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DISTINCTIVE
ASPECTS OF THE COLLECTION
The Uphams Corner Branch has a collection which reflects the needs and interest of the surrounding community. In addition to a core group of popular fiction and representative nonfiction, there are materials in French, Portuguese and Spanish languages, well rounded African American authors and reference sections and a large DVD collection.
RECURRING
PROGRAMMING OFFERED
Preschool, Reading Readiness and toddler programs are offered weekly. Teenagers are available four afternoons a week to help children with their homework through the HAP program.
SPECIAL
PROGRAMMING OFFERED
The branch hosts monthly programs for adults and families alternating between informational and entertaining offerings. During the summer Uphams Corner participates in the Read Your Way to Fenway and Statewide Summer Reading programs.
HISTORY
In 1904 the Uphams Corner Branch Library moved from a temporary store-front location on
Dudley Street to the two-year-old municipal building on Columbia Road. Upon entering the
building, the adult room was on the left, a floor above the swimming pool, and the
children's room used a common area on the right side of the hall. When the swimming pool
developed leaks and fell into disuse for some time, the children's room took occupancy in
this space. It maintained a separate entrance and circulation desk until the 1970s. After
renovations to the building in 1989, only one entrance to the Library remained -- through
the adult room. Many residents still recall the swimming pool and public showers of their
childhood.
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