Instantly borrow free ebooks, audiobooks, digital movies, music, and comics, available 24/7. Simple to access and use, without the hassle of having to return the items you’ve borrowed, all you need is your library card, a web browser, smart phone or tablet to get started.
Get Started with hoopla
The Library provides you, the mighty Lancaster resident, with a new service to enjoy from the ease of your comfy home – kanopy!
kanopy is a streaming service that works much like hoopla. Each library member gets five credits per month to select from a catalog of notable and enriching films, documentaries, and videos. They even have videos from the Great Courses and a collection curated, especially for kids.
Videos can be streamed through Roku, fire tv, Apple TV, Chromecast, on a tablet or PC.
To give kanopy a spin, use your Thayer Memorial Library membership number and PIN to create a kanopy account. You must be a Lancaster resident to use kanopy. Read kanopy’s privacy policy and then have some streaming fun.
Not sure how to start using kanopy or have a question? Contact me, and I will lickety-splitly get you up and running.
~ joe
Discover MA Library Databases
Massachusetts statewide databases are made possible by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and by the Massachusetts Library System.
Thousands of articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals – plus encyclopedias, academic books, and other reliable research and reference sources – and more are available to every Massachusetts resident free of charge.
The resources listed at the following link offer journal, magazine, newspapers, and, encyclopedia articles, as well as videos, images and e-reference books through a student-friendly interface designed to enable critical thinking and research skills.
Lancaster History
Nourse’s annotated version of History of the Town of Lancaster… in four volumes forms the authoritative basis a student of Lancaster history requires to piece together a clear and lucid historical narrative. In 2018, the Thayer Memorial Library was awarded $30,000 in federal funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) to conserve and image these four annotated volumes. This work ensures that people present and future will have access to the information that constitutes the documentary heritage of Lancaster.
Boston Public Library eCard
Do you want even more from hoopla and kanopy as well as many more digital services? Get yourself a Boston Public library eCard and gain access to many of the databases and streaming services they provide to all Massachusetts residents.