Library Services

Audiobooks

We have fiction, nonfiction, adult, and children’s audiobooks in CD format as well as downloadable from the Libby app & Palace Project app.

Our newest audio format is Tonieboxes and Tonies. The Toniebox is a soft, screen-free speaker for children. Using magnetic figurines called Tonies, toddlers and young children can navigate storytelling and music independently, opening up a world of educational and entertaining content. It is a kid-safe media platform filled with content from premium partners, including National Geographic, Penguin Random House, and LeVar Burton. In addition, original Tonies® content offers hours of storytelling, songs, mindfulness activities, and more. Tonies help bring on-demand, screen-free education to children.

Cultural Passes

You can check out a pass for free or discounted admission at these museums and parks:

• Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
• ECHO Lake Aquarium & Science Center Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
• NXT Stage Bandwagon Summer Series Next Stage
• Retreat Farm Pass
• Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) Pass
• Vermont State Historic Sites Pass
• Vermont State Parks Pass

Databases (More listed under the Research & Reference tab) 

The Vermont Online Library (VOL) offers a wide array of electronic information databases on various topics geared to a variety of age levels, for both generalists and specialists. Accessible in the library or from home with a password. (Patrons must have a current card and account in good standing to qualify for remote access.) Request a password in person; passwords are not provided over the phone. A description of the individual databases is available here, and you can access them here (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/vol_v59).

Fax Machine

Faxes can be sent and received for $.75 per page.  The number is 802-257-4949.

Interlibrary Loan

If you don’t find the item you want in our catalog, we can often request it from another library. Ask for an Interlibrary Loan form at the circulation desk and fill one out.

Magazines

We have a wide range of magazines available for our patrons. Previous months’ publications may be checked out; current month publications do not circulate.

Photocopying

We also have a black-and-white and color photocopier available at $.10 per page for black-and-white ($.05 per page if you bring your own paper) and $.50 a side for color. Our staff will be happy to help you.

Printing

All computers can print to our black-and-white printers; all but one print to a color printer. Black-and-white copies are $.10 per page, and color copies are $.50 per side.

Pimsleur Language Programs

Each course includes audio CDs, an MP3 CD, and a lesson guide to follow along and help you read, speak, and truly understand any language you choose.

Every Pimsleur course is available for a two-week loan period. Languages offered include French, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian, Italian, and Mandarin Chinese.