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Fill out an online library card application, and pick up your library card during certain off-site events! You can use your card for any of our online resources, or at any other public library in Connecticut. Once you fill out the form, you will get an email when your card is ready, with information about how to get started with online resources right away and how to pick up your physical card. When you do pick up your card, we will need to verify your Southbury address with a piece of mail, updated license, or anything else with your name and address on it.

Read our September newsletter to find out updates about current library services during our flood closure and about the virtual and offsite events we are offering in September.

While we are closed (or any other time!), you can visit one of our awesome library neighbors! You can visit ANY library in the state of Connecticut and check out items there with your hometown library card. Check out this blog post for a list of some of our closest neighbors, along with a link to a list of all the libraries in Connecticut. Many of the libraries listed are Bibliomation libraries, which means that they already have your Southbury Library card information as a part of their system. Being added to non Bibliomation libraries is easy, too! It usually takes less than 5 minutes.

Check out some of our favorite online resources that you can access for free from home (or anywhere with an internet connection) with your Southbury Public Library card! Our favorites include: Kanopy, Consumer Reports Online, and Libby. While Kanopy and Consumer Reports Online require a Southbury Public Library card, Libby is available at many area libraries! This blog post has links and tips about all of these resources.