Free with your library card!
Check out all the things you can do with your library card for free! This is a growing list, so come back to see what else we have added! Have ideas we don’t have here yet? Email us and let us know.
- Learn a new language with Pronunciator
- Learn a new computer program.
- Search for a bestseller to check out.
- Use the WiFi or a public computer
- Catch up on current events by browsing News Week, Time Magazine, or Bloomberg Business Week
- Introduce your grandchildren to the library
- Find home school resources and participate in home school activities
- Help children learn a love of reading by participating in our 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program
- Children can learn how to play the violin
- Children can get a snack and participate in an after school program
- Families can enjoy a fun
- Use the computers to fill out your taxes or pick up the available forms.
- Search the millions of items in the online catalog
- Renew items online, by phone, or in-person
- Renew items by sending a text using Shoutbomb
- Use reliable, kid-friendly resources to do homework
- Check out the latest DVDs
- Volunteer
- Learn about New London
- Participate in the One Book One Region program
- Get help from the ultimate search engine – a librarian
- Download eBooks, eAudiobooks from anywhere with Overdrive
- Join a book discussion group
- Learn creative ways you can interest your toddler in books
- Buy a Public Library of New London Tee Shirt as a fundraiser and to show support for the library
- Make photocopies or print from one of our computers or wirelessly from your laptop
- Print from your phone or tablet and pay online with Princh
- Borrow a Museum Pass to get a reduced rate or free admission on your next outing
- Attend an interesting lecture by a local historian
- Join the Friends of the Library
- Bring your child to Storytime and meet other parents
- Read every issue of The Day that has been written
- Check your investments
- Take an introductory computer class
- Trace your family tree
- Find mysteries, science fiction, romances, and westerns to enjoy
- Play board games after school at the Teen Activity Room
- Learn how to help your child gain early literacy skills
- Get help with your resume to find a job or change your career
- Find potty training tips and advice
- Pick up recommended reading lists for children, teens, and adults
- Receive weekly email updates to see what’s happening at your library
- Join a community knitting group
- Shape up with an exercise video
- Read the latest medical research reports online
- Learn to identify the birds in your backyard
- Study in a (relatively) quiet place
- Use Library resources to start a small business
- Update your Facebook page
- Check out books in large print for easier reading
- Check out your favorite graphic novel
- Learn how to navigate the Internet
- Reserve a meeting room for your nonprofit group
- Look up how much that Roy Rogers lunch box is worth
- Attend an interesting lecture or creative workshop
- Be inspired by new ideas for redecorating your house
- Learn how to prepare your preschooler for success in school
- Consult consumer guides to help decide which insurance, tablet, computer, car, or washing machine to buy
- Check out a new or old television series
- Get picture books for storytelling at home
- Research a term paper
- Schedule a Library tour tailored to your group or class
- Open an email account
- Bring your family to watch a free movie
- Find your car’s value in our up-to-date Kelly Blue Books
- Find a new recipe
- Share online resources and databases with your students
- Enroll your child in the summer reading program
- Check out the latest fashion magazine
- Cool off in air-conditioned comfort on a hot summer day
- Be warm in the winter months
- Read a local newspaper
- Apply for jobs online
- Find out about social service programs
- Publicize a nonprofit organization on the bulletin board
- Learn how to plant, care for, and preserve vegetables and fruits from your garden
- Look up the phone number of a long lost friend
- Participate in Adult Summer Reading and enter to win prizes
- Have your documents notarized
- Learn how to take care of your new pet
- Donate your used books
- Reserve (hold) books that will help you plan a vacation
- Sign up for ESL classes
- Get help with obtaining citizenship
- Keep kids entertained with audiobooks during car trips
- Be notified by email when the library materials you’ve requested arrive
- Learn Word and Excel
- Stay in touch with family far away through email
- Read minutes from past City Council Meetings
- Find out about local community organizations
- Order materials from other libraries and pick them up locally – right here in New London
- Drop off materials for other Connecticut libraries at the Public Library of New London
- Come hear an author speak about his or her latest book
- Borrow the New London History Series with Sally Ryan on DVD
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