This Week @ the Library       

 New Library Catalog--Coming Soon!

Memorial Day Weekend will see the long awaited migration to Evergreen, a new catalog and network system for the Central and Western Massachusetts Automated Resoure Sharing network. 

What's new and better? Now all Central and Western items will be in one catalog so patrons won't have to change catalogs to request an item from the alternative region.  What's more, navigating your Patron Login will be more intuitive. Your "dashboard" will guide you to options like Account Summary, Items Out, Holds, Account Preferences and Lists. With Lists you can create and share categorized lists of your reading materials. 

However, before we change over to Evergreen, you will not have access to your CWMARS Patron Account from May 25 to May 28. On May 29, your password will be reset to your last name. Your Reading History and Wish Lists will not be carried over through the migration. You can save both your Reading History and your Wish Lists by using the "Export List" button when you are in your account. We recommend using the "Brief Export" option: this will give you the Title, Author, and Published lines for the titles in your lists. You can either display these on your screen to print or have them emailed as a text file to your email address.  

If this information is important to you, remember to save it prior to May 25.

Evergreen will be new to the staff as well as to patrons, although staff has had brief training sessions online. Patience will be helpful in the early days of this new and exciting system.

BRING YOUR CARD WITH YOU ON SATURDAY, MAY 26!

Your library card will be required to check out materials and to use public internet computers.Library staff will be unable to look up your card number with your license or id as we will have limited functionality due to our migration to the new Evergreen system. Please note that fines cannot be looked up or paid for on Saturday, May 26 either. Thank you for your cooperation.

CHECK OUT THESE NEW E-RESOURCES

New!  Try Career Transitions                 New! Try Testing Center (GED, ASVAB, SAT and more)         

New!  Try Legal Forms                            New! Try Price It! Antiques & Collectibles

Discover all the latest books, movies, music and more at the library. Take a look at wowbrary!

  Find E-Books and More in the Digital Catalog 

Museum Passes

Beginning February 1st, all museum passes must be picked up by 11am on the day of use.  After that time, the reservation will be cancelled and the pass will be made available to another patron. If the pass is not picked up by 11am, this counts as a "No Show" and may prevent passes from being  booked in the future.  If the pass is no longer wanted, please call the library to cancel.

  ESL Drop-in Classes

The free drop-in ESL classes for adults are held on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings at 7pm on the lower level of the library.  More info

    

Mango Languages - A web-based language tool that allows users to learn a variety of languages, including English as a Second Language.

      Contemporary Book Group

Wednesday, May 23  7:00pm

The Contemporary Book Group will meet in the Childrens Program Room to discuss The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown more info

Senior Book Group

Tuesday, June 19 10am

The Senior Book Group will meet and discuss The Known World by Edward P. Jones more info