The free AARP Tax Preparation Assistance Program for your 2024 tax return is returning to the library each Saturday from February 1 to April, 5, 2025. Community members may contact the AARP tax volunteers directly to schedule an in-person appointment by calling 508-499-9495 beginning January 20, 2025.

Find the Worcester Public Library branch nearest you on the map below!

ALL LOCATIONS WILL BE CLOSED ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS:


January 19 & 20, 2025 (Sunday/Monday) Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February 16 & 17, 2025 (Sunday/Monday) Presidents' Day
April 21, 2025 (Monday) Patriot’s Day
May 24, 25 & 26, 2025 (Saturday/Sunday/Monday) Memorial Day
June 19, 2025 (Thursday) Juneteenth
July 4, 5 & 6, 2025 (Friday/Saturday/Sunday) Independence Day
August 30, 31 & September 1, 2025 (Saturday/Sunday/Monday) Labor Day
October 13, 2025 (Monday) Indigenous People’s Day
November 11, 2025 (Tuesday) Veterans Day
November 26, 2025 (Wednesday): Close at 5:30 p.m. Day before Thanksgiving
November 27, 28, 29 & 30, 2025 (Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday) Thanksgiving
December 24, 2025 (Wednesday): Main Library, Frances Perkins Branch, Great Brook Valley Branch will close at 2 p.m. Burncoat Branch, Goddard Branch, Roosevelt Branch, and Tatnuck Magnet Branch will be closed Christmas Eve
December 25, 2025 (Thursday) Christmas Day
December 31, 2025 (Wednesday): Main Library, Frances Perkins Branch, Great Brook Valley Branch will close at 2 p.m. Burncoat Branch, Goddard Branch, Roosevelt Branch, and Tatnuck Magnet Branch will be closed New Year’s Eve
January 1, 2026 (Thursday) New Year’s Day

The Main Library is open on Sundays seasonally, November to April.
 

Main Library

3 Salem Square
Worcester, MA 01608
Tel: 508-799-1655

Hours:

Sunday: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m..
Monday: 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m
Tuesday: 9 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

If you need to reach a librarian for assistance please call 508-799-1655. A staff member will answer your call or return your message during business hours.

*Open Sundays from 12-4 p.m.on November 3, 17, 24, December 8, 15, 22, 29, 2024, and January 5, 12, 26, February 2, 9, 23, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, April 6, 13, 2025.

Frances Perkins Branch

470 West Boylston Street
Worcester, MA 01606
508-799-1687

Hours

Monday: 12 – 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Thursday: 12 – 8:30 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

If you need to reach a librarian for assistance please call 508-799-1687. A staff member will answer your call or return your message during business hours.

Entrance is on Kendrick Avenue.

Great Brook Valley Branch

89 Tacoma Street
Worcester, MA 01605
508-799-1729

Hours

If you need to reach a librarian for assistance please call 508-799-1729. A staff member will answer your call or return your message during business hours.

Monday: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. & 2 – 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. & 2 – 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. & 2 – 5:30 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. & 2 – 5:30 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. & 2 – 5:30 p.m..

Roosevelt Branch

1006 Grafton Street
Worcester, MA 01604
508-799-8327

Hours

If you need to reach a librarian for assistance please call 508-799-8327. A staff member will answer your call or return your message during business hours.

Monday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 3 – 7 p.m.
Wednesday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Thursday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Friday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.

Tatnuck Magnet Branch

1083 Pleasant St
Worcester, MA 01602
508-799-8329

Hours

If you need to reach a librarian for assistance please call 508-799-8329. A staff member will answer your call or return your message during business hours.

Monday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 3 – 7 p.m.
Wednesday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Thursday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Friday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.

Entrance is on Copperfield Road.

 

Goddard Branch

14 Richards Street
Worcester, MA 01603
508-799-8330

Hours

If you need to reach a librarian for assistance please call 508-799-8330. A staff member will answer your call or return your message during business hours.

Monday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 3 – 7 p.m.
Wednesday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Thursday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Friday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.

Entrance is on Freeland Street.

Burncoat Branch

526 Burncoat Street
Worcester, MA 01606
508-799-8328

Monday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 3 – 7 p.m.
Wednesday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Thursday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Friday: 3 – 5:30 p.m.

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