Margery Smith, Director

Bemis Public Library
6014 S. Datura Street
Littleton, Colorado 80120
303-795-3961

Regular hours:
• Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Friday-Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Sunday: 1-5 p.m.

Summer Reading Programs — it's the summer to be GREEN!

• The 2008 adult summer reading program, Read and Renew the Earth, begins May 27. Adults can register at the information desk and will receive a commemorative, reusable book bag, and are eligible for a drawing for each book read.
• Teens can register online for their Read and Renew the Earth summer reading program, and can participate in many summer reading activities each week. There are teen activities scheduled almost every week. Visit the Teen programs page for details.
• The Children's summer reading program, Catch the Reading Bug at Bemis, runs through July 31. Children up to fifth grade may pick up a reading record and track the time they spend reading or being read to. Collect prizes along the way, including a book to keep, and entry into the weekly price drawing.

Library Information
The Edwin A. Bemis Public Library is responsible for meeting the informational, educational, recreational, and cultural needs of Littleton citizens. These goals are achieved through the acquisition of library materials in a variety of formats, access to online resources via the Internet, circulation and reference services, interlibrary loan activities, delivery service to the homebound, creative programs and activities for all age groups, and participation in the Colorado Library Card Program. In addition, the library is host to art shows sponsored by local art guilds and LPS school art programs and regular displays of artwork from local preschools; meeting rooms for use by non-profit groups; the Sophie Bramley Sylvan Resource Center for the Visually Impaired which offers computers equipped with software and peripherals designed for use by the blind and visually impaired; and the Littleton Immigrant Integration Initiative’s One-Stop Information Center and English as a Second Language classes, providing services needed by immigrants and refugees residing in the community.

The department has five divisions: Administration manages general operations, maintains the facility, and coordinates all the policies, programs and activities; Children’s Services provides reference services, programs and activities for children from birth to fifth grade and their families and selects materials for this age group; Adult Services provides reference services, selects materials and develops programs and activities for teens, adults and senior citizens, including outreach to senior housing units in Littleton; Technical Services orders, receives and catalogs all library materials for the library’s collection, prepares items for public use and manages the computer system for the library; and Circulation checks out materials, checks them back in, re-shelves them in their proper location so they can be found easily, maintains the patron database and collects overdue fines and fees for lost materials.

The library has an advisory board appointed by city council which helps staff develop policies, programs and the annual budget, and makes final decisions regarding challenges to materials. Library staff also provides support to the Friends of the Littleton Library and Museum such as inputting membership records and preparing the monthly newsletter for mailing, etc. The library also provides space for the Friends’ ongoing Used Book Sale. The Friends allocate $35,000 per year to the library, the majority of which is spent on programming.