBookaudiobook

Library Latest – February 16, 2021

Some Fiction & Nonfiction reads for your perusal this Black History Month…

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Prefer ebook & audiobook options? Find these titles in our digital collection below.

Lazaretto: eBook | audiobook

It’s Not All Downhill From Here: eBook | audiobook

An Extraordinary Union: eBook

Such a Fun Age: eBook | audiobook

The Original Black Elite: eBook | audiobook

Odetta: eBook

They Can’t Kill Us All: eBook | audiobook

Black Fortunes: eBook | audiobook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Library Latest–January 19, 2021

Children’s Librarian Amy is here with the latest picture book biographies!

Perkin’s Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry by Tami Lewis Brown|request the book

Selena: Queen of Tejano Music by Sylvia Lopez| request the book

The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton| request the book

Emmy Noether: The Most Important Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of by Helaine Becker| request the book

A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice by Nadia L. Hohn| request the book

Eleanor Makes Her Mark by Barbara Kerley| request the book

Saving Stella: A Dog’s Dramatic Escape from War by Bassel Abou Fakher and Deborah Blumenthal| request the book

Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean’s Biggest Secret by Jess Keating| request the book

Breaking the Ice: The True Story of the First Woman to Play in the National Hockey League by Angie Bullaro| request the book

Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball by Jen Bryant| request the book

If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold. 

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Library Latest–January 12, 2021

Get the story behind the music with one of these music biographies!

The Woman I Was Born to Be by Susan Boyle | request the book | hoopla eAudio
Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin | request the book 
A Natural Woman by Carole King | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Paul McCartney by Philip Norman | request the book | OverDrive eBook
More Myself by Alicia Keys | request the book | playaway | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Resistance by Tori Amos | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Homeward Bound by Peter Ames Carlin | request the book
It’s a Long Story by Willie Nelson | request the book | large print | OverDrive eAudio

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