Library

Phone Service Hours and Curbside Hold Pickup Hours

• LIBRARY TO-GO
  Both branches of the Dartmouth Public Library are open for contactless holds pickup. Holds pickup will be offered Monday through Friday. Click here for details on how it will work. Delivery between libraries has resumed so you can put materials on hold held by other libraries. You will still be able to borrow materials fastest if we own them and they are in on the shelf. Please visit our new books page to see the latest additions of books, videos and audiobooks to our collection. Library staff members are onsite at both branches to answer the phone and make holds available to patrons. However, the buildings will remain closed to the public until further notice.  Only holds pickup and phone service are available at this time
• NO MUSEUM PASSES ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
  In our current stage of reopening, we are not circulating museum passes yet.
• WIFI AVAILABLE
  Our free WiFi is still up and running. You can access it from the parking lot of each branch if you are located close to the building. No password necessary at Southworth Library on 732 Dartmouth St and the password of dartmouth19 gets you on the WiFi at the North Branch Library on 211 Cross Rd.
• ONLINE RESOURCES & HOW TO VIDEOS
  Don't forget we have numerous digital resources that you can use from anywhere with your Dartmouth library card. Visit the Online Resources section of our website to learn more and watch helpful tutorial videos if you are new to using them.
• BOOK DROPS OPEN
  We have three book drops available for returns. You can return borrowed library materials to the drive up book drop at Southworth Library, the drive up or walk up book drop at the North Branch Library and at the drive up book drop in front of Dartmouth Town Hall on Slocum Rd. These book drops are open 24/7.
• NO BOOK DONATIONS PLEASE
  The Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries are not accepting donations of books, puzzles, CDs, or DVDs. Please do not drop off these materials at the library when it opens.
• STORYTIME & BABY SONGS ON ZOOM
  This September Baby Songs and Storytime returns. Baby Songs on Wednesdays at 10:30am, September 9th - September 30th, 10:30am.  Storytime on Fridays at 11am starting September 11th through September 25th. Be sure to visit our Facebook Virtual Storytime Page. Can't get enough stories? Join our Southworth Library Virtual Storytime Group and watch recordings of Miss Christie reading stories for children.

• Stories & Songs with a Snow Sister - Video Premiere Tuesday July 28, 2pm and continuing on the Library Facebook Page.

• LIBRARY BUILDING COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES ZOOM MEETINGS AVAILABLE
  The Dartmouth Board of Library Trustees and the Library Building Committee are currently holding meetings on Zoom. To watch these meetings, visit Channel 18, the Government Channel for the Dartmouth Community Media website. Type the word "library" in the search box and all the Zoom meeting videos will display. If you would like to watch live, enter the Zoom meeting ID listed in the Board of Library Trustees agenda for the meeting or the Library Building Committee agenda. Click here for general instructions for attending a Zoom meeting.