South Hadley Public Library

Coming Events:

Click on an event name to see its full description. You can send a notice about an upcoming event to a friend, or even set an email reminder for yourself.

Call or drop by the library to reserve or check out a day pass for one of the following museums:

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Holyoke Children's Museum
Massachusetts ParksPass
Mystic Aquarium Discount Pass
New England Air Museum
Norman Rockwell Museum
Springfield Museums
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Yes, we have free wireless internet access throughout the building.

Library has wireless access

Tax Forms
We have Massachusetts nonresident tax booklets (no resident forms), as well as the most frequently used Federal tax forms. If you need something we don't have, you can view and print forms and publications from the IRS or Mass.gov websites. Printing charges in the library remain at 10 cents per page.

The Library announces a new way to learn languages online. Byki, short for “Before You Know It,” is a rapid learning system employing spaced interval repetition. The Byki visual and audio learning method takes users through a series of simple steps to memorize words and phrases in a new language, including their meanings and proper pronunciation, in the shortest possible time.

§ You can learn over 70 languages—Afrikaans to Zulu, plus English as a second language lessons for speakers of Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.

§ Advanced Pronunciation Analysis helps you perfect your pronunciation skills. Individual progress tracking and assessment tests help identify areas for improvement and move you in the right direction.

§ In addition to Byki Online’s advanced learning tools, you have access to an array of online language and cultural resources, including one-click access to Facebook and Twitter language communities, as well as Byki language Blogs featuring a collection of articles covering the language and the culture that surrounds it.

Sign up for a free account from here and then you will be able to access the Byki Online system directly from anywhere with an Internet connection, via a web browser on Windows or Mac computers.

Western Massachusetts public libraries are cooperating with the Massachusetts Broadband Institute to help identify areas that don't have broadband Internet access. Click to take the brief survey, describing the speed at which you connect to the Internet at home or your office. The survey has a link to test the speed of your connection.

Online databases from Facts on File! The Library now has access to three reference databases. African-American History Online, American History Online, and American Women’s History Online. Each has thousands of entries—topical entries, biographies, maps, timeline entries, primary source documents, and images—which are hyperlinked and allow you to follow a path to related entries. Your library card number is your key to log in to these authoritative resources from home, school, or office.

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