Category: Library Services

• Researching a Middletown Pride Pioneer

  Here at the Russell Library Information Department, we absolutely love a good research question. I’m always looking for a good excuse to comb through our microfilm collection of local newspapers (dating all the way back to 1790!), find books in our local history collection, aptly named the Middletown Room, or take a deep dive into…

  Hana T.

  June 2, 2025

  Library Services, Middletown, CT

  AncestryLibrary, ButtonwoodTreePerformingArtsCenter, FamilySearch, KatherineSissyWells, KatherineWells, LGBTQIA2S+, MiddlesexCountyHistoricalSociety, MiddletownPRIDE, MiddletownRoom, OnlineResources, PRIDE, SissyWells

• PRIDE 2025 at Russell Library

  This year PrideFEST falls on Saturday, June 7, and Russell Library is honored to serve as a partner for a sixth consecutive year. We welcome you to join us at 123 Broad Street to pick up themed book giveaways, snag a mocktail and a bag of popcorn, get your face painted, make a rainbow crown,…

  brandiedoyle

  May 26, 2025

  Events, Kids and Teens, Libraries, Library Services, Trending

  BlockParty, Books&Brews, BookTalkWithAWalk, CountryQuiltLlamaFarm, DragArtistStoryHour, FablesAndFrolic, FarmersMarket, FreePeopleReadFreely, LEGOBuilders, LGBTQIA2S+, LibraryCard, MiddletownPRIDE, MiniMovers, OutdoorFamilyStorytime, ParentingPlaygroup, PlayPals, PreschoolPowerStorytime, PRIDE, PrideFEST, PRIDELibraryCard, PRIDEmarch, PRIDErally, SarahMcBride, SaturdayFamilyStorytime, StorytimeAtTheFarmersMarket, SummerFamilyBingo, TheMagicFish, TheSpace, TomorrowWillBeDifferent, TrungLeNguyen, YogaForLittles

• Russell Library Delivers!

  The library is more than just a building with amazing collections. It’s also a part of the community. Doorstep Delivery is a service for Middletown residents who are physically unable to come to the library. People with a medical condition or injury can now have books delivered to their homes. Volunteers will bring books to…

  kspachman

  May 12, 2025

  Library Services, Middletown, CT

  Blog, ConsumerReports, DoorstepDelivery, HartfordCourant, HomeboundDelivery, Hoopla, Libby, MangoLanguages, NewYorkTimes, OnlineAuthorTalks, OnlineDatabases, TheLibraryVault, UniversalClass, Valueline, WallStreetJournal

• Russell Library Celebrates Its History

  & Looks Ahead to the Next Chapter by Ramona Burkey, Director Middletown’s Russell Library was bustling on the morning of Saturday, April 5th, as hundreds of patrons of all ages gathered to commemorate the library’s 149th birthday. With a giant birthday cake, a children’s dance party with costumed character “Bingo” from the hit children’s cartoon…

  Amy S.

  April 21, 2025

  Events, History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Libraries, Library Services, Middletown, CT

  Bingo, Bluey, BookMobile, ChildrensActivityRoom, FirstFederalSavingsAndLoan, FrancesRussell, Future, HubbardRoom, LocalHistory, MayorBenFlorsheim, MemoryBox, ReadingRoom, RulesOfRussellLibrary, RussellLibraryBoardOfTrustees, SamuelRussell, sesquicentennial

• New & Fun at the Library

  Spring is a time for re-invention. At Russell Library, we love to keep things fresh and fun — especially in the Youth & Family Learning Department. Like kids and families, we’re always changing. The following are some of the new services and activities available in the kids’ wing and (The Space). The Gaming PC Like…

  Amy S.

  March 17, 2025

  Contests, Events, Giveaways, History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Library Services, Technology

  149thBirthday, ARPA, BallLabyrinth, Bingo, Bluey, BuilcingBlockWall, BuildYourOwnCoaster, ChickCam, Chromebooks, GamingPC, GearFactory, HangWithTheChicks, NameTheChicks, STEM, TheSpace, YMCA