Library News

Perrot Library Reopening– Status Update, October 2nd, 2020 Perrot Memorial Library is offering the following services: • We are providing requested materials for borrowers through our no-contact curbside pick-up service • Our book return is available for your convenience 24/7/365 • We provide same-day reference, readers’ advisory and lending service via telephone, email, and the … Read more

  Thank you to all our Library patrons who took part in our 2020 Adult Summer Reading Program! Here are this year’s winners: First Prize – $100 gift card to Applausi Osteria Toscana: Jennifer Rich Second Prize – $50 gift card to Beach House Café: Anne Akyuz Third Prize – $25 gift card to Aux … Read more

Perrot’s public computers are now available for use by appointment only.  In order to allow for contact-tracing in the event of a COVID outbreak, same-day or next-day appointments for public computer use are temporarily limited to Greenwich residents and Greenwich and Perrot Library cardholders who are 18 and older. This includes non-resident fee patrons and … Read more

Check out our booklet of submissions to Perrot’s Haiku Contest! The contest ran from May 5th through June 1st. Entrants submitted their original haikus (3-line, 17-syllable poems) describing their experiences with COVID-19– the pandemic, the closures, and their impact on daily life. We received 98 adult entries, 14 teen entries, and 47 children’s entries. We … Read more

Beginning this Sunday, 9/13, Perrot will be offering Sunday curbside pickup hours from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM.

Perrot Library Reopening Status Update, 8/28/2020 Air purifiers that kill mold, bacteria, and viruses have been installed in our HVAC systems. Touchless faucets have been installed in the restrooms. We are modifying the public service desks with plexiglass shields, similar to those found in retail shops. Before we can allow visitors in the building, we … Read more

Patrons with Optonline.net email addresses are currently NOT receiving our holds notification and due date reminder emails. If you have an Optonline.net email address, you will need to log in to your library account or give us a call (203-637-1066 or 203-637-8802) to get your holds/due date information. You can also provide us with an … Read more

Perrot Library Reopening – Status Update, July 27, 2020 The library building remains closed to visitors, but we will begin adding the following library services in August: 1. We will be available on Saturdays (beginning August 1st) from 12 noon to 5 PM for same-day reference, readers’ advisory, and circulation services via telephone and email. … Read more

Perrot Memorial Library has implemented several changes as we take careful steps to reopen the library for our community: We have installed air purifiers on our HVAC system that kill mold, bacteria and viruses We have distributed PPE to all staff and deployed disinfectant to all service desks and high-touch/contact areas We are providing requested … Read more

When Will the Library Reopen?The many questions we’ve received about the Library opening are certainly heartwarming. We’re glad to be providing a service that you’d like to see resume. The decision to open our library building will be in accordance with a review and agreement by the Perrot Memorial Library Board of Directors, compliance with … Read more