SIGNUP TO RECEIVE EMAILS
Pre-K /Toddler Grades K-6 Teens Adults
Children’s Library Associate
Application deadline: July 13, 2018.
Upcoming Library Programs
Adults: Free Concert
Seven Hills Four: Barbershop Quartet Harmonies
Adults (Grades 9+) are invited to a free concert THIS Monday, June 25, 2018 from 6:30 pm—7:30 pm. Come cool off at your library! Sponsor: Friends of the Library.
Teens: Teen Mania (Grades 6+) Mondays from 3:30-4:30. School (AR & Lexile), Driving Test resources, and Teen website recommendations
Childrens: Toddler & Pre-K Story Hours (Tuesdays), PreK – Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) Pre-school Programs (Thursdays), Grades K-5 After School Programs (Wednesdays), Paws to Pages…
Borrow a Hot Spot (Free WiFi device)
The Library Hot Spot is a small, easy-to-use mobile device that allows you to connect Wi-Fi enabled devices like laptops, tablets, and smartphones to the internet for free.
The Hot Spot can be used at home, in a car, at the park… Borrowers must be 18+ years
with a library card in good standing. They go out for 2 weeks with no renewal.
Borrow one of our Discounted Museum Passes today! Thank you to the Friends of the Library for making these available.
Our newest Museum Pass provides reduced admission to the Worcester Art Museum.
Worcester Art Museum
The Worcester Art Museum’s (WAM) has a collection of nearly 38,000 objects. Museum Pass admits up to two adults for free. Pass Card members may use the Museum’s Library and Collections as a resource free of charge. Passes are not valid for any other applicable discounts on special programming or lectures. Please note that library passes are not accepted during Flora in Winter or during special events.
See more Museum Passes available at your library!
Check out Lynda.com!
Learn at your own pace, at your own place!
You need to have a Spencer Library Card for Spencer Databases, or visit the library to have a Spencer bar code attached to your C/WMARS card. You can learn from video classes on many topics (accounting, marketing, computers, web design, email, film, iPads, languages, music lessons, note taking, podcasts, Facebook, sharing photos…)
Free WiFi
Available inside (& outside near the library building)
The Password = password
Chromebooks (Lap Tops) Available For Use In Library
Do you have billed library items?
If you have billed items from Spencer,
fines on the items will = $0 when returned.
Discount Museum Passes
Check out our discount museum passes.
Borrow a Telescope
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Borrow Kill-A-Watt Meter
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We are full members of the Central/Western MA Resource Sharing (C/W MARS) network. If you already have a C/W MARS library card, you are welcome to use it at the Richard Sugden Library. You can request items online, and have them delivered to the library using your C/W MARS card! You are also able to pay library fines/bills online.To get a free library card, bring in a photo ID and a piece of mail with your current address. *Library cards are required for all library transactions.
To get a new library card
Bring in a picture id with your current address. If id does not have current address, then bring a piece of mail, rental agreement or mortgage statement that has your name and address.
The Library Mission
The mission of the Richard Sugden Library is to provide open and free access to educational, informational, recreational, historical, and cultural resources for area residents through its collections and programs. The library is a community center, offering meeting spaces and study areas for a wide variety of library and community events.
