Enoch Pratt Free Library

Is your PC misbehaving? Looking for a quiet place to finish some school work? The Southeast Anchor Library is here for you, Monday through Saturday. We’re equipped with over 50 computers for public use, plus we offer free wireless internet access (as do most Pratt locations)!  With a valid library card, you can use our public PCs for up to four hours per day and get your first five prints free.  If you’re visiting us, just show your valid out-of-state identification at our Circulation Desk to receive a visitor’s pass which allows you up to two hours of PC access.  Just a word of warning – even with 50 public computers, you may experience a wait; in the first six months of 2010, we logged 70,863 user sessions on our computers!  

Libraries offer so much more than just books these days.  Come visit us and find out more.  See you at the Library!

Teens -- have you been to our new and improved Teen Site?  It has a cool new design and an easy-to-use layout. There’s lots of fun stuff – links to some of your favorite magazines (ESPN, Sister 2 Sister, GamePro, etc.), blogs and websites from your favorite authors, and good booklists. Videos have been added to the site with more to come. You can submit your own opinions about a book you’ve read that will appear on the site in a section called “You Are the Critic.” You can learn about earning community service credit hours at the library and even receive live homework help at any time of the day! Whether in the Southeast Anchor or the comfort of your own home, these services & many more are ready for you, absolutely free, 24/7. Check it out!

From now until January 20, the Southeast Anchor Library is proud to display on its second floor an exhibit from the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture.  Titled “Sisters, Soldiers: Black Women and the Modern Military”, this display features the heroic life’s work of freedom fighters, spawning the Revolutionary War to conflicts waged to this day.

Come learn about Revolutionary War hero Mary Touvestre, Civil War hero Harriet Tubman, and many prominent officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines who have served, fought, and/or died for their country in armed conflicts ever since.

A special display is dedicated to Army Specialist Toccara Green of Rosedale, Baltimore County, Maryland. Specialist Green died heroically during an insurgent ambush in Al Asad, Iraq, while assisting troop movement and supply shipment. Specialist Green was honored with the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star for Valor, and a Good Conduct Award. She had become the first woman Marylander to give her life for her country while deployed in Iraq. 

We encourage you to visit this display to learn more about our fascinating history while also paying tribute to heroes.

Starting Tuesday, September 1, picking up your materials on reserve at the Southeast Anchor Library just got easier. There is now a designated Holds Pick-Up Shelf located on the first floor near the Circulation Desk and the DVD section. Items will be filed on this shelf by the first four letters of your last name and the last four digits of your library card number. The only materials that will not be placed on the self-service shelf are Direct Loans and any interlibrary loan materials.  As always, you will be notified that your materials are available either by a telephone call or an email, if there is a valid email address associated with your account, and we will continue to hold these materials for one week. 

So, if you're in a hurry and just want to run in to pick up the latest bestseller that you've been waiting for, you can grab it from the self-service pick-up and head over to the self checkout station. You can be checked out and on your way in no time at all. Of course, you can always bring the holds to the Circulation Desk and be checked out by one of our friendly and helpful staff if you prefer. The choice is yours! 

The Pratt Library is partnering with the American Red Cross to do blood drives in Baltimore City this week, and they will be at the Southeast Anchor Library on Thursday, August 27 from 2-7 p.m. Did you know that 60% of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood, but only 5% donate on a yearly basis?   The need is great, and you can help!  An extra incentive -- every person who participates gets a FREE pint of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Click here to schedule your appointment online today!