ADULT SERVICES

• Let’s Get You Something Good to Read. Now you’ve got all this time on your hands, but nothing to read.  Our crack reference staff can remedy that unacceptable situation with BookMatch, our online reader’s advisory service.  From our home page, click on Services, then Your Next Great Read, then BookMatch.  Fill out the form, and in a few days, we’ll get back to you with tailor-made recommendations.  If you’re not an ebook reader, just hang onto the list until we open the building again.
• Wayland Historical Society Presentations Online. The WHS has given scores of fascinating presentations at the library over the years.  Now you can see them again–or catch up on the ones you missed.  Just click the big BLOG icon on our home page, and scroll down to recapture Wayland’s experience of trains, floods, aqueducts, World War I and more.
• 3D Printers Redeployed for Town’s Covid-19 Response. The Library’s two 3D printers are very busy!  While the library building is closed, they’re printing parts for face shields and N95 masks for first responders. This Town effort is a collaboration between Town management and the Library Trustees. Special thanks to Tyler Kenney, Library Reference & Computer Specialist; Beth Doucette, Assistant Town Administrator; and Mike McCann, Town IT Director.
• Lynda is Back! Lynda.com–everyone’s favorite training and education database–returns to our roster of resources.  Simply log in from our Online Resources page 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, design, photography, and many more in business, education, and other fields.  You’ve got the time—now you’ve got the means, too.
• ESOL Goes Online. If you want to improve your English, or know someone who does, you can meet with a tutor online or by phone until you don’t have to be socially distant anymore.  Go to https://waylandlibrary.org/esol-for-students/ for an application.  When you have filled it out, you can email it to Jane-esol@cohen-family.org.  After you’ve applied, someone will phone you when a tutor is available.

YOUTH SERVICES

• Weekly Facebook Live Storytimes. Join Ms. Carly for a Facebook Live storytime on the Wayland Public Library’s facebook page. Children and their caregivers will listen to stories, sing songs, and perform fun rhymes and movements.  Tuesdays, May 5, 12, 19 and 26 at 10:30 a.m.
• Weekly Sing-alongs posted on Facebook. Check out our Facebook page or Youtube channel for prerecorded sing-alongs created by Ms. Carly, Ms. Laura, Ms. Janet, Ms. Pam and others on our Youth Services team. Check out our Facebook page on Fridays, May 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 to see the new posts. (Or anytime to see what has already been posted.)
• Weekly Craft programs posted on Facebook. Children’s Librarian Elise Katz will demonstrate easy crafts you can do at home with your children. These short videos will be posted on the Wayland Facebook page on Wednesdays, May 6, May 13, 20 and 27.
• Storyvine moves to Zoom. Join Ms. Pam for stories, fingerplays, puppets, and songs. Contact Pam at pmccuen@minlib.net if you and your child would like to join the Zoom storytime.. For caregivers and children ages 2 to 5. Thursdays, May 7, 14, 21 and 28 at 10:30 a.m.
• Parent/Child 4th/5th  Grade Book Club on Zoom. We will be discussing Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag. Witch Boy is available on Libby and on Hoopla. If you would like to join our online meeting, contact Pam at pmccuen@minlib.net to join the Zoom Group. Tuesday, May 12 at 7 p.m.
• DIY craft for Tweens. Youth Services Librarian Laura will teach tweens a simple DIY craft. Look for the post on the Wayland Facebook page and on our Youtube page on Thursday, May 14.
• Daily Blog Post for Activity of the Day: A Little Something. Check out the Wayland Library webpage every weekday for daily activities to do with your children during this extended at home time. You will find the blog on the scrolling feed on the front page of the Wayland Library webpage. Feel free to read past posts as well…there are many ideas up there for you.