All branches of the Somerville Public Library offer a wide range of audiovisual services for our patrons. Our goal is to keep an up-to-date collection, filled with new releases, but also to preserve our core collection. All our libraries have videos and dvds, music cds, and audiobooks available for checkout. Loaning periods can be found here. The Central Library audiovisual department has a reference and sheet music/songbook collection, magazines, word processing machines, and a viewing station for movies.

The audiovisual department at the Somerville Central Library also offers museum passes for patrons who live in the city of Somerville. Click here for more information on our pass program or call the audiovisual department at 617-623-5000, ext. 2937.

Magazine Holdings at the Central Library:
(loan period is 1 week)

Acoustic Guitar
BBC Music
Billboard
Down Beat
Gramophone
MOJO
Opera News
Rolling Stone
Sound and Vision
Spin
Variety


We do take purchase suggestions into consideration, so feel free to fill out a suggestion form here: http://www.somervillepubliclibrary.org/contact/suggest.php

If you have questions about the switch to Digital Telivision (DTV) that happened on June 12, 2009, go to www.dtv2009.gov and the FCC website (scroll down to their Television section).



"Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is. " -- Miles Davis