Photo by Rachel Sadon

District residents will be able to visit one D.C. public library in each ward during select holidays beginning in October.

The new hours are a result of the money allocated in the library’s budget for fiscal year 2018, according to a DCPL release.

Library officials chose the following holidays because District residents are least likely to travel out of town: Columbus Day (October 9), Veterans Day (November 10), Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 15), President’s Day (February 19), D.C. Emancipation Day (April 16).

The libraries were picked based on nearby transit options and the range of services available at each location. They include:

Ward 1 – Mount Pleasant Library; 3160 16th St. NW
Ward 2 – Georgetown Library; 3260 R St. NW
Ward 3 – Tenley Library; 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Ward 4 – Petworth Library; 4200 Kansas Ave. NW
Ward 5 – Woodridge Library; 1801 Rhode Island Ave. NE
Ward 6 – Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library; 1630 7th St. NW
Ward 7 – Dorothy I. Height/Benning Library; 3935 Benning Rd. NE
Ward 8 – Anacostia Library; 1800 Good Hope Road SE

DCPL is also pushing its digital resources that are available outside of the libraries’ walls.

In addition to free access to the Criterion Collection and thousands of other movies and TV shows, library card holders can access audiobooks and e-books, download music from Sony’s entire catalog and thousands of other labels, pick up new languages with Mango, take classes with Lynda, practice math and science with Khan Academy, and more as part of the system’s online offerings.

Previously:
The D.C. Public Library Would Like Its Patrons To Know It Has Some Really Cool, Totally Free, Digital Offerings
Have A D.C. Library Card? You Can Stream The Criterion Collection And Thousands Of Other Movies
These Were The Most Popular Books At D.C.’s Public Libraries This Year
Photos: There’s ‘Not A Bad View’ In The Dramatic New Woodridge Library