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LIBRARY INFORMATION
Brooks Memorial Library
224 Main Street,
Brattleboro,VT 05301
phone 802-254-5290 fax 802-257-2309
For general information and reference queries, please use the Ask-A-Librarian service
For genealogy or Brattleboro history queries, please use the AncestorAsk service
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Hours |
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The Brooks Memorial Library is open:
10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday through Wednesday
1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday
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Directions |
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The Brooks Memorial Library is located on the intersection
of Routes 5 and 30 on Main street next to the Municipal Center.
From I-91 north or south:
- Take Exit 2.
- Turn left onto Route 9/Western Avenue.
- After approximately 1½ miles, the road splits (There is a service station at the split). Bear left, which is High Street.
- Follow High Street to a 4-way flashing stop; continue straight through that intersection until you reach Main Street. Turn left onto Main Street.
- The Library is two blocks up on the left, just before the Wells Fountain and District Court building. There is metered parking on the street.
Parking alternative: Instead of taking the left off High Street onto Main, take a slightly earlier left into the High/Grove municipal parking lot. It is just before the Café Lotus/Blue Moose store. You should look for it as soon as Main Street comes into view. There is a pay-and-display ticket dispenser in the lot.
From Route 9 east from New Hampshire:
- Take I-91 southbound and get off at Exit 2. Follow the directions above.
From Route 9 west from southern Vermont:
- Follow Route 9 east to I-91 interchange; at that point Route 9 is also Western Avenue. Follow the directions above.
From Route 30:
- Follow the signs to the downtown shopping district. The Library is on your right as you approach downtown, just beyond the large brick Municipal Center building on the right and the Wells Fountain on the left.
Parking: There are metered spaces on the street in front of the Library and beyond, or you can continue a couple blocks to the traffic light and turn right onto High Street. Look up to the right: just past the Café Lotus/Blue Moose, there is a municipal parking lot. There is a pay-and-display ticket dispenser in the lot.
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Mission |
The purpose of Brooks Memorial Library is to serve the learning,
information, personal enrichment, and leisure needs of people
of all ages in the Brattleboro community. To pursue this purpose,
the library 
provides ready access to basic library services and resources.
It seeks to expand individual access to information through
the use of current technologies, and offers the assistance
people need to find, evaluate, and use electronic and print
information resources.
Brooks strives to foster community cultural life by hosting
public meetings and exhibits, housing historic, fine arts,
and civic collections, and providing spaces that attract
adults, teens, and children to read, study, and browse.
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Collection Map |
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Main Floor and Mezzanine - downloadable .pdf
Children's Room/third floor - inquire at desk
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Library Statistics |
Below are documents to library data that include information on collections; circulation transactions; borrowers; and online, reference, and miscellaneous statistics; comparisons with other Vermont libraries; and data on budget, collections, and physical space.
Brooks Memorial Library Statistical Profile 2004-2009
Brooks Memorial Library Budget, Collections, Physical Space Data
Brooks Memorial Library Comparison Data, VT Libraries >5,000 Population
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Goals |
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Spirit of Life |
The Spirit of Life was created by Daniel Chester French --Fine
Arts Collection in 1923. Brooks Memorial Library. One of six
replicas cast in bronze modeled after the Spencer Trask Memorial
Fountain in Saratoga Springs, New York. Photo credit: Greg
Bolosky.
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Library Card |
It is easy to get a library card. If you live in Brattleboro,
a library card may be obtained by presenting one form of identification
with your residential address. If you live outside of Brattleboro,
a card may be purchased for $48.00 per year ($25.00 for six
months). Extra cards may be purchased for $5.00.
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