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The Library will be Closing EARLY Tuesday, 12/24 @12pm and CLOSED, Wednesday, 12/25.

We’ve gone FINE FREE!

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2021/08/26/weve-gone-fine-free/

At their August 18, 2021 meeting, The Wayland Free Public Library Board of Trustees voted unanimously to eliminate overdue fines. Effective immediately Wayland joins a growing national trend by removing overdue fines on most materials borrowed at the Wayland Free Public Library. Why get...

Applications CLOSED: Library Pages Needed

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2021/08/12/library-pages-needed/

August 12, 2021 – The Library has three paid Page positions available. Work 9 hours per month: three 3-hour weekend shifts. Pages shelve and organize library collection materials, find books requested by patrons, and keep books and audiovisual materials in order.  The work requires attention to...

Calling All Amateur Archivists

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2021/08/12/calling-all-amateur-archivists/

August 12, 2021 – The Library has recently digitized four volumes of handwritten Wayland Library Trustee Records from 1870-1945 that are now available on the Internet Archive.  We need to have about 700 pages transcribed into type to make them searchable and easier to...

Experts in Arthritis: Dr. Barbara Viens

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2021/08/10/experts-in-arthritis-dr-barbara-viens/

Monday, Aug 23, 7 pm – A program for people with arthritis and those who care about them: Dr. Barbara Viens will discuss the latest ways to manage pain and fatigue, how to actively manage your disease, and the importance of nutrition and exercise...

Adult Craft Kit/Tutorial: Felted Llama

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2021/07/31/adult-craft-kit-tutorial-felted-llama/

Monday, Aug 9, 7 pm – Learn how to needle felt wool with Pop up Art School. Create a llama (with or without the four eyes) on a piece of felt stretched on an embroidery hoop. We’ll guide you step-by-step through the process; you’ll find...

Planning for the Fall Garden

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2021/07/29/planning-for-the-fall-garden/

Thursday, Aug 5, 7 pm – Casey Doyle of Sustainable Sanctuary will discuss succession planting and what seeds to start mid to late summer in Hardiness Zones 5 – 7 for a fall harvest. We’ll learn the importance of feeding the soil before planting,...

Lionsgate Films now on Kanopy!

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2021/07/16/lionsgate-films-now-on-kanopy/

Kanopy recently added 80+ films from Lionsgate, a studio known for award wining independent and foreign films. This new collection includes comedies like Beatriz at Dinner featuring Salma Hayek, dramas like Steven Soderbergh’s The Limey, groundbreaking films like Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell,...