We are actively seeking new members for our Friends of the Library board as well as a new Treasurer! Join the Friends of the Library and have a direct impact on your community!
Friends of the Highgate Public Library is a nonprofit 501 (C) 3 advocacy organization. Our goal is a simple one. We want to support our local public library by helping to foster, encourage, sponsor, and promote the Library through contributions (for activities and items not covered in the annual operating budget) and program enrichment.
To learn more please visit https://hlccvt.org/friends-of-the-library/. To join the Friends please email Adah at librarian@highgatevt.org or call the library at 802-868-3970!
Summer is just around the corner and Mr. K is offering his amazing Summer Day Camp at the library once again!
This year the program will run for one week from June 21st through June 25th 9am to 1pm. The program is an outdoor exploration filled with stories, games, discoveries, and more!
The camp price is $180. There are scholarships available for this program through the Roddy & Lavee Scholarship through the Friends of the Highgate Library. Please reach out to Adah (librarian@highgatevt.org OR 802-868-3970) by March 24th to apply for a scholarship.
To register for camp, please print and fill out this form and send a check to Exordium at the address listed on the bottom of the registration form: http://www.exordium-adventure.com/exordiumfiles/20160207432Camp_Registration_Form_Rev1_160130.pdf
As many of you know the library is actively working to expand by building a new, larger library building closer to the elementary school. This new building will provide us the opportunity to better serve the community through a larger community space, a kitchen for cooking programs, private study rooms, more shelving for books, DVDs, and audiobooks, and a large outdoor space for outdoor programming! Bit by bit we are collecting the funds needed to build the new library and community center and we ask you to donate anything you can to the cause. We’ve set up a new building fund through GiveButter to make the donation process easy.
You can donate here: https://givebutter.com/highgatelibrary
We so appreciate anything that you can give and thank you so much for your generosity. It is because of community support that we continue to grow and expand!
Support the library, purchase a high quality canvas tote bag!
The Friends of the Highgate Library and Community Center are running a tote bag fundraiser this holiday season.
Use this tote for grocery store trips, take it to the beach in the summer, or use it to haul home all of your library books 
A tote makes a great gift for everyone and it is as useful as it is lovely!
A tote makes a great gift for everyone and it is as useful as it is lovely!$20 per bag and the first 40 people to purchase a tote get a FREE adult or children’s book! Cash or check accepted.
Stop into the library to check them out and purchase one (or multiples!) before Christmas is upon us!
As a general reminder:
- Card renewals as well as issuing new library cards can be done via email or by calling the library.
- Our WiFi does reach the parking spaces in the front of the building, so feel free to drive up and log on! The network is TOH-PUBLIC and the Password: Sh0rtSt0ry. You can also use the open network Highgate Hotspot which extends the library WiFi further out through the parking lot and park. No password necessary!
- If you have any questions please email us:Â librarian@highgatevt.org. Or call us at 802-868-3970.
Updates will be posted on our website https://hlccvt.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/Hlccvt/.
Online Resources: if you are not already using our downloadable ebook and audiobook services https://gmlc.overdrive.com/ we encourage you to do so. You DO need a library card number and a pin code. Most accounts are pre-set with the pin code read. We can open an account for you over the phone and assist you in accessing this service. You can also get ebooks for free at https://www.gutenburg.org
Other online resources:Â
- Learning Express – https://www.learningexpresshub.com/?AuthToken=8B905414-22EB-4B42-9E72-23A7892AC3F5
Users will create an account - Vermont Online Library – https://vtonlinelib.org/vol_h53
Users will be geo-identified, or may need to enter a password or their library card number - Universal Class – https://vermontstate.universalclass.com/barcode-login.htm?enter+code or http://bit.ly/vtlib_uc
Users will enter their library card number - FamilySearch – https://www.familysearch.org/
Free service - Newspapers.com and Ancestry.com (only for VT resources) – You can read about it here – https://libraries.vermont.gov/online_library/digital_newspapers and sign up here – https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/
As a public service, the Vermont Department of Libraries has created this Corona Virus information page:
https://libraries.vermont.gov/covid19
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