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Library Hours
Monday-Thursday  9 - 9
Friday 9 - 5:30
Saturday 9 - 5
Sunday*  1-5
*September - May

Coming in January:

EVENT TONIGHT - POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH 11 Tonight’s scheduled reading by author Kelly Link at the Library has been postponed until March 11. Link will read from “Pretty Monsters,” her new collection of short stories with fantastical elements, at 7 p.m. on March 11 in the Library’s Levenson Room at an event co-sponsored with RiverRun Bookstore. Link’s stories have won three Nebula, a Hugo, and a World Fantasy Award. Contact: 427-1540.

Inauguration Day Events
The Portsmouth Public Library will televise the Inauguration Day (01/20/09) events in the Levenson Room of the library from 11:30am to 4:00pm. The public is invited to attend: stay for a few minutes or for the entire event. This event is free and open to the public.

Create your own Library Personal Identification Number (PIN)

Beginning on January 12th, 2009, library patrons will no longer use their name and their library card barcode number to login to their library account. Instead, they will use their barcode number and a PIN which they will create.

Read more about this, including how you will create your own PIN, on our PIN Information Page.
Library Hours:

Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00-5:00 p.m.

Holidays Hours 2009

At the Library:

What's New
  • Programs at the Library  
  • Events Calendar
     
  • RCA Gift of Reading Program
     
  • Meeting Room Policy and Reservation Application Form
     
  • Free Wi-Fi Connection  
  • Children's Program Calendar 
  • Museum Passes
     
  • Fall Story Times & Lap Times
     
  • Computer Classes at the Portsmouth Public Library