How Do You Use the Wellesley Free Library?

The Wellesley library, as it prepares for the coming year, turns to its patrons for some feedback through the Town website.

  When you go to the Library, how do you use it? How do you think it could be improved? The Town wants to know. A recent post on the Wellesley Town website introduces the Patron Survey, where patrons of the Wellesley Free Library can provide feedback on how they use the library. Feedback from this survey will go into the library's 2013 Strategic plan, according to the Town Website, which they expect to post on the website in June.  From the post:  The survey should take no more than 20 minutes to complete. All responses will be thoughtfully considered and will factor into our Strategic Plan. Your input will impact the future of the Wellesley Free Library. Please help us by encouraging your neighbors to fill out this survey. Thank you for …

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Lawn Expert Jackson Madnick to Speak at Wellesley Library

Madnick will speak about lawn health tonight.

Jackson Madnick, renowned lawn expert from Wayland, will talk about caring for the greenest part of your property tonight. Madnick’s talk is titled “Green Home, Health and Lawn,” according to Boston.com. He’ll be at the Wellesley Free Public Library beginning at 7 p.m. Madnick is currently on tour promoting Pearl's Premium lawn seed.

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Patch Facts

5 Things You Need to Know Today: May 8

Tomorrow, there will be a new superintendent of school in place in Wellesley.

Each morning, Wellesley Patch presents “5 Things You Need to Know,” a collection of announcements, events, reminders and odd little ditties to help you organize your day. 1. The School Committee will vote on a new superintendent tonight, but the Board of Selectmen will also meet at 7 in the Great Hall at Town Hall. 2. The board will once more address the St. James the Great property situation, this time with specific focus on how the potential transaction will affect the senior center project, which was tabled two years ago. 3. The front steps to Wellesley's main library branch have been blocked off for some time now. Does anyone know when the tape and cones will be removed? 4. We have a new poll up, and this time it's regional: Where do …

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The Most Popular Books At Wellesley Public Library

Use our new Wellesley Free Public Library widget to keep up with the most popular books at WPL.

Check back often to see what fiction and non-fiction books are most requested at the Wellesley Free Public Library.

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The Most Popular Books At Wellesley Public Library

Use our new Wellesley Public Library widget to keep up with the most popular books at WPL.

Head here for this new weekly feature every Wednesday. Check back often to see what fiction and non-fiction books are most requested at the Wellesley Free Public Library.

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The Most Popular Books At Wellesley Public Library

Use our new Wellesley Public Library widget to keep up with the most popular books at WPL.

Head here for this new weekly feature every Wednesday. Check back often to see what fiction and non-fiction books are most requested at the Wellesley Free Public Library.

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Mom's Moment

Wellesley’s Library System Goes Digital

Kindles and e-books are now available through Wellesley’s library system.

"When you need a book, look no further than your Kindle or your Nook." That could be a new motto for Wellesley's Public Library, which of course is in existence to serve our town's reading and information needs. Wellesley's library already offers a wealth of services which are utilized by thousands of patrons and their families. Now, the library adds e-book downloads for Kindles to its most recent offerings. It's all thanks to an agreement announced just last week by Amazon.com, enabling libraries like Wellesley's to offer downloadable e-books through its "Overdrive" software offered, which is accessed on the library's website, as well as  through the Minuteman Library network.  The process is a simple one: Navigate to the website library…

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Viewfinder

Boston and New York: Photographed from Above and Beyond

The work of photographer Nathan Schneider is now on display at the library.

The work of Nathan Schneider, a life-long painter and photographer, is currently displayed at the Wellesley Library’s main branch. The exhibit, a collection of photographs which depict photographs taken in Boston and via train near New York City, will hang through the end of the month. “My approach to photography emphasizes the formal elements of composition with a strong appreciation of color offered by the capabilities of digital photography,” Schneider said in a statement about the exhibit. “My interest in cityscapes, is due to a fascination with the man-made environment, on the scale made possible by modern engineering and with the abstract quality that juxtaposed buildings and expansive cityscapes can acquire.  I also have an interest…

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