Borrow DVDs for a Week!
Due to popular demand, we have extended the loan period for all of our DVDs to 7 days. You may check out up to six DVDs at a time. There are no reserves or renewals on feature films and television shows, but you can place a hold on eductional DVDs and documentaries, and renew them for an additional week.
eBooks and eAudiobooks
READ
Download a wide variety of popular fiction and nonfiction ebooks to your computer, eReaders, or mobile device with Overdrive Digital Library. Available for Hamden residents only.
See our eBook Help Page for more information about this service.
LISTEN
Our downloadable audiobook service, Hamden OneClickDigital, offers thousands of audio titles that you can listen to on your computer or digital audio player. You must be a Hamden resident to sign up for an account.
See our OneClickDigital Help Page for more information about this service.
Odds and Ends
Bookstore
The Friends of the Library's Used Bookstore offers gently used hardcovers and paperbacks for sale. Proceeds help support library services.
Thornton Wilder
The Friends of the Library help run the annual Thornton Wilder Writing Competition. Take a look at the 2013 Competition Winners!>