• Check It Out!

    What's new at the Walpole Public Library

    Library Summer Hours now in effect
    The Walpole Public Library is closed on Saturdays during the summer.  The next Saturday the library will be open is September 8, 2018.

    Wireless printing now available!
    Upload documents directly from your laptop or home computer to print at the Walpole Public Library.  Check out our Wireless Printing Instructions for more details on how to set up an account and how to upload your documents.

    Walpole Public Library Adds Film Streaming Service, Kanopy.
    Visit walpolelibrary.kanopy.com to view the library's collection of independent and documentary films, including videos from The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Media Education Foundation, and more.

    New museum pass added, Springfield Museums.
    Reserve online now!  Pass admits up to four (4) visitors per day for free during public hours.  

  • Friends of the Walpole Public Library

    Upcoming Programs and Events



     
    These programs are made possible by the generous
    support of the Friends of the Walpole Public Library. 

  • Henrietta Cooks!

    Wednesday, July 11 @ 7:00 pm in the Community Room

     
    Actress Beth Goldman portrays Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, the Housekeeper to the Nation during Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration.  Come enjoy Mrs. Nesbitt’s stories of how she and ‘Dad,’ as she called her husband, came to be part of the White House staff.  Mrs. Nesbitt recounts the comings and goings, the celebrated kitchen renovation, the recipes and food mandates, the veterans’ teas, the maids and butlers, their duties, and serving famous visitors like the newly wedded king and queen of England, Winston Churchill, and, of course, most importantly, taking care of the Roosevelts.
         		  










    Henrietta Nesbitt and
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    This program is made possible by the generous support
    of the Walpole Public Library Endowment Trust.

     

  • Network System Maintenance


    Network System Maintenance
     Monday, June 25, through Friday, June 29
     
    The Old Colony Library Network (OCLN) will be performing system maintenance during the week of June 25 - June 29.  As a member of OCLN, the Walpole Public Library will be affected by the work. 
     
    During this time, you will be unable to:
    • view your library account           
    • place holds for library materials 
     
    We apologize for the inconvenience.
     
     

  • Holiday closing

     
    The Walpole Public Library will be closed on Tuesday, July 3rd and Wednesday July 4th in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

    The Library will reopen at 10:00 am on Thursday, July 5th.    		  

     


     

  • Walpole Public Library Evening Book Group

    Next meeting is 6/28/2018 @ 7:00 pm in the Pinnacle Room [2nd floor]

     
    The Walpole Public Library Evening Book Group meets every 6 weeks on Thursday evenings at 7:00 pm for 90 minutes.  Discussion includes the current selection and books in general.

    Join us on Thursday, June 28, as the group discusses Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach.  Copies of the book are available at the main Circulation desk.  Call 508-660-7340 for any questions or for more information.