photo by Paul Klee
About the Converse Free Library
The town of Lyme was established by a charter in 1761; the first library was formed on January 20, 1798 and called “the Social Library in Lime.” In 1908, the town voted to support a public library called the Lyme Town Library.
By 1936, the library had outgrown its space in the Lyme School and the town accepted a bequest to build a separate library building across the street in memory of Sidney Converse, to be called the Converse Free Library. An addition was added to the building in the early 1980s.
The collection today includes over 26,000 books, 2400 videos and 1700 audiobooks on CD, along with access to over 60,000 eBooks and eAudios through the New Hampshire Downloadable Books consortium. The library functions as the school library also, sharing its resources with the Lyme Elementary School across the street through the efforts of the librarians in each building.
The library has fiber-optic, high-speed wireless Internet access for its patrons and visitors, 24/7. PC and Mac computers are available for adults and 3 Chromebook laptops for children. There is ample space to work on your own laptop or other device in the building.
Library Staff and Board of Trustees
Getting Involved – Friends of Lyme Library
