The Bellingham Public Library provides the community with a wide variety of services:
- Apps for Library Services
- AskWA virtual reference chat service
- Bellingham Reads book discussion group
- Book Club Kits
- Borrowing materials
- Class visits for children, teens, and adults
- Closed circuit TV (magnification device) for the visually impaired (Central Library)
- Donations
- Finding Funders classes for nonprofits
- Interlibrary loan option for materials not available in the library catalog
- Internet access
- KitKeeper
- Library cards
- Library catalog
- Library Elf (a web-based tool for keeping track of your family’s borrowing)
- LinkedIN Learning for Library
- Meeting rooms
- Microfilm and microfiche reader/printer (Central Library)
- Museum passes
- Online account payment
- Outreach services to the homebound, nursing homes, and adult care facilities
- Peoples’ Perspectives: COVID-19 in Whatcom County
- Photocopy machines (15 cents per page)
- Request an item option for materials not available in the library catalog
- Research tools (subscription databases)
- Skillshare
- Storytimes and other children’s programs
- Summer Reading programs for children, teens and adults
- Tax filing assistance
- Teachers’ resources
- Tech help services and resources
- Teen programs
- Video phone for the signing community (Central Library)
- Volunteer opportunities
- Whatcom Libraries Collaborate
- Whatcom READS
- WiFi
- Wi-Fi Hotspots