Plymouth Public Library main branch is located at 132 South St; the Manomet branch is located at 12 Strand Ave. Visit http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org.

For information on any Plymouth library program or service listed (unless otherwise noted), call the main library, 132 South St., at 508-830-4250, TTY 508-747-5882, or the Manomet branch, 12 Strand Ave., at 508-830-4185, or go to the website http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org. Registration, when required, may be conducted by phone.

The hours for the Plymouth Public Library are: Monday to Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, from the Sunday after Labor Day through June, from 12:30 to 5 p.m.

The Manomet branch library is open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; closed Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. The library is fully accessible; call if you need special accommodations to attend meetings or events.

SPECIAL EVENTS

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month

September is Library Card Sign-up Month, a time when the Plymouth Public Library and Manomet Branch Library join with the American Library Association and public libraries nationwide to ensure that every resident has the most important card of all: a free library card. Resources at the Plymouth Public Library are available to anyone who has a library card. Patrons can turn to the library for materials, programs and services that support academic, cultural, recreational and informational needs and interests. The Plymouth Public Library offers access to educational and recreational resources, such as online databases, ebooks, audiobooks and electronic magazines. Residents can even use the library card from home.

For more information on how to sign up for a library card, visit the Plymouth Public Library in person or online. For further information, contact Linda Fitzgerald, public services librarian at 508-830-4250 or TTY 508-747-5882.

Hybrid, Electric Car Show

From 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 10, the New England Electric Auto Association, in conjunction with National Drive Electric Week, will host a hybrid, electric car show and ride-and-drive event at the Plymouth Public Library. Several dealers, including Tracy Chevrolet, Colonial Ford, Tufankjian Hyundai, Sullivan Brothers Nissan and Toyota and South Shore BMW, will be present with the latest hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicles and will be offering test drives. Actual owners will also be present to share ownership experiences. Light refreshments will be served.The rain date is scheduled for Sept. 17.

NEEAA is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to promoting hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicles as well as increasing the electric car charging infrastructure. NEEAA is one of over 30 electric car clubs across the country and is a chapter of the National Electric Auto Association. This event is free and open to the public and anyone who is interested in the technology is encouraged to attend.

For more information about the event, contact Jesse Rudavsky at 617-483-0994, or visit http://facebook.com/newenglandelectricautoassociation. This free program is sponsored by the Plymouth Public Library Corporation and no registration is required.

Seed Swap

2:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Manomet Branch Library. Share garden stories and tips for growing great plants as well swap seeds. Envelopes will be provided for discovered seeds and light refreshments will be served. No need to register.

ONGOING

Chess Club, The Royal Game

Club meets 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays. The program is open to students and adults. Students younger than 12 should be accompanied by an adult. No food and play quietly. Questions regarding this program can be directed to Jennifer Harris, library director, at 508-830-4250, ext. 215; Bill Petrillo, chess club co-leader, 774-766-7689, bill.petrillo@comcast.net; or Jim Pritchard, chess club co-leader, 508-878-8194, jimpri@verizon.net. This program is free to the public. No registration is required.

Teen Advisory Group

The Teen Advisory Group will host a Fall Fondue at 7 p.m. Sept. 13 in the board room of the Main Library. The event will feature chocolate fondue with lots of things to dip in the chocolate, like marshmallows, fruit and cookies.

Any teens interested in joining are invited to meet current members and learn more about library services. This year, the group is working on creating a teen space and building up collections for teens and tweens. Teens, age 13 to 18, are invited to join the Teen Advisory Group, with no registration necessary to attend meetings. Meetings are held every month, typically the first Wednesday evening of the month. For more information about this event, contact the Manomet Branch Librarian.

Tween Interest Group

The Junior Friends of the Plymouth Public Library is undergoing a change. Residents may have noticed that the library has a group for teens, ages 13 to 17, which encourages volunteering, program planning and having a voice in library services. The library ise starting a similar group for ages 9 to 11, the Tween Interest Group, aka TWIG! The library wants to get tweens involved in library activities and know that parents are looking for opportunities the library. This may mean helping Youth Services staff prep materials for programs, sorting and shelving books, volunteering at the biannual book sale, or assisting the Corporation with the storybook breakfast. In addition, TWIG members will help with program ideas and have a voice for what the library offers to tweens. Meetings are scheduled each month, typically the first Wednesday evening of the month. Potential TWIG members are invited to join members of TAG for the Fall Fondue on Sept. 13.

Nonfiction History Book Discussion at the Manomet Branch

The group meets at 4 p.m. one Thursday per month to discuss the months selection. For more information about this event, contact the Manomet Branch Librarian at 508-830-4185, email to jenniferj@ocln.org or visit the librarys web site.

For the next meeting, the group is talking about The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars by Dava Sobel on Sept. 21. Sobel examines the impact of women calculators in the field of astronomy and the accomplishments of future women astronomers.

Vintage Reads: a book group for classic novels

This group reads and discusses novels from the 20th century and earlier, focusing on novels and authors that have stood the test of time. Some of the classics read are popular while others are more unconventional and unfamiliar. Copies of the book are available to check out at the Manomet Branch. The program is free and requires no registration.

