Addled Minds: Book Review Blog
Check out the Peabody Institute Library's book review blog. Would you like to be an Addled Minds reviewer? Email unger@noblenet.org for more information.
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Events at the Peabody Institute Library
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Library News
Libraries Closed July 4th
The Peabody Institute Libraries will be closed on Saturday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. We will resume our regular hours on Monday, July 6th.
Library Offers Mango Languages, Online Language-Learning
The Peabody Institute Library is proud to announce the addition of the Mango Languages online language-learning system to our available resources. Mango is free of charge to patrons, and offers a fun, fast and convenient solution to our community’s growing language learning needs. It’s the easiest way to learn to speak a foreign language!
Mango Languages currently offers 12 language courses — Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Greek, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, ESL for Polish speakers, ESL for Spanish speakers, and ESL for Brazilian Portuguese speakers.
To access this database from home, you will need a Peabody library card. For more information about how to obtain a Peabody card, please see the Circulation Page.
Summer Food Program to Offer Free Lunch and Activities to Children 18 and under
The Peabody Institute Library is pleased to announce that the first ever Peabody Summer Food Program, “Library Luncheons” will begin on Monday, June 29th. Library Lunches will offer free, nutritious lunches and fun activities for children 18 and under.
Library Lunches will run Monday-Thursday from June 29th- August 6th. Lunch will be served starting at 11:30 am. All lunches and activities will conclude by 1pm each day.
No registration or I.D. is necessary to participate in Library Lunches. The library requests that any child under the age of 8 be accompanied by a responsible person over the age of 11.
The Summer Food Program is a federally funded program administered by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Locally, Library Luncheons are made possible by the Peabody Institute Library, the Healthy Peabody Collaborative, the Peabody Council on Aging, Project Bread and many volunteers from the Peabody community.
For more information, please call 978-531-0100 ext. 14 and speak to Melissa Rauseo, Young Adult Librarian.
Friends' Book Sales
Mark your calendar! The Friends will host their Annual Book and Geranium Sale on Saturday May 16 and Sunday May 17. In addition, the Friends hold a smaller Book Sale on the second Saturday of every month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Main Library. Upcoming dates for the monthly Book Sales are April 11, June 13, July 11, August 8, September 12, October 10, November 14, and December 12. All proceeds benefit Library programming – please join us and support your library!
Library Notices by E-Mail
Go green, save your library the cost of printing and postage, and get your library notices by e-mail! If we have your e-mail address in your library record, notices will be sent to you by e-mail rather than on paper. This includes our new courtesy notices, which are reminders sent two days before your items are due.
If you want to receive notices by e-mail, please make sure we have your current address. You can check this by logging in to your library account, where you can view, add, remove or change the e-mail address in your record. You can also have the library staff check this for you.
Your Library Account — More on logging in to your library record. You need a PIN to access your account, and to protect your library you must present identification and request a PIN at your library.
Bookworm Cafe
Open Monday - Friday from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Staffed by special education students in Peabody High School's life skills classes, the Bookworm Cafe is open Monday - Friday from 9:30 - 11:30. The cafe, located in the Main Library's Young Adult Room, serves fresh coffee, tea and baked goods.
Check out the Bookworm Cafe in the Salem News!