Upcoming Events
May 2024 Online Author Talks
Register below to listen to a talk live or to access the recordings later!
| Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I - An Author Talk with Douglas Brunt |
| Wednesday, May 1st at 3:00 PM EDT |
| A Murder Mystery, Family Story, & Love Letter to Strong Women Everywhere: Author Talk w/ Nina Simon |
| Wednesday, May 8th at 7:00 PM EDT |
Check out upcoming and previous author talks at: Holliston Library Author Talks Page Thanks to the Friends of the Holliston Library for sponsoring this series! |
Movie Tuesday: May 21st
Join us in the Conference Room for our feature! Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning at 12:30pm
Library Building Program Update
The Mass. Public Library Construction Program (MPLCP) grant process was created in 1987 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has helped build 62 new library buildings and 169 additions, renovations and conversion projects. Read More About the MPLCP Here
The MPLCP has also awarded 98 planning and design grants to support public libraries as they prepared to apply for a construction grant. This step, as requested for May 2024 Annual Town Meeting, requires the Town to show its support by committing up to $150,000 for the opportunity to receive $100,000 in match funding to perform a Feasibility Study.
The Feasibility Study has the below requirements:
- Town must provide at least two locations – (1) Holliston would like to prioritize consideration of investment into the current library structure, a Carnegie building from 1904, and (2) Holliston is currently planning a new DPW Facility, previously approved, thus leaving 63 Arch Street, which is offered to the MPCLP as a secondary option, should Feasibility call for it.
- Provide a building program in accordance with MPLCP standards using data drawn from our Building Use Survey, Public Forums and Focus Groups targeting library staff, library trustees, and library patrons of all ages . Read the Building Program Here
- Provide documents establishing the needs and financial condition of the municipality, along with a certified vote to apply for, accept, and expend Mass Public Library Construction Program (MPLCP) grant funds if approved, and vote to raise and appropriate or take from available funds the sum of $150,000.00, if said MPLCP grant is approved.
The last time the MPLCP grant cycle was open was 2015, and the grant application for the planning and design grants are due at the end of May 2024, thus requiring action from May 2024 Annual Town Meeting. The next grant opening is anticipated (with no guarantee) to open in 2027 at the earliest.
The Library Trustees understand the necessity of a Feasibility Study to determine if the current facility can be optimized to meet the needs of the community, as defined in the Building Program published in 2024 with funds provided in the Oct. 2022 Town Meeting allocation.
Adult Dungeons and Dragons - CloudBurst
June 24th 5:45 - 7:45 in the Conference Room
CloudBurst is a Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Campaign for players 18 and older. No previous experience necessary (though it helps!) taking place on the Elemental Plane of Air in the city of CloudBurst a literal castle in the clouds of an endless sky. If none of that made any sense to you, don't worry explanations are forth-coming if your brave enough to explore that is.
Accepting new players! Sign Up Here!
Check out our NEW Crunchyroll Roku and enjoy your favorite anime!
TIRED OF LONG WAITING LISTS FOR AUDIO ON LIBBY ??
Borrow from Hoopla too!
Hoopla's collection is always available--no waiting lists, ever.
ENJOY THE STORYBOOK WALK ON THE RAIL TRAIL
Featuring Growing Vegetable Soup, Written & Illustrated by Louise Ehlert
Storybook Walk is sponsored by the Friends, Holliston Lions and the Holliston Garden Club
READ THE NEW YORK TIMES--FOR FREE
Need books or ebooks right away?
But don't have a library card?
Sign up for temporary card online now. Click here to find out more. Visit the library with identification to convert your eCard to a permanent card within 6 months.
INTRODUCING KANOPY
Holliston residents: click the logo and use your library card to start watching
BORROW THE INTERNET
We loan hotspots with Wifi
PLANNING A VACATION?
Borrow a Kindle or a streaming stick or a hotspot from the library to take along
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
Next meeting: Tuesday May 21 at 7 pm on Zoom
Email Aislinn Weaver for Zoom link. More about the Friends and how to donate.