Fall/Winter Hours 2024/2025
September - June
Monday & Wednesday 1-6 p.m.
Saturday morning 9:00-1:00
SO MANY ACTIVTIES PLANNED FOR OCTOBER - FUN FOR ALL AGES. 
October 9 at 4:00 p.m.
NEEDLE FELTED PUMPKINS - We’ll show you how to craft a needle felted pumpkin. They are a wonderful fall decoration for your home or office. All supplies will be provided. This class is intended for adults or students 12 years or older and is limited to 10 participants. Please register here. If you are unable to open the form, send us an email instead.
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Later the same day October 9 at 6:00 p.m.
Meet the AUTHOR DAVID BARON via Zoom
Author of American Eclipse, the the Great North Woods Libraries’ Community Read choice for 2024. You can watch this at home by preregistering at https://www.wmcc.edu/library-events/, or at a ‘watch party” at the Randolph Public Library. We will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m
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October 12 - 10:00 A.M - Saturday
Informal PLAYGROUP for babies and toddlers. We’ll have age appropriate stories, songs, and activities for young children and their parent/caregivers. No registration necessary. 
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October 16 at 4:00 p.m. - Wednesday
HOMESCHOOL DROP IN
Drop in to the Randolph Public Library and meet other local homeschooling families. Learn about library resources and how to use our catalog and explore all that the library has to offer.
Let us know how we can support your curriculum and other needs. No registration is necessary: just drop in! 
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October 23 at 6:30 p.m. - Wednesday
SPECIAL MOVIE PRESENTATION 
“109 BELOW” - The True Cost of Search and Rescue
A tale of resilience, grit and elite rescue volunteers going out of their way to save the lives of strangers, 109 BELOW traces how an attempted rescue on Mount Washington in 1982 changed not only the course of two climbers’ lives - but also the lives of the rescuers who attempted to save them, and the future of prosthetics, forever. Featuring: Joe Lentini, Hugh Herr, Alexa Siegel, Paul Cormier.Filmed & Produced by: Stept Studios. The film will be shown in the Randolph Town Hall.
Watch the official trailer here.
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October 30 from 4:00 - 5:00
HALLOWEEN FUN AT THE LIBRARY
Tricks and Treats for kids of all ages. Costumes welcome. 
OCTOBER HAPPENINGS AT THE LIBRARY
Wednesday, October 9
4:00 p.m.
NEEDLE FELTED PUMPKINS
We’ll show you how to craft a needle felted pumpkin. They are a wonderful fall decoration for your home or office. All supplies will be provided. This class is intended for adults or students 12 years or older and is limited to 10 participants. Please register here. If you are unable to open the form, send us an email instead.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEARCH THE LIBRARY CATALOG FROM HOME:
Go to our Library Catalog: https://randolph.goalexandria.com/
You can search for specific titles, authors or subjects by using the Search feature.
You can browse, by choosing the BROWSE feature.
Once you find what you would like,you can log into your account and place a hold, send us an email, or give us a call.
TO LOG INTO YOUR ACCOUNT:
Your username is your library card number. If you do not know what it is, send us an email or call to find out.
Your password is your last name.
Once you place a hold(s), send the library an email and we will complete your order and let you know when it is ready for pickup.
Email us at info@randolphnhpubliclibrary.or
DOWNLOADABLE AUDIO AND EBOOKS.
Bobbi Lee Slossar, Technology Resource Librarian for the NH State Library has shared these Youtube tutorials on how to access downloadable audio and ebooks.
To use the online audio and ebooks from Overdrive, click on the RESEARCH tab at the top of the page. You will see it listed there. If you have not used it before, you will have to email the library to get your library card number which includes an access code. If you are a Randolph resident and do not have a library card, there is a link to an application at the top of the home page.
Be sure to look at the ALWAYS AVAILABLE titles on Overdrive.
FOR BOOK GROUPS: Click here for a list of ebooks with multiple copies.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fT69wim7FCScBVXaHvgo17PrCkqTZCeJRZMwtnTZHbk/edit?usp=sharing
Covid 19 Resources
NH Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Order your free at-home Test Kits: http://covidtests.gov
STEAM KITS AVAILABLE.
Thank you to the Friends of the Randolph Public Library!
The Library is thrilled with the addition of six STEAM Kits in the children’s room. Funds from the FRIENDS OF THE RANDOLPH PUBLIC LIBRARY have been used to purchase our first STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) kits which contain books and hands on learning activities for youth to check out or for use in the library. STEAM activities and programs are an excellent opportunity to introduce concepts and promote skills that can set you up for creative, scientific, and collaborative thinking now and in the future. Geared for grades K-4. They are ready to go, so come be the first to check them out.
New kits include: All About Magnets, Green Energy, Machines and Contraptions, Math Games, My Amazing Body, and Yoga for Mindfulness.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEARCH THE LIBRARY CATALOG FROM HOME:
Go to our Library Catalog: https://randolph.goalexandria.com/
You can search for specific titles, authors or subjects by using the Search feature.
You can browse, by choosing the BROWSE feature.
Once you find what you would like,you can log into your account and place a hold, send us an email, or give us a call.
TO LOG INTO YOUR ACCOUNT:
Your username is your library card number. If you do not know what it is, send us an email or call to find out.
Your password is your last name.
Once you place a hold(s), send the library an email and we will complete your order and let you know when it is ready for pickup.
Email us at info@randolphnhpubliclibrary.or
DOWNLOADABLE AUDIO AND EBOOKS.
Bobbi Lee Slossar, Technology Resource Librarian for the NH State Library has shared these Youtube tutorials on how to access downloadable audio and ebooks.
To use the online audio and ebooks from Overdrive, click on the RESEARCH tab at the top of the page. You will see it listed there. If you have not used it before, you will have to email the library to get your library card number which includes an access code. If you are a Randolph resident and do not have a library card, there is a link to an application at the top of the home page.
Be sure to look at the ALWAYS AVAILABLE titles on Overdrive.
FOR BOOK GROUPS: Click here for a list of ebooks with multiple copies.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fT69wim7FCScBVXaHvgo17PrCkqTZCeJRZMwtnTZHbk/edit?usp=sharing
Covid 19 Resources
NH Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Order your free at-home Test Kits: http://covidtests.gov
New Books
