Unless otherwise noted, the following programs are made possible by the Friends of the Library.
Director’s Corner: We know the anticipation is building as we prepare to move to the Temporary Library in late March/early April. Our temporary location will be at 515 Groton Road in Westford, with browsing library services on the second level and closed stacks on the basement level. The Library will be closed with services on hiatus from Monday March 31 through Monday April 21, for moving and training at the temporary site. More detailed information will be released soon! Stay updated via this e-newsletter, social media, a Town-wide mailing and the Library website!
Virtual Storytimes!: Join Miss Jill on Zoom every Tuesday morning, 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. and Thursday evening, 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. of March as she reads some fun and engaging picture books! Registration for the first week’s storytimes is open now! Register here.
Registration for the following weeks will be: March 5th, 12th, and 19th at 11:30 a.m.
Virtual Job Search Help for 50 & Over – “Resumes (A Pocket Full Of Stars)”:
Wednesday, March 19 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. The Massachusetts Library Collaborative’s 50+ Job Seekers Group meets biweekly on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 9:30-11:30 a.m., via Zoom. If you are unemployed and actively looking, underemployed, seeking a new career direction, re-entering the job market after a long employment gap, or recently retired and looking for your “Encore Career”, this networking group program is perfect for you! Take advantage of these free, weekly skill-building and networking group meetings. A new topic will be covered at each meeting. Register here.
Tax Forms: The library has a variety of tax forms available. If you need any supplementary forms, we’ll print them on demand. Ask at the Information Services desk!
Adult Book Club: Thursday, March 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the Mary Atwood Room. Join us to discuss Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. Copies are available at the Main Desk and there are downloadable copies (audio and e-copies) available from Overdrive/Libby and Hoopla. Email Kristina Leedberg for details. No registration required.
Virtual: Bestselling Author Curtis Sittenfeld with Gabrielle Zevin: Wednesday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m. Bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld will discuss her beloved novel, Prep, in celebration of its 20th anniversary, as well as her new short stories collection, Show Don’t Tell, in conversation with bestselling author Gabrielle Zevin, in this installment of “Author Hour in Massachusetts.” Register here. This program is presented in partnership with the Tewksbury Library.
Monday Mystery Book Club: Monday, March 24 at 2:00 p.m. Wake up your week with a stimulating book discussion! We’ll meet upstairs in the Mary Atwood Room to discuss The Poacher’s Son by Paul Doiron. Copies of the current selection are available at Main Desk. The e-book and audiobook are both available to download from Libby. Email Linda Ernick for details! No registration required.
Virtual Creating A Tech-Healthy Family with Andrea Davis of Better Screen Time:
Tuesday, June 17 at 7:00 p.m. Are you hoping to minimize the amount of screen time for your kids this summer? For parents of elementary & middle school children: Wondering how to help your kids thrive in a digital world? Let us give you the confidence and tools you need to tackle tech head-on with our Tech-Healthy Family Formula. This formula provides five steps parents can take to help reduce screen time, restore family time, and finally feel peace of mind. Parents will learn how to: ● Create a family tech plan with their kids ● Take a slow-tech approach to introduce technology ● Teach their children about digital dangers and distractions. Register here via Zoom. This program is hosted by and presented in partnership with the Groton Public Library.
Hoopla Flex: We have added even more titles to Hoopla Flex! Some of the latest titles include Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney, Good Energy by Casey Means, We All Live Here by JoJo Moyes, More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova, The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight, and many more! In addition to the 10 hoopla Instant borrows you receive each month with your Library card, Westford residents have 5 hoopla Flex borrows to use on bestselling titles specially marked hoopla Flex eBooks and Audiobooks
With Hoopla Flex titles you will find new and popular e-books and audiobooks that you can borrow now or place on hold to read later. This collection is just for Westford card holders, so the wait time for new titles should be significantly less than other digital collections shared with the consortium. This collection will grow over time.
Not familiar with Hoopla? With Hoopla, patrons can read, watch, and listen to more than 950,000 eBooks, digital audiobooks, comics, movies, or TV shows that are available to stream or download. Sign up for Hoopla for free with a Westford Library card at hoopladigital.com or download the Hoopla app from your favorite app store.
Staff Recommends: Three Days in June by Anne Tyler. “Gail Baines is long divorced from her husband, Max, and not especially close to her grown daughter, Debbie. Today is the day before Debbie’s wedding. To start, Gail loses her job-or quits, depending who you ask. Then, Max arrives unannounced on Gail’s doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay and without even a suit in which to walk their daughter down the aisle. But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband-to-be. It will not only throw the wedding itself into question but also send Gail back into her past and how her own relationship fell apart.”
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