Happy New Year! The Summit Library is starting the New Year with a couple of great new services. Winter time is time to work on indoor projects and learn some new skills. If crafting is your interest, try out our new online resource Creative Bug. Creative Bug has over 1,000 arts and craft video classes...Read More

  Lucky Day books are extra copies of high-demand titles. Lucky Day books are listed in our catalog, however you cannot place holds on them. Books are available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Books can be checked out for 14 days and cannot be renewed. Overdue fines are 20¢ per day. Only two Lucky Day books...Read More

The Library of Things is a collection of non-traditional library items that complement the Summit Free Public Library’s mission to inform, enrich, and inspire. We hope the Library of Things will offer new experiences for you and your family to enjoy. Discover the night sky using one of our telescopes, observe local birds with our birdwatching kit,...Read More

The Libby app is a new, one-tap reading app for borrowing digital books and audiobooks from the Summit Library. This free app, created by Overdrive, is available for Android, iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch), and Windows 10 devices. All you need to get started is an internet connection, a Summit library card, and these steps: Install the...Read More

Learn about the fascinating history of the Summit Free Public Library!Read More

After giving thanks for all we have on Thanksgiving, we enter the holiday season of giving. During this season we have three ways that you can help the Summit Library and some of our neediest Summit residents. The Friends of the Summit Free Public Library are participating in #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that...Read More

PLEASE READ BELOW AND ANSWER OUR BRIEF SURVEY. THANK YOU! Important notice to Summit Library patrons who use our eLibraryNJ eBook service: Beginning November 1st Macmillan Publishers and their many subsidiaries including Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Henry Holt, St. Martin’s Press and others, will allow libraries to purchase only one copy of each new eBook...Read More

You already know that you can borrow books, CDs, DVDs, Playaways, books-on-CD and more at the Summit Library. Most people even know that you can check out eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and access online databases like Ancestry® and Rosetta Stone® using your library card. Starting October 1st we will be launching a brand new service called the “Library of...Read More

You already knew that your library card is the smartest card in your wallet but now your Summit library card just got more valuable. Besides giving you access to everything the Library has to offer, your card can help you save money during the month of September! September is Library Card Sign-Up month in many...Read More