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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.

TAX FORMS: Both Massachusetts tax booklets and federal tax forms are available in the library. Not all forms are ready to be picked up, and some may need to be printed. Check with our Reference Department for more information.