Borrowing

The Berlin-Peck Memorial Library features more than 90,000 items in its collection—from books, e-books, and audiobooks to music and movies. Find more of what you love or discover something new.

Library Materials

Looking to borrow a physical item from the Library? Here’s how.

 

My Account

Sign in to your library account to place holds, check due dates, pay fines, and more.

 

Search Catalog

Search everything in the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library, as well as the other libraries in the LCI consortium.

 

New Books

The Newest Books at the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library!

 

Loans & Fees

Learn more about loan limits, late fees, library cards, holds, renewals, inter-library loan, and lost items. Spoiler alert: there are no late fees!

You can also visit My Account to keep track of your loans, renew items, and place holds—online!

 

Purchase Request

Looking for something we don’t have? Let us know, and we’ll see if we can add it to our collection.

 

Online Materials

Access the Library’s online materials with your library card number, located on the back of your card.

 

eBooks & Audiobooks

Read, listen, and learn—right on your computer, smartphone, e-reader, or tablet! Free with your Berlin-Peck Memorial Library card.

 

Newspapers

Read full-text news articles!

 

OverDrive & Libby

Download ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and children’s materials. No monthly borrowing limit. Works on nearly any device!

Libby is the name of OverDrive’s smartphone app.

 

 

hoopla

Download ebooks, audiobooks, television, music, movies, comics, graphic novels, and children’s materials. Borrow up to 5 items per month. No waiting for holds–get immediate access!

 

 

Flipster

Download full-color magazines with no waiting!

 

 

Author Talks Online

Enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders.

 

Special Collections

Not just books—and not just ebooks! The Library has quite a few unconventional items available for borrowing.

 

Museum Passes

Discover what Connecticut has to offer with free and discount passes to museums, zoos, and other activities.

 

Board Games

We currently own nearly 80 different games for all ages (including preschoolers, elementary school students, tweens, teens, and games for families).

 

Berlin High School Yearbook Collection

The BHS Yearbook Collection contains yearbooks dated 1937 to 2010. Print copies up to the current year are available in the library’s local history room. Copies of all yearbooks in the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library archives were digitized by OCI Digital Imaging Service and are available at the Internet Archive.

 

Library of Things

Libraries are more than just books! Check out some of our non-traditional collections.