News and Events from the Wayland Library, August 25, 2017

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:

  1. 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?
  2. Send the video to us via our Facebook or Instagram Messages: https://www.facebook.com/WaylandLibrary or @wayland_library.
  3. 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 into 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.

EXTREMELY USEFUL NEW ELECTRONIC DEVICES. You’ve been working in the library for a few hours, you step outside to make a call—and your phone’s dead.  And incompatible with our charging station.  Fear not—just check out our Elephas 2 wireless charger from the Reference Desk, plug it into your laptop, put your phone on it, and pretty soon you’re good to go.  And if you want to go home and convert some old VHS tapes into digital files (before they crumble into dust), take our Elgato digital converter with you.  No software necessary—simply plug one end into your camcorder, the other into your computer.  You’ll end up with a format you can save onto a hard drive or load onto a DVD.  New life for those old home videos! 

ADULT PROGRAMS

  • The Kennedys: Part 1 of a Four-Part Series, Monday, September 11, 7:00 p.m. This year marks the centennial anniversary of the birth of John F. Kennedy.  Join us as we discuss the life, politics and legacy of JFK with history professor Gary Hylander.  Was it really Camelot?  Prof. Hylander earned his Ph.D. in American History and Government at Boston College.  He is a professor of History at Framingham State University as well as a program supervisor of student teachers at Boston University.
  • Social Media and Digital Disruption of Modern Economics and Culture, Tuesday, September 12, 7:00 p.m.  This talk focuses on the many ways that digital disruption has occurred with modern culture and economics, from simply getting together for dinner to the potential future of industries like transportation and food services.  Kyle Moody, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Communications Media at Fitchburg State University.  He will explore how digital media are used in collaboration with other new industrial productions to create a new vision of our society.
  • Introduction to the iPhone/iPad, Tuesday, September 12, 2-3:00 p.m. You have some experience with your iPhone/iPad, but feel like you might be missing out on some of the basics.  Come on in.  M.J. will discuss organizing icons, SIRI and the microphone, battery life, and other basics of these versatile and complex devices.  Be sure to bring your iPhone or iPad with you.
  • New!  Intermediate English Conversation Group, Wednesday, September 13, 10-11:00 a.m. If you or someone you know has a good grasp of basic English and a desire to improve it, join us every Wednesday morning in the library mezzanine.  Learn more about the language and American culture. For beginning English learners, we have a conversation group that meets two Fridays each month from 10:30-11:30 a.m., starting September 8.

SEPTEMBER BOOK DISCUSSIONS. The library runs several book groups for adults.  New members are always welcome and there’s no registration necessary. For more information about any of the groups, call the library at 508-358-2311.

  • New!  Nonfiction Book Group.  They say we’re living in a golden age of nonfiction (well, we say it).  Be part of it with this exciting new group, kicking off Wednesday, October 4 at 1:00 p.m. with Sudden Sea: the Great Hurricane of 1938.  Journalist and mystery author R. A. Scotti creates a compelling story and detailed account of the terrifying storm that unexpectedly ripped across seven Northeastern states.  Books will be available at the library right after Labor Day.
  • Noon Book Group Friday, September 8: Edith Wharton’s novel The Buccaneers will be the topic of discussion.
  • Armchair Travel Book Group Wednesday, September 13, 10:00 a.m.: Start the season’s virtual travels with Lonely Planet’s Better Than Fiction 2, a second serving of true travel stories told by some of the world’s best fiction writers.  Copies are available now.
  • Cookbook Club Thursday, September 14, 6:00 p.m.: Fall kicks off with a classic—Mollie Katzen’s Moosewood Cookbook.  Pick up your copy from the library now so you can bring one of the delicious dishes to the meeting.
  • Evening Book Group The first meeting is Monday, October 7 at 7:00 p.m., but copies of The Vegetarian will available just after Labor Day so you can get started.  In Han Kang’s searing novel, the fault lines of an ordinary couple’s marriage and family are exposed when the wife makes a seemingly harmless decision.

BABY AND PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS

  • Upcoming Storytimes
    • Mother Goose Time (Infants-2.5 years) Tuesdays, Sept. 5, 12, and 19 at 10:30 a.m.
    • StoryVine (2.5 -5 years) Thursdays, Sept. 14 and 21 at 10:30 a.m.
  • Zumba Kids Jr., Tuesday, August 29, 10:30-11:00 a.m. Rhythm and dance program for children ages 2.5 to 4 years old. Led by Hayley Chizinsky of H2K Happy Healthy Kids Fitness Studio.
  • Brain Building Storytime, Wednesday, September 27, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Storytime, parachute play, and brain building activity. Program led by Beverly Mobilia of Wayland Community Partnerships for Children and Families. For ages 2 to 5, with parent/caregiver.

SCHOOL AGE PROGRAMS

  • Lego Club, Wednesday, September 6, 3:00pm-4:00 pm Children will make creations out of Legos and share them with members of the club. This month’s theme: bridges. For ages 5 and up.
  • Drop-In Family Game Day. Wednesday, September 13, 3:00-4:30 p.m. Destress from the back-to-school rush and come to the library to play games! Spend quality time with your child(ren) and their friends. We will have board games, card games, and other activities to do with your children. For ages 4 and up, with parent/caregiver.
  • Pop-Up Makerspace, Wednesday, September 20, 3:00-4:30 p.m. Put on your Maker’s Hat and join our new Assistant Children’s Librarian Carly Moniz in our Pop-Up Makerspace.  Carly will have several projects and activities set up for kids who like to make stuff.  For ages 5 and up.

FOR TEENS: The Wayland Library will hosting a Girls Who Code club again this year. The club will meet Tuesdays, from 4 to 6 p.m., starting on October 17, and will run throughout the academic year. The mission of GWC is to help bridge the gender gap in the technology fields.  Girls will learn Scratch, JavaScript, AppInventor, Python, HTML/CSS and more, to build graphics, videogames and websites.  The club will be run by Wayland parent and teacher volunteers.  For girls in grades 6 to 12.  Please register online from the Wayland Library’s eventkeeper calendar.

Parents/Teachers – If you basic computer programming skills and would like to volunteer to help facilitate this club, please contact Youth Services librarian Pam McCuen at pmccuen@minlib.net. We have room for another volunteer or two.

 

 

 

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