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Sheldon’s Horse:

Wednesday, June 26th
6:30 PM

Klein Memorial Auditorium

Jester Jim

 

Summer Reading Kick-Off Jester Jim

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Tuesday, June 25th
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Black Rock Branch

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Sheldon’s Horse: George Washington’s Connecticut Cavalry

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Library News


Evaluating Internet Health Information

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National Library of Medicine logoEvaluating Internet Health Information 

A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine

Not All web sites are created equal.

Click here

 

The BPL Launches OneClickdigital Media Manager

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OCD_Lib_Web-Banner-thmb_jpgOneClickdigital Media Manager

The BPL is pleased to announce a new feature for our audiobook users: OneClickdigital Media Manager – free software that allows BPL patrons to listen and transfer audiobooks to their portable devices.

Just click on the button below and after a quick one-time account set-up process, you will be able to immediately checkout and download any audiobook you choose. 

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June is Audio Book Month

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June is Audio Book Month. Have you heard a good book lately?

Just click the icons below and use your BPL Library Card to find a good book at no charge.

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Kindle Fire Users

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KindleFireB1Kindle Fire Users Rejoice: OverDrive Comes to Amazon App Store

Now that the OverDrive Media Console app is available in the Amazon App Store for Android, it’s easier for users of the Kindle Fire to access eBooks from OverDrive-powered libraries.

The BPL has released new versions of the OverDrive Media Console apps for Android and iOS (iPhone/ iPad/ iPod touch). For the first time, OMC is available to Kindle Fire users in the Amazon App Store for Android, making it easier to access eBooks and audiobooks from OverDrive-powered libraries. (Previously, Kindle Fire users could side-load the OMC app.)

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Board Member Sought

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BPLThe BPL Board of Directors is accepting applications for one board position. Any registered voter in the city of Bridgeport who has a high level of familiarity with the city’s libraries and who holds a library card may apply.

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BPL closed on Sunday for the Summer

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Scott-HughesThe main Burroughs-Saden Main Library will be closed on Sundays for the Summer.

We wish to thank all of our patrons for making our Downtown Sunday openings such a tremendous success and we look forward to reopening on Sundays in the Fall.

Scott Hughes – City Librarian

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Online BPL Library Card Applications

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Online Printable BPL Library Card Applications 

Printable BPL Library Card Applications are now available Online in both English and Spanish.

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.

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Aplicación en Español

Friends of the BPL Weekly Booksale

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Thursdays
11:00 – 3:00 PM
Burroughs & Saden – Library Garage

Book Sale logoFriends of the BPL Weekly Booksale

Weekly book sale held in the library’s garage.

Patrons may enter via State Street.

Poetry in the Garden: Mind Guards the Gate

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Thursday, June 20th
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Black Rock Branch

Last Night I had a DreamMind Guards the Gate

You are cordially invited to a Poetry Reading and Book Signing Event in the Black Rock Reading Garden by Poet & Essayist Raymond Tucker reciting from his newly published book, Mind Guards the Gate: A book of inspirational poetry and essays written to and for those who have suffered and continue to suffer childhood sexual abuse and trauma.

It is estimated that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 7 boys under the age of twelve are sexually abused by someone they know.

                    “Last Night I had a Dream”

I saw a little boy

Who did not understand,

What was being done to him

At his fathers hand;

With nowhere to run

And no place to hide,

He built himself a box

Deep inside his mind

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Saturday Movie Matinee at the Black Rock Branch

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Saturday, June 22nd
1:30 – 3:45
Black Rock Branch

moviesSaturday Movie Matinee at the Black Rock Branch 

Each week the Black Rock Branch Library screens a popular current movie. For details on this week’s movie: click here or sign up for our  Newsletter and receive weekly updates on movies and other BPL happenings: click here.

For a  monthly list of upcoming movies please stop by the Black Rock Branch Library, 2705 Fairfield Avenue.

 Free Refreshments will be served – but feel free to bring a nonperishable food item for donation to the Black Rock Food Pantry.