The Dorset Village Library offers many services for adults.

Library Materials

Fiction & Large Print – The Dorset Library provides a wide selection of current fiction in both regular and large print formats. Also available are audio books on cassettes and CDs. The fiction collection consists of more than 1,000 titles. Each month two or three books by new authors are purchased. If a book has a clear red spine label, you can be sure that it is the author’s first novel and that it has been highly recommended. Other clear labels help you locae the genre of book you prefer – yellow indicates historical fiction, light blue indicates LARGE PRINT, dark green points out mystery books, while orange specifies science fiction and fantasy.

Nonfiction – The library has a small but up-to-date non-fiction collection. Some nonfiction books are added to the collection each month on topics of current interest. In addition, each month we focus on a particular topic to update. Recent highlighted topics include autism, Islam, and the environment and global warming.

Audio Books – Current Fiction & Current Non-fiction
These may be borrowed for a three week period. When possible, the Library purchases unabridged editions of audio books but sometimes only an abridged edition is available or the cost of an unabridged edition is cost prohibitive. If you should happen to break a tape, it is presumed that you will call the company regarding a replacement tape. If you lose a tape or CD, you need to replace the audio book.

Recently, the Dorset Library has joined Listen Up! Vermont so that Dorset residents may download audio books from any PC (not Apple products). Come into the library to get your access number.

Featured Topic(s) – Each month there will be a printed bibliography pertaining to a particular topic, author, or genre. The list will include only books owned by the Dorset Library. Magazines The Library subscribes to more than 75 magazines which may be borrowed for a week.

ILL – If there is a book that we do not have, most adult books are available somewhere else in Vermont. We are able to borrow these through Inter-Library Loan. While we do not charge for this service; it costs about $6 per book for mailing the book to our library and returning it which the Library must underwrite.

Multimedia - includes the Audio book collection, music CDs, and the DVD collection.

Music CDs – The Music CD collection of over 300 CDs have all been donated to the library. These may be borrowed for three weeks. If you would like to donate music CDs, we are always happy to have them.

DVDs – The Dorset Library owns over 800 DVDs with all rating categories NR, G, PG, Pg-13 and R. R ratings are indicated by a red marker on each DVD case. These may be borrowed for 1 week. A $2.00 per night fine is charged for overdue DVDs, including holidays and weekends.

Internet Access – Provided to our patrons courtesy of Comcast.net.
Databases available: Check at the Library for Full descriptions of VOL – Vermont on Line databases.

The Library also has a selection of paperbacks, puzzles, and Young Adult fiction.