Welcome to SOLA, the Friends of the Stoughton Public Library!

The Support Our Library Association, Inc. (SOLA), or Friends of Stoughton Public Library, is a non-profit organization that supports the program and service needs of the Stoughton Public Library of Stoughton, Massachusetts. SOLA is the Friends of the Library group for the Stoughton (MA) Public Library. Formed in 2011, SOLA provides funds for new and existing activities, programs and other services for children and adults at the Library.

SOLA Sponsors the Stoughton Public Library's Museum and Park Passes

Did you know your library card can save you money on more than reading material and media? Thanks to the Friends of Stoughton Public Library, also known as Support Our Library Association, Inc. (SOLA), the Stoughton Public Library offers passes for discounted and even free admission to a variety of local attractions. Now that the winter weather is behind us, why not check out Buttonwood Park Zoo, Franklin Park and Stone Zoos, Roger Williams Zoo or New England Aquarium? Or spend some time exploring over 50 DCR Mass Parks facilities (including popular places like Borderland State Park, Nantasket Beach State Reservation, Nickerson State Park and Purgatory Chasm State Reservation) or one of the Trustees of Reservations facilities (including popular sites like The Old Manse, deCordova Sculpture Park and Fruitlands Museum)? Don't forget the museum options for rainy days, from family favorites (Boston Children's Museum, Easton Children's Museum, Museum of Science and Paul Revere Museum of Discovery and Innovation) to history sites (Plimoth Patuxet Museums, Salem Witch Museum and USS Constitution Museum) and cultural institutions (Christian Science Publishing House, Institute of Contemporary Art, Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). You can also try out the Stoughton YMCA for a whole week! Passes may be reserved in person at the circulation desk, by phone, or online via the Library's digital reservation system.. Please review all details regarding pick up and return and what the pass covers; additionally, verify hours and other important visit information with the institution.

Your donations and SOLA memberships allow your Library's Friends to keep offering these valuable services to our community.

SOLA Partners with The Imagination Library of Stoughton

SOLA (Support Our Library Association), the Friends of the Stoughton Public Library, are proud partners with Imagination Library of Stoughton. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and local community partners in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and Republic of Ireland. Inspired by her father's inability to read and write Dolly started her Imagination Library in 1995 for the children within her home county. Today, her program spans five countries and gifts millions of free books each month to children around the world. In 30 years the Imagination Library has registered over 3,197,250 children and gifted over 307,982,906 books.

The Imagination Library is proud to announce that largest-ever shared book reading study — analyzing data from more than 86,000 caregivers across five countries — confirms what so many families already know: Dolly Parton's Imagination Library dramatically strengthens early literacy skills.

Children enrolled in the program in the U.S. are

- 11x more likely to be interested in books

- 15x more likely to join in during shared reading

- 9x more likely to initiate shared reading

- Nearly 3x more likely to demonstrate concepts about print, with increases in counting and describing images

By mailing one free, high-quality book each month to children from birth to age five, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library helps build strong reading habits, meaningful family bonding moments, and a lifelong love of books.

Together, we're putting books into children's hands and opportunity into their futures.

Learn more, donate or enroll your child today.

Read more about the study here.

SOLA Membership Drive

To celebrate Stoughton's 300th birthday in 2026, SOLA (Support Our Library Association, Inc.), or the Friends of the Stoughton (MA) Public Library, has launched its membership drive with a goal of 300 members. Your membership underwrites popular library programs like the Summer Reading Program and Stoughton Reads Together, allows the library to offer a wide variety of discount or free passes to area attractions and enables the outfitting of the library to serve the building and community's needs even better. Click on the Join Us link above to become a member today.

Ways You Can Support Your Local Library and Its Friends Group

Did you know that the Stoughton Public Library's Friends group, the Support Our Library Association, Inc. (SOLA), provides financial support for library programming, equipment, furnishings and more? SOLA is a proud sponsor of annual events like Stoughton Reads Together and the Summer Reading Program. SOLA also steps in to provide the library with the funds for other programs and needs like extra display shelving, study and sensory nooks and A/V equipment that allows SMAC to record and broadcast community forums and meetings. As you participate in the focus groups and survey to help the library with its 5-year plan, consider supporting your library by

- Donating directly to SOLA. Make a one-time or recurring donation through the Donate link above.

- Joining SOLA. Fill out a membership form by clicking Join Us above.

- Purchasing a leaf on the Community Giving Tree at the library. Learn more through the Donate link above.

- Shopping the used media shelves. Located on the library's middle level, all purchases go to SOLA to support its mission.

- Following SOLA and the Stoughton Public Library on Facebook and Instagram. Like and share posts to your personal page and interested groups.

Library Visitor Information

The Stoughton Public Library is fully open to the public during normal library hours: 9 am - 9 pm Mondays through Thursdays and 9 am - 5 pm Fridays and Saturdays. (The Library is open on Saturdays from September to the middle of June.) Reserved materials are available at the library circulation desk only. To request library items, place holds online using the card catalog, call in requests with your library card ready or send an email with your request and library card information. Bookdrops are open 24/7 for library item returns only. The library is only accepting the following donations at this time: 1 bag or 1 small box of donated books and/or DVDs that are in excellent condition (clean, no smell or damage) and recent bestsellers that can be sold on the ongoing sale table. The library does not accept textbooks, magazines, newspapers, old books, encyclopedias or dictionaries.