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Library Hours and Services

CURRENT (WINTER) HOURS: Monday through Thursday, 8 am-8 pm; Fridays and Saturdays, 9 am-4:30 pm.
Summer Hours run mid-June through Labor Day: Monday-Thursday 8 am-8 pm; Friday 9 am-4:00 pm, closed Saturdays in summer.

PASSPORT SERVICE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Please be advised we are not scheduling new passport appointments at this time as of 1/27/25. Normal passport services will resume as soon as possible. 

NOTARY SERVICE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. For notary service, call the reference department at 508-324-2700, ext. 3. Please note that we are not lawyers and cannot notarize wills, divorce decrees, powers of attorney, or other legal documents.

LIBRARY OF THINGS: You can borrow more than books! Our "library of things" now includes wifi hotspots, Nintendo Switch Lites, a laptop computer (in-library use only), bicycles (in season) and ukuleles!

What's New?

NEW MUSEUM PASSES: We've added two new venues to our collection of free or reduced-rate passes: Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown, RI, the RISD Museum in Providence, and the House of the Seven Gables in Salem, MA! Visit our Museum Passes page for a full listing of aquariums, historic sites, museums, parks, and zoos you can visit.

NEW RESEARCH DATABASES: Learn a new language with Transparent Language! It's easy and free.

NEW DIGITAL ARCHIVES: We now offer online access to the Fall River Herald News from 1926-1979! Check out our growing online local history collection! Find historical maps, yearbooks, city directories and more on our Local History page.

TOPIC GUIDES: Our librarians have put together topic guides on a variety of subjects. Check them out here!