NEWS FROM THE PRESIDENT
AND CEO
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HARTFORD – All Hartford Public Library locations will be closed to the public starting Saturday, March 14 through March 31 in response to the ongoing challenges caused by the COVID19 virus.
All workshops, outreach, classes, and programs are canceled through the end of the month.
For the foreseeable future, the renewal period for borrowed materials will be extended to compensate for late returns. Materials will be automatically renewed up to three times if no one else is waiting. Library personnel will be available for questions via e-mail at
contactus@hplct.org
or by calling 860-695-6300.
“As more information becomes available, we will reassess, respond, and act accordingly. During the closure we encourage people to take advantage of our robust online resources,” Hartford Public Library President and CEO Bridget Quinn-Carey said.
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Hartford Public Library has a robust collection of online resources available. Your library never closes!
Through
Axis 360
you can download e-books from the Library's collection that can be viewed on your computer or a mobile device. There are never overdue books or late fees; titles automatically return to the Library's collection after 7 or 14 days.
Start browsing our collection here
!
Access e-books (smaller selection than OverDrive), e-audiobooks, and e-magazines through
RB Digita
l
. Titles may be used on a variety of devices. One user account will give you access to all three formats.
Enjoy digital books, images, videos and more from libraries, artists, authors and others from your community and around the world.
BiblioBoard
offers exciting new fiction, popular comic books, award-winning videos, colorful children's books and more!
Freegal Music
is a download music service that the Hartford Public Library offers, free of charge, for use by library cardholders. Every library cardholder can download 3 songs per week, and stream up to 3 hours per day.
A new addition to the collection,
Kanopy
is a streaming video service that offers critically-acclaimed movies, documentaries, and foreign films. Watch 5 movies per month AND stream the entire Kanopy Kids library!
HPL now provides you with access to Acorn TV, IndieFlix, Pongalo, and Qello Concerts. Cardholders are limited to one license per week. Each license allows you to watch as much as you like, of the service you have selected, during that week.
Acorn TV
provides world-class mysteries, dramas, and comedies from Britain and beyond.
IndieFlix
allows you to stream movies and classic TV.
Qello Concerts
offers f
ull-length concerts and music documentaries. There are over 1,500 of the most amazing live moments in music.
Pongalo
tiene telenovelas en español y películas traducidas. (
Pongalo has
Spanish-language telenovelas and translated movies.)
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"I have always imagined that Paradise would be a kind of a library." —
Jorge Luis Borges
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