Hours & Directions

Phone Numbers

Circulation Desk : 603-516-6050
Reference Desk : 603-516-6082
Children's Room : 603-516-6052

Hours

Monday - Thursday: 9AM - 8:30PM

Friday: 9AM - 5PM

Saturday: 9AM - 5PM

Sunday: 1PM - 5PM

Emails

General Library
Director : Denise LaFrance
Deputy Director: Patty Falconer
Teen & Information Services : Emily Ainaire
Technology : Nick Gagnon
Children's : Crystal Lisbon
Adult Services : Susan Dunker
Community Engagement : Aimee Lockhardt
Interlibrary Loan : Olivia Pexton
Friends of the Library

Address

Dover Public Library
73 Locust Street
Dover NH, 03820

Trustees

Trustee : Term Ends
Chairman Michael Egan : 6/24/2025
Vice-Chair Dorothy Wagner : 2/12/2025
Jill Martin : 8/10/2025
Ann Schultz : 6/24/2025
Cliff Blake :
Linnea Nemeth
Council Liaison Deborah Thibodeaux : 12/31/2023
Alternate Pius Murray


Library Trustees minutes are available on the city website.

Directions

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From the South (Newmarket/Exeter)

Take Route 108 into Dover. Turn LEFT at the traffic lights in front of Burger King, onto Locust Street. Follow Locust Street through a set of traffic lights to the bottom of the hill. The Library is on the LEFT.

From Portsmouth

Take the Spaulding Turnpike to Exit 8E. Follow Silver Street to a second set of lights. Turn LEFT onto Locust Street. Follow Locust Street to the bottom of the hill. The Library is on the LEFT.

From the west

Take Routes 4 or 125 to the Lee Traffic Circle. Then take Route 4 East. Take the first exit to Route 155. Turn left on Route 155 toward Dover. Follow Route 155 through the traffic lights, over the turnpike, then Follow Silver Street to a third set of lights. Turn LEFT onto Locust Street. Follow Locust Street to the bottom of the hill. The Library is on the LEFT.

From the north

Take spaulding Turnpike south from Rochester. Take Exit 8 East, then Follow Silver Street to a second set of lights. Turn LEFT onto Locust Street. Follow Locust Street to the bottom of the hill. The Library is on the LEFT.

Parking

Follow the driveway between the Library and the McConnell Center, back behind the Library.  Park anywhere in the parking lot except in the rows marked permit only, which are located on the perimeter of the lot and in the last two rows farthest from the building.

Dover Public Library