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On Wednesday November 25, all locations will close at 5 pm. All locations will be closed and personalized remote services will be unavailable on Thursday November 26, in observance of Thanksgiving.

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Most Boston Public Library locations are available during limited hours for patrons to pick up items on hold. Patrons are also able to use computers at the Central Library, but are limited to eight reserved slots and five walk ups per timeslot.
Most Boston Public Library locations are available during limited hours for patrons to pick up items on hold. Patrons are also able to use computers at the Central Library, but are limited to six reserved slots and four walk ups per timeslot.
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The first edition of John James Audubon's Birds of America was issued in 4 volumes from 1827 -1838. The BPL has 2 imperfect copies, which...

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A to Z World Food contains traditional recipes and covers food culture for 174 countries of the world in six categories.

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