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The Provincetown Public Library has a full range of materials and services: adult bestsellers, books on tape, videos, magazines, daily newspapers, a substantial reference collection and a collection of local history materials containing Provincetown and Cape Cod histories, works by local authors and about local artists, books on local history, clippings, pamphlets and the local newspapers, the Advocate and Banner, on microfilm. The Library has available for public use PCs with a laser printer, Internet access and special equipment for the visually impaired; a typewriter and a photocopier.

The Library also offers reference service, interlibrary loans and reserves. The Friends of the Provincetown Library sponsor passes to the Museum of Fine Arts, the Harvard University Art Museums and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, among others.The Library offers a wide range of material for children, including Newberry and Caldicott Award winners, picture books, easy readers, paperbacks, fiction and nonfiction, magazines, audio cassettes, videos, books with audio cassettes, and a large parenting collection. There are activity boxes and American Girl dolls which may be checked out. The Library offers many children's activities, including a Wednesday and Saturday morning Children's Story Time, a Tuesday and Thursday children's program at the Community Center (winter) and St Mary of the Harbor (Summer) for ages birth to three, programs during school vacations, a Children's Summer Reading Program, and many other special programs..

Borrowing Policies - Your Library card can open the door to a world of information. The Library offers books, audiocassettes, videos, magazines and museum passes for you to borrow and use and is a full member of CLAMS (Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing). The CLAMS Library card is also good at more than 25 libraries on the Cape and the Islands.

How to get a Library card - Massachusetts Residents and Provincetown Property Owners/Taxpayers receive a Library card at no charge. To receive or update a Library card, Massachusetts residents must provide proof of Massachusetts Residency and identification, such as a valid State-Issued Massachusetts Identification Card or Drivers License. Non-Massachusetts residents who are Provincetown Taxpayers must show a current Town Tax Bill, cancelled check or Receipt, or be listed as a property owner on the Assessors List. Non-Massachusetts Residents who are not Provincetown Property Owners but do have a local address may acquire a Permanent Provincetown Family Library Card by paying a $25.00 Annual Fee. The Library Trustees have adopted this policy to provide additional sources of revenue to the Library in order to maintain Library hours and services. Adopted by the Board of Library Trustees on December 17, 2003.

 

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