Hoopla is an online collection of eBooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, and music. Users can check out 8-10 copies a month. There are no holds. All books, movies, and albums in their catalog are available at all times. Hoopla is available with a Boston Public Library eCard or a Shrewsbury Public Library Card. An app is available (available in self service).
Boston Public Library offers eCards to all residents of Massachusetts. You can get or renew your BPL eCard here.
Residents of Shrewsbury can also get a Shrewsbury Public Library Card. In light of recent closures, the Shrewsbury Public Library now allows you to request a library card online or over the phone.
In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist. We must be anti-racist.
- Angela Davis
It is incredibly important to take the time to listen and learn from the perspectives of marginalized groups in our journeys to be anti-racist. The books below explore and address systemic racism and prejudice. Because it is important to listen to and amplify the voices of marginalized people, each of the books below is written by someone who is from the group whose perspective is shared or discussed.
Read, listen, and learn. Then take the next steps.
It is not enough to understand systemic racism, we must also actively fight it. See the links at the bottom of the page for tools to take the next step.
The following books are available on the app Hoopla with a Shrewsbury Public Library Card or a Boston Public Library eCard. Click here for more information about Hoopla and library cards.
