Temporary Closure: The Schooner Cove area at the Havre de Grace Library will be closed on Friday, May 9, for a refresh. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.
Holiday Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Monday, February 17, in observance of Presidents Day.
Holiday Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Friday, April 18, in observance of Good Friday.
Holiday Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Sunday, April 20, in observance of Easter.
Holiday Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day.
Holiday Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Thursday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth.
Holiday Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Friday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day.
Holiday Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Monday, September 1, in observance of Labor Day.
Library Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Monday, October 13, for Staff In-Service Day.
Library Closure: Abingdon Library will be closed Friday, October 31, for a Private Event.
Library Closure: Abingdon Library will be closed Saturday, November 1, for a Private Event.
Library Closure: Abingdon Library will be closed Sunday, November 2, for a Private Event.
Holiday Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Tuesday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day.
Early Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will close early at 5 PM Wednesday, November 26.
Holiday Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Thursday, November 27, in observance of Thanksgiving.
Holiday Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Friday, November 28, in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.
Holiday Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Wednesday, December 24, in observance of Christmas Eve.
Holiday Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Thursday, December 25, in observance of Christmas Day.
Library Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Sunday, December 28.
Early Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will close early at 5 PM Wednesday, December 31.
Holiday Closure: All Harford County Public Library locations will be closed Thursday, January 1, 2026, in observance of New Year’s Day.
Baen Books - This science fiction and fantasy publisher is making some of its titles available digitally and includes some well-known authors. About 120 titles are currently available but new titles are being added regularly. These books can be saved to a PC or sent directly to a Kindle.
Digital Book Index - Digital Book Index provides links to more than 165,000 full-text digital books from more than 1,800 commercial and non-commercial publishers, universities, and various private sites, including Gutenberg, NetLibrary, Google, and many, many universities worldwide. More than 140,000 of these books, texts, and documents are available free although there are some titles that do have a download fee. A device with Internet access is necessary for use and Digital Book Index supports iPad, Kindle, & Nook readers. Loan periods vary depending upon the e-book source, but most are for online use. Searching can be done by author, title, author & title, title keyword, and browsing by subject, author, or publisher. Titles and subjects vary widely from science, history and law to literature, the arts, and children’s books with some going back to the 1600s.
Open Library: -
Hundreds of free ebooks are available from Open Library, a project of the InternetArchive and funded in part by the California State Library and the Kahle/Austin Foundation.
Project Gutenberg - Project Gutenberg allows download of over 33,000 free e-books to read on a PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device. These are high quality e-books previously published by bona fide publishers and digitized with the help of thousands of volunteers. All e-books can be freely downloaded. No registration is required. Note: OverDrive has linked 15,000 titles from Project Gutenberg that patrons can download and transfer to their portable devices. These checkouts never expire and don’t count against loan limits.
Book Lending - Book Lending is a website that matches lenders and borrowers of Kindle e-books. To participate in lending and borrowing Kindle books, you must first register as a user on the site or connect with Facebook Connect. You may lend/borrow a book once between Kindles. Eligible titles are very limited and mainstream authors are blocked for the most part. The service has been marketed to Kindle owners and is similar to Lendle and to e-book Fling which allows lending of Kindle and Nook titles between owners.
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
NYPL Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 800,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts , historical maps , vintage posters , rare prints , photographs and more .