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Welcome! We are a full-service library with a collection of 34,000 items -- books, magazines, newspapers, movies and more. Our technology offerings include computers, wireless internet access, copies, fax, camera card readers and a scanner. We're here to serve you. Please let us know how we can help.

Have you heard the news? The Chilmark Free Public Library is now part of the CLAMS network, a consortium of all of the public libraries on the Cape and Islands as well as Cape Cod Community College.

If you haven't registered for your CLAMS card yet, you can pre-register online byclicking here and pick up your new card when you stop by the library.Your CLAMS card is now good at any CLAMS library. You can check out from and return materials to any library that is convenient for you. You now have access to a library of over 5,000 E-books and downloadable audio books.

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Now on most Mondays, 10:30-12:30

Need help downloading our free e-books and audio books to your tablet, e-reader, phone, or MP3 player?

Thinking of buying an e-reader and want a demonstration of different devices?

Make an appointment with our tech expert, librarian Miki Wolfe. Call the circulation desk today - 508-645-3360.

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 Chilmark Public Library

2013 Summer Lecture Series
All events are free and open to the public
June 19, 5p.m. Biodiversity Works wildlife biologists Liz Baldwin and Luanne Johnson
talk about their research on the shorebirds of Martha’s Vineyard.
June 26, 5p.m., Salt of the Sea – a documentary film about what it takes to make a
living on the water in New England.
July 3, 5p.m., Yale Law professor Jonathan Macey talks about his new book The
Death of the Corporate Reputation.
July 17, 5p.m., Marine Fisheries and Development Fund presents Meet The Fleet – a
chance to hear from local commercial fishermen about their lifestyle and their catch.
July 24, 5p.m., Cultural Anthropologist Rick Shweder, from Chicago University, talks
about his latest research.
July 31, 5p.m., Photographer Mariana Cook talks about and presents images from
her new book Justice: Faces of the Human Rights Revolution.
Aug. 7, 5p.m., Artist Carol Brown Goldberg presents her new short film The Color of
Time.
Aug. 14, 5p.m., Sheriff’s Meadow Executive Director Adam Moore talks about the
historic Mayhew-Hancock-Mitchell House on Quansoo Farm.
Aug. 21, 5p.m., Marine Fisheries and Development Fund presents Meet The Fleet – a
chance to hear from local commercial fishermen about their lifestyle and their catch.
Aug. 22, 5p.m., Harvard Law Professor Kenneth Mack talks about his new book The
New Black: What Has Changed--and What Has Not--with Race in America.

Events are subject to change – contact the library at 508-645-3360
Sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Public Library

Chilmark Library now offers Mango Language Programs. Click here to start learning a new language.

Since its founding in 2007, Mango Languages has grown to become one of the world's leading providers of online language learning products. Mango is free for all Chilmark Library patrons, accessible through the library’s website with a Chilmark library card number. Language options are French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, English for Korean speakers and English for Portuguese speakers.

Each lesson combines real life situations and audio from native speakers with simple, clear instructions. The courses are presented with an appreciation for cultural nuance and real-world application that integrates components of vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and culture.

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