Stream Music Free on Hoopla!

Great news for Taylor Swift fans - the surprise album folklore is now available on Hoopla Digital! Don’t have an account yet? Just visit hoopladigital.com or download the Hoopla app and use your Dover Public Library card number to get started. For more information on using Hoopla, visit our Download page.

Keep Audiobooks Out of the Heat

Remember the old stickers on VHS rental tapes, Be Kind, Rewind? We would like to adapt that here at the library for our audiobooks. Be kind, don't keep Library audiobooks in your car during a heat wave. They do get damaged. Not as catchy, I know. A twelve disc audiobook has already been returned with heat damaged discs.

Try a Handpicked Book

Are you unsure what to read next, in a book rut, or are you looking for books that will capture your child's imagination? Let us help. Answer a few quick questions about your reading habits, and let us do the rest. We will gather some books and put them on hold for you.You can choose to pick them up through our Holds Pickup Service, or you can come in the library and check them out. This is a free service for all ages of readers. To start, fill out this form: https://bit.ly/3hHdhdO

Get Crafty This Summer

Do you wish you had a hobby to occupy your time normally spent out and about? Check out Creative Bug, available free with your library card. You can teach yourself any number of crafts or improve your skills using the instructional videos on the site. From Knitting to Drawing and everything in between.

Quarantining Library Materials

Please remember to return all items in the outside book drops. They will go into quarantine for 3 days before they are checked in and taken off your account. There won't be fines for the quarantine period.  Speaking of fines, they will start accruing for overdue items as of July 13. Please be patient as we make the system contortions necessary to get it to work with all the craziness over the past few months. You may see fines on your account that you don't think should be there. They may disappear on their own, or you can certainly ask us about them when you are in. Starting on Wednesday, July 15th we will again have our cash drawers back so fine payments can be made.

New Downloadable Magazines!

We have added new magazines to the Flipster downloadable magazine collection. You can now read Do It Yourself, Entertainment Weekly, The Harvard Health Letter, and The New Yorker, free on your tablet, phone or PC. You can even read back issues!

 

 

The Library now has expanded hours!

Here are our new hours:

Monday 9 to 8:30
Tuesday through Friday 9 to 5
Saturday 9 to 1

We are still offering our Pick Up Service at these times:

Monday 10 to 12 and 4 to 6
Wednesday 10 to 12 and 4 to 6
Friday 10 to 12

Make an appointment for our Pick Up Service via our web site.
http://www.dover.nh.gov/government/city-operations/library/

The Stairs Are Closed, Use the Elevator

Our beautiful old building is feeling its age. Last Thursday a part of the ceiling collapsed with a roar and a rumble. We are very thankful that no one was using the stairs at the time. We have temporarily closed off the stairs from the ground floor and first floor because the ceiling is still weakened. We have an expert coming in this week to repair the damage. Until then we are asking everyone to use the elevator from the ground floor. It simply isn't safe to use the stairs until it is repaired. Thank you for understanding.