JULY 24, 2008
The Edgartown Library is located at 58 North Summer Street in downtown Edgartown, two blocks off Main Street and just up the hill from the Chappaquiddick ferry. We are a department of the Town of Edgartown.Our library holds close to 40,000 materials – books and magazines, DVDs and videos, audio books, compact discs and more. The Edgartown Library is a member of CLAMS, the Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing Network, which offers easy access to the nearly 1.4 million items held by more than 30 participating libraries.
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, the Edgartown Library welcomed nearly 65,000 visitors and saw a circulation of more than 70,000 items. With interlibrary loan services, we provided our patrons with more than 9,400 items from other libraries in our network, across the state and across the nation.
Our library staff is committed to serving you. Welcome!
Our mission statement:
The Edgartown Free Public Library provides public access to print collections, digital resources, and gathering spaces for the enrichment of its home community. We are committed to sustaining the value of public library services for Edgartown through the use of both traditional and innovative technologies.
Library Core Values:
• Excellence in customer service
• Providing, supporting, and advocating access for all
• Acting with initiative, creativity, and flexibility
• Fostering community and sustaining the vitality of downtown Edgartown
• Keeping local history alive
• Working together, with enthusiasm and optimism, to reach goals
• Responsible stewardship of resources
LIBRARY EXPANSION PLANS
Click here to learn more about plans for the new Edgartown Public Library
NEW STUFF
YOU CAN REQUEST
Just click the random image above to begin exploring our recent library acquisitions. Each one has a link where you can reserve the item.
BASKET OF GRAPES
Oil on Canvas, 25.5 by 36 inches. By Peleg Frederick Brownell, 1885. From the Simpson Collection. -- Although he started his career in New Bedford, Brownell became one of Canada's premier painters.