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The Nahant Public Library

The Nahant Public Library was founded in 1819, the third oldest in Massachusetts after Franklin and Harvard. Our library became a free public library in 1872. The present library building was designed by the Boston firm of Ball and Dabney, and opened June 1, 1895, and was the first electrified building in Nahant. Interlibrary Loan The Nahant Public Library is a member of the Northeast Regional Library System, which includes more than 65 other libraries from whom we may borrow books and copies of magazine articles.

The Nahant Public Library

NEW: Library Expansion Survey:

The Nahant Public Library Trustees have formed a Library Planning Committee to study possible expansion of the library. The committee needs your help! We want to know what Nahanters like you would like in a new, improved library.

We hope you take a few minutes to fill out this brief online survey. We need your input!

Click here to take our online survey!

All are invited to come to the Nahant Public Library to meet Diane Rapaport, author of the books The Naked Quaker:  True Crime and Controversies from the Courts of Colonial New England, and New England Court Records, on Sunday, March 21, 2010, at 3:00 p.m.  Diane will speak and read from The Naked Quaker, and sign copies of her book.

A former trial attorney, Diane has forged a new career as an historical consultant, author, and speaker, by combining her expertise in the fields of law, history, and geneology.  She uses historical resources related to New England, including court records, and her current research focuses on the non-English inhabitants of colonial America.

Diane writes the “Tales from the Courthouse” column for New England Ancestors (the journal of the New England Historic Geneological Association), which earned three Excellence in Writing awards from the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Nahant Public Library, there is no admission charged for this program, and refreshments will be served.

Playaway Audio Books Available at Nahant Public Library: July 2009

For the many library patrons who enjoy listening to books on CDs, the Nahant Public Library is introducing another option that requires no player.

Thanks to the Northeast Regional Library System, Nahant will receive a small collection of six self-contained audio books, called Playaways, four times a year.  If Playaways prove successful, the size of these rotating collections will increase.

Tiny, the Playaway fits in the palm of the hand, weighs only two ounces, and measures three and one-half inches by two and one-quarter inches by one-half inch.

An important feature is that the Playaway is extremely easy to use.  Anyone able to insert a AAA battery, put on headphones, and press an “On” button can use a Playaway.  Listeners may also adjust the volume and speed of the narration.

Playaways may be borrowed for two weeks.  Patrons must supply their own earphones and AAA batteries.

Circulation, Fines and Fees

• You may borrow new non-fiction books, older fiction, childrens books, compact discs, audio and video tapes for 14 days
• You many not borrow reference materials
• You may renew by telephone if the materials are not reserved or not overdue
• Books and audio tapes that are overdue are fined at 10 cents per day per title
• Overdue video tapes are fined at one dollar per day per title
• Copies cost 15 cents each. This fee supports the Friends of the Library. We charge no fee for the first ten pages copied from reference materials

Our Address
Tel: (781) 581-0306
P. O. Box 76
15 Pleasant St.
Nahant, MA 01908-0076
Our Email Address: napublib@verizon.net