Library Services

To jump to a section of the library services, use the links below:

Catalog Indexes
Reference Materials and Services
Internet and Computing
Meeting Room Use

Catalog Indexes

The library offers patrons the opportunity to search the collection of four libraries: the Belgrade Community Library, the Bozeman Public Library, the Three Forks Public Library, and the West Yellowstone Public Library by computer either in the library or at a remote location using our web site. Materials from the Bozeman, Three Forks, and West Yellowstone Public Libraries can be placed on hold at the Belgrade Community Library and the materials will be delivered to the Belgrade Community Library weekly.

Reference Materials and Services

General references are available for use in the library. References include general and specialized encyclopedias, atlases, almanacs, and directories in print and electronic formats. The staff will answer reference questions by phone (406-388-4346) as time permits.

Periodicals

The following newspapers are available in print form at the library:
Belgrade News
Billings Gazette
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Independent Record
Montana Standard
Wall Street Journal

The following magazines are available in print form at the library and back issues are available for 4 week checkout.

Adult

AARP-the Magazine
Air & Space
Better Homes & Garden
Big Sky Small Acres
Bon Appetit
Consumer Reports
Country Woman
Domino
Entertainment Wekly
Family Fun
Family Handy Man
Field and Stream
Fortune
Good Housekeeping
Library Sparks
Martha Stewart Living
Men's Health
Memory Makers
Money
Montana Bowhunter
Montana Magazine
Montana: Magazine of Western History
Montana Outdoors
Montana Sporting Journal
Nature Conservancy
National Geographic
New Yorker
O, The Oprah Magazine
OG (Organic Gardening)
Parenting
Parents
PC World
People Weekly
Pioneer Museum Quarterly
Prevention
Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest - Large Print Edition
Real Simple
Rural Montana
Self
Seventeen
Smart Money
Sports Illustrated
Successful Farming
Taste Of Home
This Week
Time
Traditional Home

Children

American Girl
Discovery Girls
National Geographic Kids
Ranger Rick
Sports Illustrated Kids

Internet and Computing

The Belgrade Community Library has 11 public access computers that include internet access as well as word processing programs.

10 of the public stations have 45 minute use limits and the 11th station has a 20 minute limit for faster turnover. Use of these computers is first come first serve. A waiting list is maintained but it is not possible to reserve a computer for a specific time.

The library also provides free wireless internet access during open hours.

Meeting Room Use

The Belgrade Community Library provides space for meetings and programs of an informational, educational, cultural or civic nature. Meeting spaces are available for both Library and general public use.

Use of meeting space does not imply endorsement or support by the Library for a group's activities or beliefs. The Belgrade Community Library Board of Trustees or the director reserves the right to approve or disapprove the use of meeting space.

Meeting rooms are available to individuals and groups on a first-come first-served basis. Users must make reservations in advance and sign a contract. For Profit organizations will be charged 20.00 for the first hour of use and 5.00 for each additional hour. Non-Profit organizations will not be charged a usage fee although we do suggest a donation of $10/hour. All organizations are responsible for any costs associated with repairing damage caused by that organization. The library also welcomes donations to help defray maintenances costs for the meeting room.

The Library provides some equipment for public use. Users can, with advance notice, request to bring their own equipment.

Any publicity distributed by the individual or group must include a statement of sponsorship to clarify who is responsible for the meeting. For example, "This program is sponsored by Recovery Anonymous."

Groups or individuals using the meeting room may request that the Library post a brief notice of the meeting on the Library's bulletin board. The group/individual will provide the notice to Library staff for review.

No one may charge admission, offer items for sale or charge for any service while using the meeting space, without prior approval. If approval is granted, the individual or group must remit 20% of funds collected to the Library in return for use of the meeting room.