Public Libraries: a Great Return on Investment
In 2007, the Library Research Service at the Colorado State Library did a study of the economic impact of eight public libraries in the state. It found that every dollar spent on libraries yielded a return of at least four dollars in value. Some of the metrics used to calculate that value were: the cost to secure those same services from another venue (e.g. bookstore, video store); the purchase by libraries of goods and services from local businesses; and “halo” spending–what a consumer spends on neighboring businesses when he or she sets out to simply make a trip to the library. Go to https://www.lrs.org/documents/closer_look/roi.pdf to see the full story of how public libraries are a terrific value in sense and cents.
WAYLAND SHARES: A NEW LIBRARY SERVICE
Wayland Shares is a way for patrons of the Wayland Library to express their own thoughts about library-related materials and events to each other via social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. To see our WAYLAND SHARES videos, check them out here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/WaylandLibrary/videos/ or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv_GF1zAfu-DmSJUNk2oZLg.
This new feature allows the public to contribute reviews about library events, books, movies and much more through social media. Have some opinions about a CD you just enjoyed from the library? Did you hear an interesting speaker? Notice a cool library display, or take in a great museum exhibit that you visited with a library pass? Share your thoughts with us!
Here’s how:
- Create a short, simple video where you talk to the camera. 30-90 seconds is best. Cell phone videos are great. Nothing fancy—just talk and share! What did you like about it? Would you recommend it to others?
- Send the video to us via our Facebook or Instagram Messages: https://www.facebook.com/WaylandLibrary or @wayland_library.
- Once your video is approved by our staff and a photo/video release form is signed, we’ll post it online! If you would like to come in to the library and have a staff member film for you, please message us to schedule a mutually agreeable time.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
New! GO Pass from The Trustees of Reservations
We invite you to visit some of Massachusetts’ most historic estates, wild landscapes, and pristine beaches with The Trustees of Reservations’ new GO Pass (G-O for “Get Outside!”). Generously sponsored by The Friends of Wayland Public Library, this pass offers our patrons free or reduced admission to all Trustee properties, including Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, the Old Manse in Concord, and Crane Beach in Ipswich.
To reserve your GO Pass—or any of the Library’s more than 30 different museum passes—go to waylandlibrary.org and click on the Museum Pass icon and select “Trustees of Reservations” or call us at 508-358-2311.
BABY AND PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
- Upcoming Storytimes
- Mother Goose Time (Infants-2.5 years) Tuesdays, August 15 and 22 at 10:30 a.m.
- StoryVine (2.5 -5 years) Thursday, August 17 at 10:30 a.m.
SCHOOL AGE PROGRAMS
Make a Solar Print. Wednesday, August 16, 3:00-4:30 p.m. Thinking about the solar eclipse? Make a solar print! We will make solar prints with fun-shaped objects: leaves, shells, buttons, paperclips and more. Program led by librarian Elise Katz. For ages 6 and up.
Ice Cream Social, Thursday, August 17, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Make your own ice cream Sundae, socialize with your friends, and celebrate all the great reading you have done this summer. All participants in our Summer Reading Club Build a Better World are invited. For ages preschool and up.
FOR TEENS
Teen Pizza Party, Tuesday, August 15, 5:30 p.m. Teens are invited to celebrate their reading this summer at this teen only pizza party. We will also draw the winner for the free Kindle Fire. All participants in the Teen Summer Reading Club Build a Better World are invited.
