Category: Library Blog

by Samantha Totman, Senior Circulation Librarian We librarians have been busy reading all summer, and we’re ready to share some of our favorites (so far)! Check out the titles we’ve recently loved below. And don’t forget that it’s not too late to join our...

Barbara, ReferenceThe Lioness of Boston by Emily FranklinThe Isabella Stewart Museum is a museum I have always enjoyed visiting thus it was a pleasure to read this novel about its founder. As a young, married woman, Gardner struggled with acceptance into Boston society and...

By Joan Carbone – Youth Services Library Assistant, Lynnfield Public Library 1,000 Books before Kindergarten is a national initiative to promote literacy and phonemic readiness before a child enters kindergarten, as well as strengthening the bond between child and caregiver. How to Participate 1....

By Samantha Totman, Circulation Assistant The Lynnfield Public Library continues to add to our collection of Library of Things items, all with the goal of increasing sustainability in our community. The Library of Things is a collection of non-traditional library items, such as board...

by Samantha Totman To celebrate Love Your Library Month this February, we asked you to tell us what you love about the library. We’re overwhelmed with the lovely feedback we got! Below is a small sampling of what the community had to say, plus...

by Samantha Totman What did Lynnfield love in 2022? We have the answers–for books and movies, that is! Below we’ve listed the books and movies that the community checked out the most last year. If you want to see what all the fuss was...

by Pat Kelly, Head of Reference The Lynnfield Public Library has purchased an Optelec ClearView magnifier for the use of our vision-impaired patrons. The ClearView machine magnifies and enhances text, objects, and images. The reading table allows patrons to easily and smoothly move texts...

by Samantha Totman Did you know that, with the Libby app, you can access e-books and e-audiobooks from all the libraries in Massachusetts? Thanks to a statewide partnership, the digital libraries of all Commonwealth networks are available to everyone with a Massachusetts library card....

by Pat Kelly, Head of Reference What can a room that is only 427 square feet hold? How about well over 4,000 catalogued items including family histories, local histories, journals, early deeds, probate records, microfiche & microfilm. And this doesn’t include hundreds of uncatalogued...

by Samantha Totman, Circulation Assistant Are you always thinking about books you’d like to read? Maybe you see a title in a magazine or an advertisement on the train and want to get the book right away. Or perhaps you use your smartphone far...