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A selection of the Rowe Bookplate Museum's Abraham Lincoln collection will be on display at the Greenwich Library throughout February. The exhibit contains bookplates, or ex libris, devoted to the life of Lincoln.

Get free tax assistance from the VITA Volunteers every Monday and Saturday, February 6 to April 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those interested should bring last year's tax return, all W2s and 1099s, all wage and salary information, information on interest and dividends received and paid, and taxes on real estate, property and vehicles. Check the website for room location. For more information, please call the Reference Desk at (203)-622-7910.

Greenwich Library is demonstrating its commitment to being "green" by offering reusable, eco-friendly bags. Available for $2 apiece at all three branches, these bags will help reduce the carbon-footprint of the Greenwich Library System.

Greenwich Library has relaunched PrepMe, a new SAT test preparation service, to local students for free.

PrepMe is a premium test preparation company dedicated to bringing high-quality, customized learning to students across the world. PrepMe makes customized test preparation affordable and accessible while providing highly impactful results and learning for students and their families.

"With the exception of expensive private tutors, what's out there has always been a mass-market approach," said PrepMe CEO Karan Goel in an interview with CNN/Money. "We're changing the way test preparation is taught."

Learn how to use Bloomberg Professional Service at Greenwich Library on Tuesday, August 4. Bloomberg contains current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures for both international and domestic markets. It also provides company profiles and financial statements, analyst forecasts, news on worldwide financial markets, and audio and video interviews and presentations by key players in business and finance.

Streamline Greenwich Library's audiobook collection directly to your Apple device with the latest update to OverDrive, a resource for downloading eBooks and digital audiobooks.

With a Greenwich Library and Perrot Library card, patrons can browse and download best selling digital titles to a computer or compatible portable device at home, in the office or from anywhere in the world. The collection includes a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction including mystery, romance, biography, business, careers and more.

Don't have a Library card, but looking to get your hands on a popular book, CD or DVD before it is borrowed by someone else? Greenwich Library's new online registration service will help satisfy both your needs.

"This great new service affords new and old residents, alike, the opportunity to become Greenwich Library patrons from the convenience of their homes," Lending Services Manager Elaine Tai-Lauria said.

Log on to the Greenwich Library Web site to register for your new Library card. After registering, place one item on hold and pick up your Library card when you retrieve your held item. Online registration is only for Greenwich residents who do not currently have either a Greenwich Library or Perrot Memorial Library card.

Eugene Moye has never let obstacles keep him down long. Confronted by an "invisible but definite wall" in race relations growing up in Greenwich, he then served in the Pacific during World War II in the segregated US Army. At college on the GI Bill, he found a more progressive environment, and met his wife. When he applied for a teaching job in town, he was advised by a school official to "go to an Indian reservation and teach." Instead, he persevered and joined the Greenwich Police Department as its first African American officer. But lack of promotion, despite his qualifications and education, and the cold shoulder from some colleagues characterized his years there. In 1971, he became a social studies teacher at Western Junior High, retiring as a beloved and respected member of the Greenwich community.

Greenwich, CT -- The dreams of nearly 500 Brunswick School students will adorn the walls of Greenwich Library's Children's Room throughout April.

During an all-school Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in February, Brunswick students were inspired by the poetry of Langston Hughes, the American poet, novelist, playwright, short-story writer and columnist known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. Burke Gymnasium was festooned with more than 470 Dream Flags made by Middle and Lower School students.

Greenwich, CT - The Greenwich Library Book Van recently added the River House, GADC's Adult Day Care Center on the Mianus, to its list of stops.