The Finance Committee will meet on Thursday, December 18th at 7:00 p.m. Members have invited the Dartmouth Board of Library Trustees to attend this meeting in order to discuss whether there would be any merit to privatizing the libraries. The Privatization Study Group in town recommended public library privatization in April of 2008. The Board of Library Trustees just issued a report on the subject expressing opposition to privatization of the public libraries in Dartmouth.
Read the Board of Library Trustees Privatization/Outsourcing Report Here – Dec. 2008 (pdf)
Read the Privatization Study Group Report Here – April 2008 (pdf)
This summer, for the first time, adults and young adults are invited to join a summer reading club at Southworth Library. The theme this summer is “Wild Reads at the Dartmouth Library.” To participate, just fill out a short registration form at the library, pick up a punch card, and start reading. For every 30 minutes that you read, mark off an X on your punch card. When you have read for 6 hours and marked off all 12 Xs, print your name and phone number on the card and drop it into our Wild Reads container. Cards will be drawn from the container to award restaurant gift certificates to lucky summer readers. You may enter a card for every 6 hours of reading, including reading newspapers, magazines, cereal boxes, etc. Keep track of your reading this summer and the library may treat you to dinner!
Beginning with our new fiscal year in July 2008, we are able to increase our hours thanks to the voter support in the April election.
New Hours:
Monday through Thursday 9:00a.m.-8:00p.m.
Friday and Saturday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Please note the library will be closed the first Friday and Saturday in July for the Independence Day Holiday.
