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The library will be closed on Saturday, July 4th in honor of Independence Day! 

 

Thanks to the Friends of the Chaplin Public Library, the library has a new and incredibly beautiful stained-glass flag, made by Chaplin resident and artist Scott St. Lawrence. Please take a moment to view this flag in honor of America’s 250th. 

250th Mini-Art Show: Remembering the Revolution 

July 1 - July 31

Get creative with a small canvas and celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. Pick up a canvas to paint and decorate at home, and display your completed art in the library’s Mini-Art Show for July!

Dino Gliders

Wednesday, July 8, 10:30 - 11:30am

Have a kaliedescope of fun! Join the librarian to make a glider to sail across the lawn.

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If you need a library card, please stop by the library with an ID showing your Chaplin address. Once you have a valid card, you may check out books at any public library in CT!

FREE Resources

Free Wi-Fi is available around the clock in the library and Senior Center parking lots.

Eversource Kill A Watt Kit: If you want to measure your energy use, we have a kit available for checkout!

If you are a Chaplin resident and need a library card to access Overdrive, please call or email the library.

 

 Poetry Corner

Chaplin's new and Second Poet Laureate is Victoria Northrop! Stay tuned for upcoming readings and poetry events. Victoria also happens to be daughter of Chaplin's First Poet Laureate, Adelaide Northrop. Read her poem Idylls of the Town.  Adelaide also wrote a poem to introduce the reenactment of the first Chaplin town meeting, The Meeting, and a poem for the annual Tree Lighting, Evergreen.

Parish Hill Poets

On March , 2024, Dr. Susan Powers, Scotland, Connecticut's Inaugural Poet Laureate, joined forces with Mrs. Michelle Salvas at Parish Hill High School. The two teachers, former colleagues at Woodstock Academy, implemented a poetry project for the juniors in Mrs. Salvas' classes. Read the poems  representative of the creative and delightful work produced by these imaginative students.

 

 

Audio and eBooks

for Chaplin residents. If you need assistance with access, please call or email the library.

Interlibrary Loans

If we don't have the title you want, we may be able to interlibrary loan it through findIT, the state's library catalog which includes libraries from all over CT!

ResearchIT CT

Resources for Connecticut Residents: newspapers, magazines, databases, genealogy, and much more.