The Grafton Public Library’s Long Range Plan expires in December 2020, and it’s time to see where we are going, next! We need your input. The Library's Long Range Planning Committee met in March 2020 to begin to strategize; we now invite community feedback. Share your thoughts about Grafton (and what role the Library will play over the next 5 years) in our short Community Survey. There are no wrong answers, and we appreciate your time and thoughtfulness.

Anyone can review the current Long Range Plan and Activity Plan online at www.graftonlibrary.org/lrp.

Thanks for your input! The survey is online at bit.ly/LRP2025.

If you place requests for materials Grafton doesn't own, we may have been trying to get in touch with you! We are still attempting to connect by phone/email with patrons who have materials requested in March. Please call the Library between 10-4 Mon-Sat or email graftonlibrary.ma@gmail.com to schedule a morning (10am-12pm) or afternoon (2-4pm) pickup. After two attempts to contact you, or two no-shows, your materials will be returned to the owning library and the hold suspended.

Don't want the items anymore? Please get in touch to cancel your hold(s).

In JULY, we completed 461 No-Contact Porch Pickups, and circulated 1,968 items!

Not sure what to read next? Sign up for WOWBrary for a weekly newsletter with links to new digital and physical items, or check out what's new in the Grafton catalog.

We will continue to offer home delivery service for the aged, infirm or incapacitated as capacity allows.

Beth Gallaway,

Library Director

Thanks to all who turned out for our Topping Off ceremony Thursday July 31, 2020 as we completed the steel framework for the new building!

Check out construction photos in albums on our Facebook Page:

Tue Aug 18, 2020 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Mon Aug 31, 2020 04:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Agenda & Minutes: https://www.grafton-ma.gov/library-planning-building-committee

To sign up now or learn more visit: graftonlibrary.org/srp

The Friends of the Grafton Library are promoting a Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Community Read this summer, culminating in an online discussion!

Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/362151331434414/

Events over the last few weeks have alarmed, saddened, and deeply affected many people. Though social injustices in this country are not new, in the time of COVID-19, we are all facing many challenges all at once, which can feel overwhelming. Despite all of that, it is encouraging to see peaceful protests happening here and around the world and that people are seeking to educate themselves on the issues, which include institutional racism and police violence.

The Friends of the Grafton Public Library would like to help. We are hosting a Community Read: “Diversity, Equality and Inclusion”. We invite the public to read something on the topic, and then come together on Zoom Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 7:30pm, to discuss these important issues through the lens of the book or books participants have chosen to read.

The discussion will be facilitated by Ken Wagner, a founding member of the New England Region’s Antiracism / Anti-oppression / Multicultural Transformation team called GRACE. Ken has served for the last nine years on the Executive Steering Committee of the Allies for Racial Equity and just completed a two year term as president of that organization. He is currently active in the Montachusetts Martin Luther King Coalition. Ken frequently speaks at church and community events across the country with a focus on the examination of race and the impact of white supremacy on our lives.

See a complete list of suggested books online at https://www.facebook.com/events/362151331434414/

These books are available in various formats on two digital platforms: Overdrive and Hoopla. The Hoopla eAudiobooks and ebooks are available to as many people as would like to check them out. Overdrive items availability may vary as these digital copies behave more like paper books most of the time. Usually if all the copies are checked out, you have to wait for a copy to be available. However, as noted above, some formats are available for simultaneous use for a limited time. Other formats may exist in the Overdrive catalog (either the C/W Mars catalog or the partner library’s catalogs), but titles may need to be requested/placed on hold. These platforms require you to have a library card to check them out, complete a digital card application to obtain a FREE digital card for online use. If you need help, please contact the Grafton Public Library at info@graftonlibrary.org or 508-839-4649.

The Friends of the Grafton Public Library and the Grafton Public Library hope to bring people together in calm, respectful conversations that look at the facts of the situation, try to make sense out of them, and hopefully bridge ideological divides.

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Thursday August 20

featuring guest speaker Ken Wagner

7:30pm

Friday August 21

Annual Friends Meeting