Brooks Memorial Library is the public library for the Town of Brattleboro. We welcome visitors from everywhere, including Windham County, Southeastern Vermont, and beyond. Read books, reserve a small study room, ask questions, attend a program, or borrow materials with a library card. We also offer many electronic services. Brattleboro taxpayers are eligible for a free library card. Non-residents may purchase a library card.

BORROW

With your library card, you can borrow books, audiobooks, DVDs, magazines, and items from the Library of Things, which includes gardening and kitchen tools, seeds, eBikes, snowshoes, technology equipment, and memory kits! If we don’t have a book or DVD, we can often borrow it through our library consortium or interlibrary loan. Ask about the Home Delivery Program if you aren’t able to make it in to the library on a regular basis.

Museum Passes provide free or reduced admission to over 20 attractions such as museums, state parks, concert series, and local recreation.

Your library card also connects you to digital media with your device, such as eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines through Libby, Palace, and Blackstone. Watch movies and television shows on Kanopy.

LEARN & CONNECT

Learn a new language with Mango, take online classes with Udemy, read news sources like The New York Times, and access research databases like Consumer Reports, Chilton Library, and GALE.

Reserve the Community Meeting room for a public event, or one of the small meeting rooms for quiet study, small meetings, or virtual appointments.

PROGRAMS & EVENTS 

Discover a robust slate of educational and entertaining events and programs for all ages including talks, art workshops, music, and films. Sew, knit, embroider, crochet, or quilt weekly with the Brattleboro Stitchers. Join the Sci-Fi Reading Group, meet your local legislators, and learn some circus skills. Participate in our all ages summer reading programs. Check the event calendar to see what’s coming up.

RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY

Library staff are here to help with your research and technology questions. The library provides free access to public computers, wi-fi, faxing, scanning, and other technology. Self-service copying and printing are available for a fee.

YOUTH SERVICES

The Children’s Room hosts fantastic events and special programs for children of all ages. Browse the collection, enjoy some graphic novels, read to a dog, and have fun creating at the craft table. The Spicy Lime Teen Room invites teens (grades 7-12) to hang out and browse books, manga, RPGs, and comics. Teens can join the Teen Advisory Board (“TAFLTS”) to help build the collection and promote teen events, such as our regular teen-only movie and game nights.

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