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    • Mission Statement
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    • Board & Staff
    • Friends of Derby Public Library
    • Driving Directions
    • Contact Us
  • Services
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    • Museum Passes
    • Loans, Returns, & More
    • Community Links
    • Library Policies
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    • Suggest for Purchase
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DERBYCT-LIBRARY

Board of Directors

Dorothy Gleason, President

Barbara Barry, Secretary

Jo-Anne Cecarelli
, Treasurer

Donna Doherty

Daniel Foley

Norman Middendorf

Dolores Kopchik

Anne Stankye

Tom Lionetti

Honorary Board Member: Orrin G. Wood, Jr.

 

Library Staff 

 

 

 
 

Marianne Smertiuk
Library Director
msmertiuk@biblio.org




 

 

 

 

Tony DeLos
YA/Reference Librarian
tdelos@biblio.org

Marc Weissman
Technology/Reference Librarian
mweissman@biblio.org

 

 

 

 

 

Rhianna Bennett
Library Assistant/Publicity Coordinator

Kathy Wilson
Head of Adult Circulation
kwilson@biblio.org

 

 


Christine Boulay
Local History Coordinator
cboulay@biblio.org

Whitney Roberts
Local History Coordinator
wroberts@biblio.org

 

 
 

 


Brian Karkut
Library Assistant

Geishia Daniels
Library Assistant

 

 


Ann Mirisola,
Library Assistant/Cataloger

Mary Householder
Library Assistant

 

John DeCarlo
Maintenance

                                                              Willow Schreiner
                                                                  Maintenance

 

 



Derby Public Library is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Derby Public Library
313 Elizabeth Street
Derby, CT 06418
Phone: (203) 736-1482
Fax: (203) 736-1419

Hours of Operation (as of Sept 8th)
    Monday:      9 AM - 7 PM
    Tuesday:     9 AM - 5 PM
Wednesday:    9 AM - 7 PM
Thursday:       9 AM - 5 PM
Friday:            9 AM - 5 PM
Saturday:      9 AM - 1 PM
     Sunday: Closed

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    • Community Links
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    • Suggest for Purchase
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    • Teen / YA Calendar
    • Teen Programs (ages 12 – 17)
    • Teen Databases
    • Teen Policies
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    • Program Eval. Form

Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), Derby Public Library is closed until further notice.

     – We are now accepting returns of library items through our Book Drops.
     – NOTE: all returns are placed in quarantine before they are checked in.
    

– The Library is currently providing Vestibule Pickup of holds:

 

Mon. – Wed.       9:30 AM – 6:00 PM 
Thurs.                  9:30 AM – 5:30 PM 
 Fri.                     9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Sat.                     9:30 AM – 1:30 PM

 

– Late fees for DPL checkouts due while we are closed will be waived.
     – Staff members check voice/email regularly.
– Any questions, please call (203) 736-1482 or email dplreference@biblio.org 
     – We will post opening guidelines online and outside our library once we are
       able to admit people into the building. Thank you for your understanding.