Check out the tools at the Medfield Library

This from the library –

Here’s a quick paragraph talking about the new tools and items we have added to the adult collection recently. The children’s room has also added a whole slew of toys and games for check out as well.

The Medfield Library has recently added tools and other exciting items to our collection and is looking to expand these tools even further. We currently offer several practical tools to help around the home: Magnetic stud finders, a laser leveler tool, a thermal leak detector, and plug in meters to monitor electrical usage. At the start of the last summer, the Medfield Library also added a seed exchange and several gardening tools and soil testers that can be checked out. We are currently accepting donations of viable vegetable and flower seeds from patrons and community members to offer at the start of spring. In addition to practical tools, we have also added some fun tools and toys: ukuleles, a USB piano keyboard, metal detectors. puzzles, board games, ghost detecting meters, and even IpadMinis. The Medfield Library is constantly trying to add new and interesting items, services, and programs. Check by often for new stuff, or let us know what we can add that would benefit the community.
Matt
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Matthew Costanza
Circulation Supervisor
Medfield Public Library
Medfield, Massachusetts 02052
508-359-4544 x8007

From Gloucester Patch –

• Gloucester hires new library director

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  Deborah Kelsey. COURTESY PHOTO
• Posted Jun. 26, 2014 @ 4:28 pm
  Updated Jun 26, 2014 at 5:43 PM

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  The Board of Directors of the Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library  announced that Deborah W. Kelsey will become its new Library Director in August. She will fill the vacancy left by former Director Carol Gray, who retired in April after 16 years, and Acting Director Freyja Sanger, who will return to her position as assistant director.

  Kelsey, a native of Essex, is currently the library director at the Memorial Public Library in Medfield, Massachusetts, a position she has held since 2008.

  She was the unanimous and enthusiastic selection of the Director Search Committee, which included members of the Library and Lyceum Boards, the City of Gloucester personnel director, regional library professionals and community leaders.

  According to Scott Memhard, president of the Sawyer Free Library Board of Directors, “In Medfield, Deborah provided leadership and vision for a busy public library, building strong community engagement, high circulation, public programming for all ages, innovative technology solutions, and creative staff mentoring and development. We look forward to welcoming and embracing Deborah here in Gloucester, and to her bold leadership implementing our Strategic Plan.”

  That plan, developed last year by the Library board and staff with community input, aims to make the Sawyer Free Library a more welcoming place to meet Gloucester’s rapidly evolving needs, as well as a center of innovation and community activity.

  Barbara Braver, a member of the Sawyer Free Library board who served on the Search Committee, noted: “Although the Committee had a very talented pool of applicants from which to chose, it was obvious to us all from the outset that Deborah’s significant gifts made her the standout candidate.”

  Mary Jane McGlennon, a past Board President who also helped with the search, concurred: “This is an exciting moment for the Library and for Gloucester.”

  In her career, Kelsey has also served in various professional capacities at libraries in Natick, Framingham, Wayland, and Needham. She is the immediate past president of the New England Library Association, and a Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners Certified Professional Librarian. She holds a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Simmons College, and a BA from University of Connecticut, Storrs.

  Kelsey told the Search Committee that “smelling the salt in the air as I was driving into Gloucester, felt like coming home…” She said she looks forward to coming to Gloucester as the capstone of her professional career, further developing the Sawyer Free Library as a space where “the community gathers for inspiration, learning, meeting, and performance”.

  Memhard said that among Kelsey’s immediate objectives will be working with the library’s board, staff and volunteers to review the library’s collections for relevance; revamping the building’s public and staff spaces; overseeing installation of a mod

From the Medfield Memorial Library –

Strategic Planning Survey

LIBRARY SURVEY

The Medfield Memorial Library is holding its 4th Annual Library Gala this Saturday from 12-3 PM, and the website shows a panoply of really interesting sounding events and people.  Get the details

Activities

Partners

Historical Society
Friends of the Library
Charles River Rug Guild
Esme’s Heart Pockets
Zullo Gallery
Brad Ellenberg Jazz Quintet
Gazebo Players
Deadfield Artists Guild