Announcements:
East Side Branch
East Side Branch Library will be temporarily closed for renovations starting September 7, 2024. The Beardsley Branch Library will stay open until 8 PM on Wednesdays while the East Side Branch Library is closed.
Agenda for March 19, 2025 Regular Library Board Meeting and Public Documents
Library News
Make Your Voice Heard at Bridgeport Public Library’s Community Forums!
Join us at one of our community discussions and help shape the future of Bridgeport Public Library. Your ideas and feedback are vital in creating a space that truly serves our community. Together, we can make a lasting impact!
Develop New Skills with LinkedIn Learning
Discover and develop business, technology-related, and creative skills through expert-led course videos with our new resource LinkedIn Learning. *You will need your Library Account PIN to use this resource. You can reset your PIN here.
Reach Your Financial Goals with Morningstar Investing Center
Empower yourself with investment knowledge! Morningstar Investing Center can help you grasp a broad range of investment opportunities.
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Become a Literacy Volunteer!
Interested in becoming a Literacy Volunteer? The next info session will be on Tuesday, March 18th at 1 pm at the North Branch Library. Join us to find out more about this opportunity to share your love of learning.
Bridgeport Unmasked Podcast
The All Things Bridgeport, CT, PODCAST
Join librarian & moderator Adam Cleri–along with authors, Bridgeport librarians, & other guests–as we explore the city’s curious history, intriguing people, & unique fascinations that make Bridgeport Bridgeport.
Digital Library
Fold3 Library Edition
Fold3 Library Edition by Ancestry provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.
HeritageQuest Online
HeritageQuest Online resources is a comprehensive treasure —rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more.
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning is an online learning platform that helps you to develop and build new skills through engaging e-learning and online classes. LinkedIn Learning offers mobile apps for iOS and Android phones and tablets.
*You will need your Library Account PIN to use this resource. You can reset your PIN here.
Morningstar Investing Center
Morningstar Investing Center is one of the industry’s broadest databases to get data and analysis on stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded products.
BookFlix (Home Access)
Scholastic BookFlix is a new online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. The engaging way to link fact and fiction, BookFlix reinforces early reading skills and introduces children to a world of knowledge and exploration.
BookFlix (Library Access)
Scholastic BookFlix is a new online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. The engaging way to link fact and fiction, BookFlix reinforces early reading skills and introduces children to a world of knowledge and exploration.
Hoopla
Bringing you hundreds of thousands of movies, full music albums, audio-books and more, hoopla is a revolutionary digital service made possible by your local library.
Hoopla digital’s latest app upgrade, LightSpeed – an evolution to empower brighter connectivity for users – is here. With LightSpeed, you’ll be able to experience, explore and enjoy free content from your public library in a new way that’s faster, brighter, mobile, easy-to-use and always available! Brought to you free of charge with your Bridgeport Public Library Card.
Kanopy
Stream free movies with your library card. Enjoy thousands of critically-acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award-winning foreign films and more.
Overdrive
Download a wide variety of popular fiction and nonfiction ebooks and eaudiobooks to your computer, eReaders, or mobile device. for Bridgeport Library Card Holders
Download eBooks and Audiobooks
Borrow eBooks, audiobooks, and more – anywhere, anytime through Overdrive. All you need is a library card.
Download Music
Freegal, free downloadable music from Sony. Use your library card to download up to five songs a week and stream up to 3 hours of music a day!
Learn a Language Online
Pronunciator is a fun and free way to learn any of 140 languages with Personalized Courses, movies, music, and more.
Learning a language with Duolingo is fun and addictive. Earn points for correct answers, race against the clock, and level up.
New Arrivals
Online Library Card Application
Just print out an application. Fill it out and bring it to the library with proper ID’s (ID info is on each application.) and at no cost become a member of the BPL.
Mobile Printing
BPL Mobile Printing for your laptop, PC, and mobile devices:
Burroughs-Saden Main Library – printer
Beardsley Branch Library – printer
Black Rock Branch Library – printer
Newfield Branch Library – printer
North Branch Library - printer