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PARKING LOT POPUP: NEW BOOKS & DVDS!

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/09/15/parking-lot-popup-new-dvds/

PARKING LOT POPUP: TODAY! Monday. November 9, 11am-2:00pm! From time to time, we will have a staff member in the parking lot with a bunch of hot new and recent library materials ready to check out.  Real-life, in-person browsing as it used to be,...

Wayland Celebrates: 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/08/24/wayland-celebrates-100-years-of-womens-suffrage/

Wednesday, August 26th marks 100 years since the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, became law. The success of this Amendment was more than 75 years in the making as multiple generations of women fought for voting equality. To celebrate the anniversary...

Internet table for one!

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/08/20/internet-table-for-one/

Start with the table outside our door. Add one of our Chromebooks, checked out to you for an hour. Throw in our free wi-fi signal, and you’re back online, safely socially distanced. Just give us a call to arrange a time for that same...

FYI: A Virtual “Tempest”

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/08/05/fyi-a-virtual-tempest/

The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s production of “The Tempest” was set to be performed on the Common this summer, but instead became one of the cultural casualties of the pandemic.  Nonetheless, the CSC has forged ahead and will present a script-in-hand virtual performance on Thursday,...

FYI: Film and Video in the Library of Congress

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/07/29/fyi-film-and-video-in-the-library-of-congress/

The Library of Congress began collecting motion pictures in 1893, amassing an archive that now numbers nearly 9,000.  From early work by Thomas Edison and D. W. Griffth to newsreels for Black Americans in the 1940s, from interviews with famous authors and musicians to...

Libraries Are For Everyone

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/07/16/libraries-are-for-everyone/

Be sure to check out our “Read Against Racism” page which includes the Library’s statement in response to the death of George Floyd, as well as multiple resource lists for kids, teens and adults who want to learn more about racism in America. Please...

FYI: Now You Can Schedule Your Own Pickup Time

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2020/07/13/now-you-can-schedule-your-own-pickup-time/

Our new reservation system makes getting your holds even easier.  In the email telling you your hold has come in, you’ll see at the bottom, beneath our address: To schedule pickup click here. Follow the link, log in with your library card barcode number...