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To check out items, you need to bring your library card. There are two ways you can do this. One is using a physical card and the other is using a digital card. There is an app you can download called the Westchester Library System where you can add your card digitally. Most of the time everyone has their phones so this is a great alternative if you forgot your physical card at home. If you don’t have your card or the app, we can use a photo ID to check items out to you but the preferred method is of course your library card.Read More Read More

There are a few ways to get items from the library if they aren’t available right away. What you can do is place a hold. To place a hold on a library item, you can do it online through the catalog or give us a call at the reference desk at 914-834-2281. To login to our catalog, start with going to our website, www.larchmontlibrary.org. There is a “catalog & your account” icon to click right on the front page. There is a “sign in” button you can click on the upper right next to the “hamburger menu” which looks like three horizontal lines.Read More Read More

Most of our books are ordered through Baker & Taylor. When these books arrive, our library staff David R., George C., Laura P., Linnea M. or Veronica B. empty the box and make sure everything that is in the box is on the packing slip. The staff member then enters the invoice number of the packing slip into the computer to let the computer know that the order arrived.Read More Read More

The Solar Eclipse is over so now what do you do with your pair of glasses? Recycle them of course! There are a few organizations that will take them off your hands. Check out Astronomers Without Borders. They will have a list of places you can donate your glasses to. Some of the places are donating the glasses to other countries that have upcoming eclipse events. Warby Parker is collecting used solar eclipse glasses as well. There is one located in the Westchester Mall in White Plains.Read More Read More

You might have noticed that the Larchmont Public Library carries a whole lot of… you guessed it! Books! And besides print books, we also have an extensive collection of eBooks, eAudiobooks and DVDs covering all of the age groups from Childrens to Teens to Adults. We pride ourselves on maintaining a diverse collection that suits our patrons here in Larchmont. So how exactly do we decide what to order and when to order it? Read More Read More

National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. Each day, we will post about the ins and outs of how the Larchmont Public Library operates on a daily basis. We will cover everything fromRead More Read More

It took moving Heaven and Earth, literally, but the Library has arranged that the Path of Totality for the April 8 eclipse is adjusted to the south slightly. Now Larchmonters will see the Moon cover the Sun entirely instead of just the 90% originally predicted. “We had so many people come to the Library’s front lawn to watch the 2017 eclipse, and it was only 70%. We wanted to really wow them this time,” said Library Director Laura Eckley. Read More Read More

The Library has dropped the first letter from some patron’s last names. These patrons, whose last name formerly began with the letters M or S, are now in the first half of the alphabet (A – K). This change addressed a dangerous unbalance on the Hold Shelf where the number of patrons whose last name begins with a letter in the first half of the alphabet (A through K) were far outnumbered by those in the back half (L through Z). This uneven distribution of names caused an uneven distribution of the weight of the total books on the Holds Shelf.Read More Read More

A trivia team’s refusal to accept the results of the Friends of the Larchmont Public Library‘s Trivia Contest last year may jeopardize this year’s event on April 4. The dispute began with the tie-breaking question, “Who was the first man on the moon?” The winning team answered Neil Armstrong. The losing team protested, stating there was no correct answer because no one has ever landed on the Moon. “Everyone knows the Moon landing was faked. NASA knew it was impossible, so they hired Stanley Kubrick to make it look good,” said Trivia Loser and Head of Reference Liam Hegarty.Read More Read More