The next meeting will be held Sept. 14 with a discussion of Humboldts Gift by Saul Bellow. In Bellows Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Charlie Citrine, an author in some unfortunate circumstances, receives an unexpected legacy from his deceased friend and poet Von Humboldt Dleisher.

Outreach/Senior Services Programs

The Plymouth Public Library's Outreach/Senior Services Department provides services and collections of interest to older adults, such as large-print fiction and nonfiction and audiobooks. Outreach also provides services to individuals who would otherwise not have access to library materials, such as people who are homebound, institutionalized or who have a physical or mental disability. Outreach services includes books by mail, deposit collections of regular and large-print books, educational and recreational programs, recorded books and machines, and reference assistance. Currently, four local nursing facilities partake in the deposit collection program which brings the library to the residents by fulfilling specific requests in addition to a variety of fiction and nonfiction titles each month.

The Large Print collection includes New York Times Bestsellers, inspirational reads, local interest nonfiction, mysteries, romance and biographies. With a collection of over 2,000 audiobooks, patrons with limited sight or who are visually impaired can enjoy reading again.

For more information on any of the library's outreach services, call Tom Cummiskey at 508-830-4250.

Mobile Hotspots

The Plymouth Public Library lends T-Mobile Hotspots. The library has six hotspots available. Hotspots are small hockey-puck sized devices that allow you to access the Internet on your computer or wireless device for free. Just turn on the hotspot and connect to it like any other Wi-Fi network. Up to 10 devices at a time can be connected to one hotspot. You can leave the hotspot plugged in, or take in on the go for up to six hours of battery use.

Hotspots can be checked out for two weeks at a time; you must reserve a Hotspot for a specific date on the library's website. Hotspots are available to Plymouth cardholders only and your account must be in good standing in order to check out a device. All hotspots must be picked up and returned to the Main Library. There is a $1 per day late fee, and an $80 fee for lost or damaged items. For more information, contact the Plymouth Public Library at 508-830-4250 or visit plymouthpubliclibrary.org.

Hoopla Digital

Plymouth Public Library offers the public availability of thousands of movies, television shows, music albums, e-books, audio books and comics, all available for mobile and online access through a new partnership with Hoopla Digital.

Plymouth cardholders can download the free Hoopla Digital mobile app on their Android or iOS device or visit hoopladigital.com to gain access to thousands of titles from major Hollywood studios, record companies and publishers available to borrow 24/7, for instant streaming or temporary downloading to their smartphones, tablets and computers.

You must have a library card to access this content on the hoopla app or website. Patrons can borrow this content free of charge. It's digital so there is no waiting period for popular titles and hoopla's automatic return means no late fees.

Great Courses series

Plymouth Public Library is now offering an expanded selection of more than 40 titles from the Great Courses series. Produced with the goal of creating engaging, immersive learning experiences for lifelong learners, these courses are available either in audio format on CDs or as DVDs. Subjects range from history to science, "better living," fine arts and music and literature. Available courses include such titles as "Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals," "Great American Music: Broadway Musicals," "Our Night Sky" and "Fundamentals of Sustainable Living." Visit the website at http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org to see all of the titles and course descriptions.

The Great Courses are meticulously produced following the vision of the company's founder, Tim Rollins. As he puts it, his idea in founding the company was to"record lectures by the greatest professors in America, professors who were not just experts in their field but who were also passionate and truly gifted communicators, so anyone could enjoy learning from them, without the pressure of homework or exams." The company conducts a painstaking search for the best professors in each subject.

"Of the more than 500,000 college professors in the world," Rollins said, "only the top 1 percent are selected to teach one of the Great Courses. Our esteemed faculty includes award-winning experts and professors from the most respected institutions in the world, selected by our customers exclusively for their ability to teach."

The Great Courses titles are now available at the main library in the Reference Department shelved in the computer room. They can be checked out for 14 days and can be renewed, provided they are not on reserve for another patron.

Access to U.S. military service records

The Plymouth Public Library is now offering its cardholders access to Fold3 Library Edition by Ancestry. This subscription database provides convenient access to U.S. military records, including the stories, photos and personal documents of the men and women who served. This continually growing collection contains millions of records from world-class archives, many of which are exclusively available on Fold3. With content from the Revolutionary War onward, Fold3 Library Edition is an invaluable research resource for historians, genealogists, researchers, military enthusiasts, veterans and their families, teachers and battle reenactors. Researchers can access more than 440 million records beginning with the Revolutionary War. The new user interface makes it easy to search historical documents from diverse sources including the War of 1812 Pension Applications and Service Records, Civil War Widows Pensions, and records of the United States Colored Troops, and, unique non-military sources such as Native American records, FBI Case Files, and Holocaust records.

The Fold3 name comes from a traditional flag folding ceremony in which the third fold is made in honor and remembrance of veterans who served in defense of their country and to maintain peace throughout the world.

The new library edition can be used from any location and also provides access to personalization tools. Library patrons may choose to create a personal user account to build memorial pages, submit annotations to any image, or leave comments. See http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org/databases/.

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