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Daily Special: Google Arts & Culture

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/05/05/daily-special-google-arts-culture/

Take tours of the world’s great museums, meditate to classical Indian music, walk the streets of a fabled city, learn how to turn your cereal bowl into an art masterpiece, and find out how much Vermeer got for “Girl with a Pearl Earring.”  And...

Daily Special: Poetry in America TV Series

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/04/30/daily-special-poetry-in-america-tv-series/

Today, the last day of Poetry Month, take some time to stream episodes from this exceptional series.  In half-hour segments, distinguished interpreters from all walks of life explore and debate unforgettable American poems. Athletes, poets, politicians, musicians, architects, scientists, actors, entrepreneurs, and citizens of...

Daily Special: Great Short Films SXSW

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/04/28/daily-special-great-short-films-sxsw/

The annual South by Southwest Festival has been cancelled physically, but you can still see these terrific short films at https://mailchimp.com/presents/sxsw/, including the unique dating tale “Single,” and the lovely documentary “Just Hold On,” about a very young rodeo rider.

Daily Special: Game On! with Roll20

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/04/23/daily-special-game-on-with-roll20/

With a free account at Roll20, you can play favorites like Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, Call of Cthulu, and many more.  You can join an existing group, or create your own, with a game that you built from scratch.  The possibilities are almost endless.

Daily Special: Lynda is back!

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/04/17/daily-special-lynda-is-back/

Lynda.com–everyone’s favorite training and education database–returns to our roster of resources.  Simply log in with your Wayland library card and PIN, and enjoy access to thousands of courses.  Learn a new career skill or brush up a current one in software or web development,...

Daily Special: Digital Harry Potter–No Waiting

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/04/16/digital-harry-potter-no-waiting/

For the month of April, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone–the first book in the phenomenally popular series–is available on both Overdrive and Hoopla, as ebook or audiobook, with no awaiting.  What’s more, Overdrive has it in 21 languages, to read or listen to! ...

Remote Reference by Phone

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/04/14/new-remote-reference-by-phone/

Of course, we’ve always provided reference by phone, but never while we were closed.  Unusual times call for unusual measures, however.  If you have a reference question, feel free to call (508) 358-2311 and follow the recorded prompt.  We’ll check that mailbox every morning...