I am so excited to announce our formal ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony will take place on Friday December 17 at 11:00am, featuring speakers from Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the Select Board, the Board of Library Trustees, the Library Building and Planning Committee. Please join us along with local elected officials for a brief event, then pick up a goodie bag and get a tour of the new Library!
We continue to struggle with staffing and patron behavior management. Please wear your mask, per municipal mandate; eating and drinking will not be permitted on site until the mask mandate is lifted.
I ask you to remember the Grafton Public Library in your #givingtuesday donations. There are several ways to donate!
The Library will be open as a Frosty Stop during Grafton Celebrates the Holidays on Sunday December 5 from 12pm-4pm. The Friends are conducting several fundraisers, staff are providing stories and crafts, and the building will be open for tours, browsing, library cards, and checkout (public computer use, printing, faxing and meeting room use will not be available). Stop by to check us out, use the restroom, or hop on the Wi-Fi! Grafton RISE will be hosting a display on the second floor.
Please note the following closings in observance of the Town of Grafton's General bylaws:
Friday December 24 & Saturday December 25
Friday December 31 & Saturday January 1
There are over 50! holidays celebrated between Nov 1 and January 15. Many celebrate light as our days shorten and the dark encroaches. May the winter season be a time of renewal and recharging; mindfulness and reflection; peace, love, joy and laughter -- and hibernation when needed! Whatever you are celebrating this year, I hope it's happy!
Beth Gallaway, Director
Grafton Public Library
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We continue to check off outstanding items from our list of issues. The tree leaves have been installed in the Children' Room. Paving in front is complete, landscaping is done, and the patios are ready for furniture. Doors for tutoring rooms and shelving for the Large Print and New Book room arrived last week, and a donor funded clock will be installed soon. Computers are up and running. More book trucks arrived. The alarm system is working. Phones should connect beginning December 1. The Capital Campaign has approved a number of requests for additional furniture, shelving, and other needed items.
Check out construction photos in albums on our Facebook Page:
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Upcoming Library Planning & Building
Committee Meetings
Library Planning and Building Committee
Monday, December 6, 2021 6 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada); Interiors Committee to follow at 7pm;
In person in Community Room A/B or Join the Zoom Meeting:
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Libby is one of the apps our library offers to our patrons. Join Libby experts for a virtual training session to learn how to borrow ebooks and audiobooks from your library.
December 8, 12 PM - 1:30 PM
Register online at bit.ly/3bqHKuF or ask a staff member to sign you up. |
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The Kitchen Front
by Jennifer Ryan
Two years into World War II, Britain is feeling her losses - the Nazis have won battles, the Blitz has destroyed cities and U-boats have cut off the supply of food. In an effort to help housewives with food rationing, a BBC radio program called The Kitchen Front is holding a cooking contest - and the grand prize is a job as the program's first-ever female co-host. For four very different women, winning the competition would present a crucial chance to change their lives. For a young widow, it's a chance to pay off her husband's
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debts and keep a roof over her children's heads. For a kitchen maid, it's a chance to leave servitude and find freedom. For a lady of the manor, it's a chance to escape her wealthy husband's increasingly hostile behavior. And for a trained chef, it's a chance to challenge the men at the top of her profession. These four women are giving the competition their all - even if that sometimes means bending the rules. But with so much at stake, will the contest that aims to bring the community together only serve to break it apart?
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The Borrower Services staff invite you to view
our new Fiction display for the month of December.
Warm stories to soothe the winter soul.
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Learn online, either on your desktop computer or mobile device!
Go to graftonlibrary.org. Click on the Green Digital link. Select "Complete List of Digital Resources and Databases." Choose Pronunciator in the list and enter your Library Card information.
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Gale OneFile Culinary Arts |
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Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts offers a smorgasbord of information—more than five million articles from more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines, as well as book reference content from Delmar such as About Wine, Introduction to Catering, Advanced Bread and Pastry, and Eat Fit Be Fit. Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience.
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Willard House & Clock Museum |
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“The Mission of the Willard House and Clock Museum is to preserve, display and connect through education and research the contributions of the Willard Family of clockmakers.” ~ Taken from the Willard House & Clock Museum website.
The museum is open for tours at 10:30 am and 2:00 pm, Tuesday - Saturday. Reserve a pass here.
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See all of our upcoming LIVE and PASSIVE PROGRAM events, including Children & Teens: |
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See what is
happening
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Grafton Celebrates the Holidays |
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Not Just for Young Adults Book Group |
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Book Discussion:
Daytimers' Book Group
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Book Discussion: GPL Mystery Book Group |
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Book Discussion: Reads Well With Others Book Group |
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Book Discussion: Inspirational Book Group |
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Sign up for individual newsletters and stay up to date with the latest news, events, items and more!
Teen - for grades 6-12 and their caregivers
Children for ages 0-grade 5 and their caregivers
Wowbrary - weekly new releases of library materials in digital and physical formats.
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FRIENDS OF THE
GRAFTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Board Meetings via Zoom are announced on Facebook:
Join the Friends for their monthly Board Meeting!
Tuesday, December 7 @ 7:30 PM
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Have recommendations of ebooks the Library should purchase?
Need reference, research, reader's advisory or information and referral help?
Have questions?
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