32 Main Street South, Bethlehem, Connecticut 06751  ~  Telephone/FAX: 203 266-7792

Library Hours
Mon & Wed: 10 am-8:30 pm
Tue & Thu: 10 am-5 pm
Fri & Sat: 10 am-2pm
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Summer Closings 
Closed Saturdays in July, Aug
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Special Closings
New Year's Day (Jan 1)
Martin Luther King (Jan 15)
Presidents' Day (Feb 19)
Memorial Day (May 28)
Independence Day (July 4)
Labor Day (Sep 3)
Bethlehem Fair (Sep 8-10)
Columbus Day (Oct 8)
Veterans' Day (Nov 12)
Thanksgiving (Nov 22)
Christmas Festival (Dec 7,8)
Christmas (Dec 25)
New Year's Eve (Dec 31)
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Using the Library
~ Location & Map
~ Library Cards
~ Borrowing Materials
~ Computers & Technology
~ Internet Access
~ Wireless Access
~ Blind & Handicapped
~ The Leever Room
~ The Children's Room
~ All Facilities

Get Involved!
~ Library Friends
~ Volunteering
~ Library Board

Featured Events

Here's just a sampling of events in the Library Leever Room this Spring. Sign up here for email notices of all events, speakers, classes, book discussions, children's activities, and more. 

Afternoon of Music
Free concert Sun., April 15th at 2 pm by singer/songwriter Doug Mahard.

Reading Programs

Preschool Storytime
every Tuesday and Wednesday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Children's Room. Join us for stories, songs and simple crafts.

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Spring Circuits

Video and audio book circuits provide a continuously updated selection of videos and audio books at the library every month. See the schedule for the next rotation.

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Library Services

Books for leisure and information, inspiration, and education
Audio books, unabridged, on cassettes and CDs
Large print books
Magazines and newspapers
Movies on VHS and DVD, permanent and rotating collections
Over 500 music compact disks
Interlibrary loans from over 11 million items
Pre-school Story Hour & Lego Club
Educational toys and games
Book discussion groups - all ages
Lectures and art shows
Summer reading clubs for adults or children
Summer arts and crafts for children
Homework assistance
Fax and copier service
Wireless internet access
Services for the blind and handicapped
Computers for word processing and Internet access
Distribution of community garden summer produce
Day passes and special items

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Discover the recent enhancements
to your library, thanks to our
Friends of the Library.

Book Talks for Adults
3rd Mondays, 7 - 8 p.m.,
April through October in the Library Leever Room

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The Library now subscribes to OverDrive, a new service where you can download ebooks, audiobooks, and videos onto your iPhone, iPad, Kindle, laptop and more. All you need is a library card and the free app for your device. Get started at the OverDrive website or ask at the front desk.

Director's News

New Arrivals

Find Information
~ About the Library
~ CT State Library
~ iCONN Research Site
~ Town of Bethlehem
~ Health Resource Guide
~ Bethlehem Seniors
~ Bethlehem Weather (NOAA)

News & Events
~ Children's Programs
~ Literary Coffeehouses
~ Used Book Sale Schedule
~ Garden Vegetable Schedule

Readers' Corner
~ Childrens' Storytime
~ Adult Reading Group
~ Great Books Lists
~ New Arrivals
~ Video Circuit Schedule
~ Audio Book Circuit Schedule
~ Poem Hunter
~ eBooks (Project Gutenberg)

Day Passes
~ CT Science Center
~ Norwalk Aquarium
~ Mystic Aquarium
~ State Parks/Forests Day Pass
~ Mattatuck Museum
~ Wadsworth Atheneum

Shared Resources
~ Games and Toy Bank
~ Seed Library

Special Collections
~ Non-circulating Collections
~ The Cabinet Collection
~ Pop-up Books
~ Educational Toys and Games