Seed Library

We are excited to offer our first ever Seed Library collection for 2024! The Seed Library will be available starting Monday, March 18 on a first come, first serve basis.

For additional information, please visit our Seed Library section.

We’d like to extend generous thanks to Nunan Florists and Greenhouses of Georgetown and High Mowing Organic Seeds of Vermont for their donation of seeds as well as personal donations of seeds from Georgetown residents! 

Knock on Wood Concert

Join us on Tuesday, March 26 at 6:30PM to listen to Knock on Wood, a high-energy acoustic folk-rock duo, featuring singer-songwriter Howie Newman. Combining acoustic guitar with fiddle, mandolin and pleasing vocal harmonies, the duo performs funny original music (suitable for all ages) and Classic Rock covers. It’s a very lively, fun show with great musicianship, humor and lots of audience participation.

For more information, including videos and music samples, visit www.howienewman.com/knockonwood.

This concert is supported in part by a grant from the Georgetown Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Minute Madness 2024

UPDATE: We’re onto Round 3 (March 14 – March 21) against the Uxbridge Public Library. Over 100 of you helped us read over 66,000 minutes in Round 2! Make sure your minutes are in by Thursday, March 21 at 2PM!

It’s tournament time! Can you help us out-read other Massachusetts libraries? Log your reading as we fight for a spot in the Minute Madness final in March.

REGISTER HERE or you can download the Beanstack app to sign up and log minutes/hours through your phone!

Please note, if you participated in this program last year through Beanstack you do not need to create a new account! Use the same one as last year. If you need help, check out this Beanstack Cheat Sheet or email Sarah at scognata@georgetownpl.org.

Round 1: (March 1- March 7) This week will be a “free for all” – all libraries will compete and the 16 libraries with the most minutes logged by 2pm on Thursday, March 7 will land a spot on the bracket. We will use the rankings from this week to seed the bracket for Week 2 (#1 vs. #16, #2 vs. #15, #3 vs. #14, and so on).

Round 2: (March 7- March 14) 16 libraries will compete in a bracket-style tournament. (For the less sporty amongst us – this means your library will be playing head-to-head against one other library. The winner moves forward to the next round).

Round 3: (March 14- 21) 8 libraries will compete in a bracket-style tournament. 4 libraries will proceed to the “Fierce Four”

Fierce Four: (March 21- 28) 4 libraries compete in a bracket-style tournament for the chance to compete in the Championship round.

Championship: (March 28 – April 4) the top two libraries compete for victory!

Books, audiobooks, graphic novels, magazines and newspapers all count towards our total.

Would you rather participate through a paper sheet? No problem! A paper log is available for pickup at the Circulation and Children’s Desks. Please make sure to bring the sheet back to the library before the end of each round so your minutes can be counted!

New MVLC Mobile App!

The new MVLC Mobile App is now available! Download in the Google Play Store or Apple App Store

iPhone users who already have the previous app installed can go to the App Store and simply update the app to download the new version. Android users who have the previous app on their devices will need to uninstall the old app and then go to the app store to download the new one.

We sincerely thank you again for your patience during this time since the SirsiDynix version of MVLC Mobile stopped functioning. We are excited to offer this new app from Communico!

Library of Things Collection

The Library’s Library of Things is a collection of non-traditional items that provides library cardholders access to a variety of items, many of which might be used infrequently.  Beyond being a fun collection of interesting items, the Library of Things movement reinforces a shared community vision of reducing consumption and the potential for wasted resources.

The Library’s collection includes board games, garden tools, Rokus, a pickleball kit, mobile hotspots, video games, a telescope, and STEM Kits at the moment. We appreciate any feedback on what we are currently offering and you can let us know if you have a non-traditional interest we can explore!

For additional information and a complete list of items, please visit our Library of Things section or give us a call at 978-352-5728.