Featured Events & COVID-19 Library Info
Minuteman Library Crawl
Wednesday, August 3, 10:00AM - 5:00PM
We invite you to spend a day visiting local libraries – find out what is special about each and what they have to offer to you and your family. This is an event for all ages – all you need is a love of libraries and a way to get from place to place. The challenge is to visit as many libraries as you can and take a picture of yourself with a designated item in each library – it’s a 21st century scavenger hunt! Download your Passport for all of the info.
Post your pics and tag the libraries #mlncrawl2022. Each library will have handouts and giveaways – show your pictures to a librarian (or if you don’t have a camera, just tell a librarian you’re on the crawl) and receive a PRIZE!
Participating MLN libraries include: Arlington Robbins & Arlington Fox Branch, Ashland, Bacon Free (Natick), Concord & Fowler Branch, Dedham & Endicott Branch, Framingham & McAuliffe Branch, Lexington (Cary), Lincoln, Maynard, Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood), Morse Institute Library (Natick), Needham, Newton, Sudbury, Wayland, Wellesley Main & Wellesley Hills & Wellesley Fells, Westwood Main & Islington Branch.
The library is always open:
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Borrow books, audiobooks, movies, magazines & music, online, any time (includes NYTimes, Consumer Reports & much more)
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Borrow CHILDREN's books, audiobooks, movies, magazines & music, online, any time, follow on Facebook & Instagram
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Contact a librarian for help with online library services and anything library related
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Read the New York Times, use Consumer Reports, research any topic online, any time
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Discover your next favorite book using tools on our Recommended Reading page, or try Book Match recommendations for adults or for children .
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Library Trustees vote to go mostly fine free!
In recognition of the American Library's Association's 2019 Resolution on Monetary Library Fines as a form of social inequity the Trustees of the Lincoln Public Library have voted to stop charging fines on overdue materials with the following exceptions:
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Speed Reads
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Items from our Library of Things
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Museum Passes
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Interlibrary loans from outside the Minuteman Library Network.
In order for an item to be eligible for fine free status it must be checked out here at the Lincoln Public Library. A bill for the full replacement cost will be automatically generated by the Minuteman Network if an item is not returned 42 days after the due date. Once the item(s) have been returned all costs will be waived.
Contactless Pickup
As of June 12th the Library has stopped our contactless pickup service. For patrons who have concerns about entering the building to retrieve their holds (for example, those who are immunocompromised) the library staff is more than...
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Art on Display
The Library has two spaces for art shows; the most prominent is "The Gallery" on the first floor. Four-week exhibits include Lincoln Schools, The Lincoln Cultural Council and other town groups, as well as individual shows. The second space is in our "Stay-Put" Coffee area located in the lower level.
Gallery 2022
| June | Evan Schtwenterly |
| July | Eugene Styller |
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