UPDATE: We had a tough competitor with Burlington and unfortunately, we are not heading to the Championship this year. 😞😞😞 Great job to everyone who signed up for this challenge and logged their minutes. We had a total of 161 people read 168,574 minutes! There’s always next year!

It’s tournament time! Help us defend our championship title from last year by out-reading 20 other Massachusetts libraries. Log your minutes/hours read 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.

Starting March 1, log your reading as we fight with 20 other libraries for a spot on the Minute Madness bracket.

On March 8, sixteen libraries will compete in a bracket-style tournament. This means our library will be playing head-to-head against one other library. The winner moves forward to the next round. On March 15, eight libraries will compete in a bracket-style tournament. 4 libraries will proceed to the “Fierce Four”.

On March 22, 4 libraries compete in a bracket-style tournament for the chance to compete in the Championship round. The following week, March 29, the top two libraries will fight for the top spot. The library with the most minutes read will be the Minute Madness champion!

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!

The Georgetown Peabody Library has copies of the 2022 MA Tax Booklet (Form 1) available at the Circulation Desk. Please note, we do not receive federal income tax forms.

On January 12, the IRS announced that the 2022 tax filing season would begin on January 23. Most IRS tax forms, instructions and publications will be available electronically on IRS.gov.

The filing deadline to submit 2022 tax returns is Tuesday, April 18. Taxpayers requesting an extension will have until Monday, October 16, 2023 to file.

You can get most forms online. Printable forms are available at the following links:

IRS Forms and Publications

MA tax forms or MassTaxConnect

You can save paper by filing your state and federal returns online. The IRS and MA Department of Revenue both offer secure portal options at:

IRS e-file options

MA Personal Income Tax Filing Options

Library staff are not able to provide tax advice or assistance, but free help is available (by appointment) at the Georgetown Senior Center from February through April. Preference is given to seniors and other moderate-income individuals.

Beginning on January 4, 2023, you will be required to enter your library PIN/password to access your accounts in the Libby app or on the OverDrive website. Your PIN is the same password that you use to sign into your account in the library catalog.

Libby app users will receive a prompt to verify their card number shortly after this update occurs. This prompt will also include a field for the PIN. Patrons will enter the PIN at this time. Once a patron enters this information, the Libby app saves the information and should only prompt for verification if the account information changes or expires. MVLC OverDrive website users will be prompted to log with a library card number and PIN on the “Sign In” screen. Patrons may save these credentials using the browser password manager.

Patrons can change or reset their PINs by clicking on the “Forgot your password” link on the OPAC log-in screen if they have an email address associated with their account. A password reset email is sent to them. They may also opt to reset their PIN from the My Account interface. For further information, click HERE.

If you have any further questions or need assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us at 978-352-5728.

The Georgetown Peabody Library is pleased to host Wonderstruck! an art exhibit by John-Paul Jimenez for the months of December, January, and February. The artwork is for sale and a portion of the proceeds from all sales will be donated (10% will go to the library and 10% to the Essex County Greenbelt association). 

An artist reception will be held on Tuesday, January 17 at 6PM and Wednesday, February 22 at 6PM. For more information on John-Paul and his work, you can check out his Instagram account at http://www.instagram.com/out_2c_jp

Artist Statement:

Inspired by the natural world my art reaches across species & space to communicate our conscious & unconscious understandings. All images are my own. Whether from sketch to photograph, I allow nature to be my media. As an artist, I blend nature into media to form my art. You might not have guessed that I was born and raised in Queens, New York. The Met, MOMA and Museum of Natural History were a huge part of my childhood. By the time I was 13, I was regularly taking the subway to these cathedrals of human achievement and comprehension.

As a student, I studied Biology and Fine Arts and graduated college as a double major in both disciplines. In the mid-90’s, I had a studio in Chelsea, NY and in the late 90’s I moved to Boston to work in exploratory medicine for small Biotech and big Pharma. 20 years later I have lived on a barrier island on the north coast of Massachusetts and watched the pace of our dynamic climate influence this region. My studio is now on a small farm in coastal Mass. My research and inspiration are outside my front door.

During this time I have been so fortunate to travel around the North Atlantic from the Arctic Circle to remote islands in the Caribbean Sea. Harnessing inspiration from each voyage, hike, adventure and family gathering; I weave these experiences into word and image.