For Coronavirus / Covid19 Information, please check the Caroline County Government Covid-19 Response Page. Please note that there are currently many malicious websites providing misinformation about this rapidly changing situation. This is the official Caroline County Emergency Operations Center website.

All library locations are closed through April 25th, in cooperation with the county’s effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Our current plan is to reopen on Monday, April 27th, 2020.

• All Library events and meetings are cancelled while we are closed.
• Please keep your library materials, including hotpot devices, until after we reopen.
• Library meeting rooms will not be available during this period. All scheduled meetings and appointments will be rescheduled when we reopen.

This message was updated 6pm March 26th, 2020.

Digital library services are available, including access to ebooks, audiobooks, streaming movies, TV shows, and music.

If you need a library card to access our online resources, you can register for one here. Please include an email address for library staff to send the permanent card number.

After registering, you will receive a temporary library card number and password. With these, you can access most of the Library’s electronic resources.

If you experience trouble with registering or accessing our electronic resources please email webdev@carolib.org.
We will be checking that email frequently during normal business hours and on weekends until we reopen.

• Caroline County Public Schools Resources for Learning at Home
• Library Fishcam Miss the library fish at Denton? Check in on them with the library fishcam
• Hoopla Digital Bonus Borrows.The Children's books on this list do not count against the number of borrows (Sign up for Hoopla for free with your Library card)
• Reading Connects Us Daily learning activities for children of all ages.
• TumbleBook Library K-6 children's ebook database
• TumbleMath K-6 children's Math ebook database
• TeenBookCloud Grades 7-12 ebook database
• AudioBookCloud All ages ebook database
• Reading Connects Us Daily learning activities for children of all ages.
• Picture Book Read Alouds Compilation of the best read aloud sites from around the Internet.
• Authors Everywhere! YouTube channel featuring popular children’s authors and illustrators reading their books.
• Scholastic Learn at Home Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.
• The Horn Book’s Family Reading Blog Children’s book recommendations and advice about the what’s and when’s and who’s and how’s of sharing books in the home.
• Science News for Students Compilation of free resources for kids (and parents) now learning at home.
• A Story Anytime — Call 410-396-8396 to hear a story over the phone the old-fashioned way. Service provided by Enoch Pratt Free Library.

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