Library News

Beloit Public Library (BPL) is hosting a Beloit Community Read in October and November. A Community Read is an effort to have the community read the same book(s) on current and relevant topics and to participate in subsequent discussions hosted by the library and its...

Beloit Public Library (BPL) has added Black Life in America to its bank of free resources available for library card holders. Black Life in America is an online resource that provides comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th...

Beloit Public Library (BPL) is pleased to announce the launch of new Drop-In Computer Workshops as a means to help bridge the digital divide and teach the community digital literacy and bridge the digital the divide. These workshops will be held 6:00-8:00 p.m. every...

Beloit Public Library (BPL) is conducting a survey ahead of its updated three-year strategic plan, and it is asking for the community’s help. BPL is asking members of the community to take a survey to provide input to help the 127-year-old institution work ever closer...

Beloit Public Library (BPL) is the recipient of a University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) Read Africa grant. BPL was among 34 Wisconsin libraries to receive full or partial funding of their proposals from the African Studies Program at the UW, which awarded more than...

Beloit Public Library (BPL) is launching its 39th BookQuest program with a party in honor of longtime BPL staff member, BookQuest program organizer, and community advocate Judy Adams. Judy’s lifework was connecting children with the magic and wonder of reading....

Bonus Borrows are returning all May long on Hoopla. Borrow as many titles from the bonus collection as you like without counting toward your monthly borrows. From May 1 - 31! Search the Bonus Borrows collection

What materials are new at BPL? Check out our online catalog's new landing page for some of the fiction books, non-fiction books, and DVDs that are newly arrived. Each is featured on a revolving carousel on this...

Do you or someone you know have vision impairment or a reading disability that makes it difficult to read regular print material? The Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library, an affiliate of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS),...

Congratulations to our BookQuest 2020-2021 winners! And thank you to our special guest speaker, author Varian Johnson, for taking time out of his day to talk with all of the kids. Varian Johnson is author of The Parker Inheritance. Winners of this year's contest were:...