Lynnfield Public Library
Last Newsletter of 2023

We are currently open Monday - Thursday 9am - 9pm, and Friday and Saturday 9am - 5pm.  Please call 781-334-5411 or email lfd@noblenet.org at any time with any questions. We look forward to hearing from you!

Upcoming closings and holidays:

December 22-25: The library will be closed for Christmas

December 29-January 1: The library will be closed for New Year's Day

Access our online services anytime at lynnfieldlibrary.org

Drop-In Technology Help

Tuesday, December 19

2:30-3:30 PM

Need help with your apps, devices, or social media?  Your librarians can help!  Come by the library on Tuesday, December 19th from 2:30-3:30 PM and we’ll help you out!

Some things we can help you with:

• eBook and eAudiobook updates and help!!
• Computer and/or smartphone basics
• Using the library catalog or library databases
• Social media basics

Some things we will not be able to help you with:

• Broken phones, computers, or devices
• Computer viruses
• Items that cannot be physically brought to the library

Please bring your device, any of its accessories, and its charging cable with you.  Registration recommended but not required.  

Teens and Adults

Mezzanine

Last Tuesday Book Club

Tuesday, December 19

6:00-7:30 PM

The Last Tuesday Book Club is the Lynnfield Library's fiction book group! Copies of this month's title, Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center, are available for pickup at the Library's Circulation desk. 

December's meeting will be held on December 19, not the last Tuesday of the month, due to the holidays. No registration required.  

Adults

Mezzanine

Story Time

Wednesdays

10:00 - 10:30 AM

Join Ms. Alex and Ms. Joan on Wednesdays, to sing songs and listen to stories!  No registration required.

Recommended for children ages 5 and under.
Children's Room

Curious About Cuisine: New England Desserts

Wednesday, December 20

3:00-4:00

Everyone loves food - even if they don't like cooking or baking it themselves. You don't have to be an avid home chef to attend Curious About Cuisine, all are welcome to learn a bit more about different cuisines and of course get a chance to taste them, too!

Join us on December 20th for New England Desserts: Classic and Creative Recipes for All Seasons with cookbook author Tammy Donroe Inman.  Tammy is the award-winning author of New England Desserts: Classic and Creative Recipes for All Seasons, will discuss her favorite desserts that originated in Massachusetts, the stories behind them, and the pleasures of seasonal baking.

She sharpened her knives testing recipes for Cook's Illustrated magazine and the TV show America's Test Kitchen. A former editor for Boston magazine, she’s also written for Fine Cooking, Yankee, and The Boston Globe. Her first cookbook, Wintersweet: Seasonal Desserts to Warm the Home, received rave reviews from The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly. Tammy is currently at work on her third cookbook.

December's session of Curious About Cuisine will be held on December 20, not the last Wednesday of the month, due to the holidays.  Registration is requested for this program.  

All Ages

Mezzanine

Tea Time

Mondays

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Winter is coming!  Stop by the library for something warm!

We have hot beverages available in the library's reading room on Mondays, from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM.  We'll be providing hot water and tea, instant coffee, or cocoa for self-service beverages, and reading materials, you provide the company.  Come down to the library, and make yourself at home.  

Bringing your own reusable cups is encouraged.  No registration required.  

Adults

Library Reading Room

Book Lovers

Thursday, December 21

6:30-7:30 PM

Join us for some great nonfiction book conversation - newcomers are always welcome! We will be meeting in person, on the Mezzanine. In December we'll be reading Enchantment: awakening wonder in an anxious age by Katherine May.  No registration required.

Adults

Mezzanine

Own Your Birth: 

How to Give Yourself the Birthing Experience that You Deserve

Thursday, January 4

6:30-7:30 PM

If you or your loved ones are pregnant or planning on becoming so, come and learn about  how to navigate the process.  Stephanie Theriault is a registered labor and delivery nurse with nearly a decade of experience in the maternity wards at hospitals in Boston, the North Shore of Massachusetts, and New York City where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from New York University.

Her program, Own Your Birth, focuses on breaking down the critical decisions people will need to make when planning their labor and delivery journey that can significantly affect the outcome of their experience. Our course helps to educate and manage realistic expectations of giving birth by focusing on three major parts of the labor and delivery process such as choosing a birthing provider, a birthing location, and being aware of various birthing practices so everyone can feel safe, heard and prioritized.

This is a hybrid program, it will be held at the Lynnfield Library, and will be simultaneously broadcast on Zoom.  A Zoom link will be sent out an hour before the program to those who register with a valid email address.  This program is generously funded by the Friends of the Lynnfield Library.

Adults

Mezzanine

Introducing Auto-Renewals at the 

Lynnfield Library

In November, the Lynnfield Public Library activated auto-renewals on all items from our network that are checked out from our library. Autorenewal uses an automated process to identify and renew items that are eligible for renewal on the item’s due date. This means that, if an item comes from a NOBLE library–meaning a public or academic library within our consortium of area institutions–our system will attempt to renew that item on your behalf, without you needing to lift a finger!

First, you’ll receive the standard email alerting you that items are due in two days. Then on the actual due date, the items will auto-renew and you will receive a confirmation email. Most items can be renewed up to two times unless another person is waiting for it, but if the item is on hold or out of renewals, the system will not renew it. Either way, you’ll receive an email confirming if the renewal was processed.

Items from non-NOBLE libraries, such as those procured through Commonwealth Catalog or interlibrary loan, cannot be renewed.

Your eligible items will auto-renew regardless of whether or not you have an email address attached to your account, but if you’d like to add one to receive notifications, please call the Library or stop by and let us know.