The Dorset Village Library Community
All permanent residents of Dorset may become members of the Dorset Library by filling out an application at the Library. This includes persons who winter elsewhere and own houses in Dorset. Children, six years of age and older, may have their own library membership. Applicants must give a street address, a mailing address AND A COMPUTER ADDRESS IF POSSIBLE.

The Dorset Community welcomes the use of the Library by all Vermont residents.

Visitors are welcome to visit our library to read and relax and to use the Internet. Those with laptop computers may access WIFI inside the building and even on the bench outside near the front windows. Our Book Sale room is open in case you need additional reading materials.

Becoming a Member of the Dorset Library
Dorset Residents, Other Vermont Residents and Summer Visitors

All permanent residents of Dorset may become members of the Dorset Library by filling out an application at the Library. This includes persons who winter elsewhere and own houses in Dorset. Children, six years of age and older, may have their own library membership. Applicants must give a street address, a mailing address AND A COMPUTER ADDRESS IF POSSIBLE.

The Dorset Community welcomes the use of the Library by all other Vermont residents. We permit those people to have one membership per family.

Borrowing Limits
Dorset residents may borrow a combination of the following up to a total of ten items:

New Fiction and/or New Audio Books 2 Fiction Nonfiction Audio Books and/or Music CDs 3 - 4

5 DVDs per family Magazines 3 Puzzles

Vermont Residents may borrow a combination of the following up to a total of six items:

New Fiction and/or New Audio Books 2 Fiction Nonfiction Audio Books and/or Music CDs 2 - 3

Magazines 3 Puzzles

Dorset Summer Rental Visitors may borrow a combination of the following up to a total of six items:

New Fiction and/or New Audio Books 2 Fiction Nonfiction Audio Books and/or Music CDs 2 - 3

DVDs 3 per family Magazines 3 Puzzles

Weekend Visitors are welcome to visit our library to read and relax and to use the Internet. Those with laptop computers may access WIFI inside the building and even on the bench outside near the front windows. Our Book Sale room is usually open in case you need additional reading materials.

Library Funding
The Dorset Community has been very fortunate to have strong community support, without which it would not be able to offer so many wonderful materials. In addition, the Dorset Library is funded by a $10,000 appropria-tion from the Town of Dorset. It receives no other State or Federal funding.

Volunteering
The Library is always happy to have people volunteer if they are able to give the Library at least two afternoons a month. We always need help with shelving books, preparing books for circulation, straightening the shelves, etc. Students in fifth grade and above are welcome to volunteer if they are willing to commit to one afternoon a week for four weeks.

The Dorset Library also enriches the lives of all children who attend the Dorset School by making bulk loans of books, audios, puppets, explorer packs and videos to the school upon a teacher's request.