Library News

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Boston Globe Online

Tue, January 13, 2026

Beginning January 13, 2026, Minuteman offers access to BostonGlobe.com and Boston Globe App for eligible Minuteman library patrons. The service offers users a 72-hour pass to all Globe subscriber content for up to 500 users at a time.

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Concord’s Historical Newspapers Go Digital!

Fri, January 09, 2026

The Concord Free Public Library holds close-to-complete runs of all Concord, Massachusetts newspapers published from 1816 to the present time. We are excited to announce that, as of January 2026, over a dozen newspaper titles published through 2005 are now available digitally and keyword searchable! This includes 617 pages of the Middlesex Gazette(1816-1821), 2,654 pages of the Yeoman's Gazette (1826-1840), and 121,279 pages of The Concord Journal (1928-2005)!

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Announcing Our 2026 Writer-in-Residence

Thu, January 08, 2026

The Concord Free Public Library and the Trustees of the Concord Free Public Library Corporation are delighted to announce Danielle Bradley as the 2026 Writer-in-Residence.

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Concord’s 2025 Top 100 Titles

Tue, December 23, 2025

Each year the Concord Free Public Library adds about 10,000 new items to its collections in a variety of formats for all age groups. This Concord's Top 100 Titles list shows the top 100 adult books checked out by Concord patrons in 2025.

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The William Munroe Special Collections acquires an unrecorded photograph of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thu, December 04, 2025

With the support of the Concord Free Public Library Corporation and the generosity of its donors, the William Munroe Special Collections has acquired an unrecorded photograph of one of Concord's most famous residents, Ralph Waldo Emerson. The image is a circa-1860s carte-de-visite (CDV), a popular 19th-century format for small, card-mounted photographs the size of a calling card, taken from an original daguerreotype, the first widely used photographic method, circa-1848.

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2025 Holiday Book Sale

Wed, November 26, 2025

The 2025 Holiday Book Sale will take place in the Goodwin Forum of the Main Library on Friday & Saturday, December 5 & 6,  from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, December 7, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Come for your holiday shopping and have a fun time. Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library.  

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Help Us Make Sustainable Sparkles!

Tue, September 30, 2025

Clean out your closet and help us make our Sustainable Sparkles Night a success by donating your unwanted, broken, and mismatched costume jewlery and supplies at the Main Library!

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Get a Library Tee Shirt!

Mon, September 08, 2025

We got so many questions about them at Concord Ag Day that we had to share them again!