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The Library’s current hours are:

Monday – Thursday 8:30 am – 7:00 pm

Friday – Saturday 8:30 am – 6:00 pm.

Curbside Pickup available at the New St. Entrance.

eCard Online Request Form

An Ecard provides access to the Library’s digital resources (READs, Hoopla, etc.).

To request an Ecard complete the following information. You will receive an email with your Library card number. Applications submitted outside of normal Library hours will have a longer response time.

**to be eligible for an Ecard you MUST reside within 50 miles of Kingsport**

Have questions or want the Library card quicker, call 423-229-9465 Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. or Friday-Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.

**If you would like to update your Ecard to a full privilege Library card, please bring a government issued photo ID to the Library during normal hours**

Ebooks, Audiobooks, Streaming Movies

Hoopla

Hoopla offers instant streaming and downloads for offline use when using the app on a compatible device. Enjoy eBooks, audiobooks, comics, music, TV shows and movies. Hoopla works on your computer as well as with iOS devices, Android, Fire TV, Alexa, and with Roku, Chromecast, and Apple TV.Items are available immediately, there are no waiting lists to worry about. Checkout times vary, based on format, from 3 days to 3 weeks, items return automatically and there are no fines.

Patron checkouts are limited to 4 each month and reset at the beginning of the next month.

Go to HooplaDigital.com and click the “Get Started Today” button to set up your account. All that is required is your library card number.

The Tennessee Electronic Library

TEL databases include full-text magazine articles from general interest, health, business, Spanish, children’s and literary criticism publications. It also includes reference books.

Check out books 24/7

Download free ebooks and audiobooks

Thousands of audio and ebooks await you for free download with your Kingsport Library Card.

What’s Your Story? COVID-19 and the Kingsport Community

We are living through a historic moment in time and the Kingsport Public Library and Archives wants to capture, document, and preserve your stories and memories about life during the COVID-19 Pandemic. History is normally associated with the past but we are making and living history right now! Information collected now will become crucial to the archives in the future. Your contributions will help build a resource of primary documentation so future generations can understand the history we are now living. Let’s document life in Kingsport and add our story to this global historic event. This link will launch a Google form that you can use to submit your story.

Genealogy

Fold3

Check out our newest database addition, Fold3. Fold3 provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. The records at Fold3 help you discover and share stories about these everyday heroes, forgotten soldiers, and the families that supported them. This resource is available only on the computers from inside the Kingsport Public Library (even your devices on our Wi-Fi).