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Daily Special: EZ e-reading with Libby

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/06/02/daily-special-ez-e-reading-with-libby/

Libby is Overdrive’s fun-loving, younger sister app.  All the same content, without all the fuss.  She’s best on a smartphone, but there’s also a version for your PC browser.  Totally free, of course, and available in your app store.  OverDrive won’t even notice that...

Daily Special: Staff Podcast Picks

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/05/28/daily-special-staff-podcast-picks/

Who knew there were so many podcasts out there?  Or rather, that there were so many interesting ones?  Just check out this list: 2 Dope Queens: Comedians speak about race, gender and other topics 99% Invisible: Design and how it affects everyday life Disgraceland:...

Daily Special: Delivery for the Homebound Resumes

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/05/26/daily-special-delivery-resumes-for-the-homebound/

If you’ve been part of our homebound delivery service in the past, or are now restricted to your home by more than the threat of COVID-19, our stalwart volunteer is ready to get back on the road for us, starting June 1.  Call us...

Daily Special: MS-DOS Game On!

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/05/21/daily-special-ms-dos-game-on/

The Internet Archive is a vast trove of precious relics from the ancient technological past.  Among its treasures is this library of vintage games in MS-DOS, including fabled titles like Pac Man, Sim City, and Donkey Kong.  Playable in your browser, they’re the time...

Daily Special: SF/Fantasy Epics

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/05/19/daily-special-sf-fantasy-epics/

If you need another world to live in (and who doesn’t right now?) while George R. R. Martin is finishing his latest, here are three you won’t want to leave.  Your jumping-off points are Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World (“The Wheel of...

Daily Special: Mango Languages

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/05/14/daily-special-mango-languages/

You’ve been saying for years that you wanted to learn a language.  Well, now’s the time to carpe the diem!  Mango offers carefully structured courses that allow you to build vocabulary and grammar at your own pace in more than 70 languages, including (besides...

Free WiFi in Our Parking Lot

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/05/11/free-wifi-in-our-parking-lot/

If you don’t have it at home, or yours is down, just pull into our lower lot.  Look for a network called “wayland_hotspot_8,” then enter the password “wyl_hotspot#8” (as in the picture).  Please practice safe, 6-foot distancing and use the Library’s wireless access in...