Roslindale Branch Library
About
The Roslindale Branch Library is a neighborhood branch of the Boston Public Library, housed since 1961 in a distinctive blue-domed building designed by Isidor Richmond and Carny Goldberg. It offers public computers, printing, scanning and WiFi alongside its collections. The collection includes Spanish and Arabic language materials and a Lucky Day collection, and an accessible entrance makes the building easier to enter.
Library service in Roslindale dates to 1878, when a book delivery station opened on Florence Street, followed by a drugstore location in 1898, a branch in the old Taft’s Tavern building in 1900 and a municipal building in 1918. Today the branch runs a calendar of programs, including adult book discussions, a Scratch coding club, Boston Teachers Union homework help, a Scrabble club and information sessions for adult English learners.
What to Know
- Laptops are available at the branch.
- The Friends of the Roslindale Branch maintain their own website in support of the library.
- The library closes on major holidays and has shortened hours the day before some holidays.
- Programs have included a tarot-themed comedy show.
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