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the books

Over 40 thousand titles

A smartphone displaying a library app home screen with the Hempstead County Library logo. Visible are ten book covers, featuring titles like Haven Point, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, The Madness of Crowds, and Vortex.

Your favorite books – gone digital!

Hempstead County Library is proud to partner with Overdrive and Libby to provide many of our titles as eBooks and audiobooks for our patrons – for free! All you need to access the app is your library card.

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the staff

Meet the Hempstead County Librarians

Courtney McNiel

Courtney McNiel

Library Director

Vera Jackson

Vera Jackson

Cataloguer

Wanda Whitley

Wanda Whitley

Clerk

the library

Serving the Hempstead County community since 1948

Hempstead County Library

Meetings and events

Reserve a space for your next work or club meeting. Our building is newly renovated and our meeting room can hold up to 20 people.

Your all-access pass

Your library card is more than just a piece of plastic – it’s your passport to thousands of different worlds, each more exciting than the last! With your card, you have access to all of HCL’s book collections as well as to the Overdrive and Libby Apps where you’ll find our digital and audiobook collections!

Get your library card

Apply for your library card online by clicking the link below, click on the Account section (the person icon in the top right corner), then click Register.

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