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How to Access Library Services from Home
If you are unable to access the physical library please remember our services are available 24/7 online and from your mobile devices. All you need is your library card and PIN number to access eBooks, audiobooks, movies, music from home.
19th Annual Cold Turkey Plunge
Plunge day your way! Watch 2020’s virtual plungers as they support the Weezie Library for Children
NEW! Borrow a Laptop or Mobile Hotspot
Thanks to a grant from the Nantucket Fund for Emergency Relief, we have recently purchased 20 HP Chromebooks and twenty Mobile Hotspots. These devices provide portable Internet access to patrons, They are now available to loan for two weeks for all library card holders as Connect Kits.
Check Out the Digital Newspaper Archive
Our historic digital newspaper archive is a great place to research Nantucket history from the comfort of your own home. Learn how to search and view issues of over twenty Nantucket historic newspapers from 1816 to the present.
Join the Beanstack Reading Challenge!
Beanstack allows you to easily track your reading, earn incentives, and stay motivated to read more. It’s easy, interactive, and lots of fun!
- Access Atheneum Digital Services and Programs
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Click here to see an archive of classes you may have missed!
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Browse Our eLibrary!
Our eLibrary services are FREE to all patrons with a valid Nantucket Atheneum library card. Just sign in to any eLibrary service with your library card number.
Island Issues- Stay Informed
ACK Citizen Issues
The Atheneum’s ACK Citizen Issues section provides detailed information and resources about particular issues that influence life on the island.
Register to Vote
The Nantucket Atheneum offers residents these links to registering themselves to vote or check their staus. By providing more options with this reminder “to register,” we hope to make Nantucketeers engaged voters.
Evaluating Information
Evaluating information encourages you to think critically about the reliability, validity, accuracy, authority, timeliness, point of view or bias of information sources.