The
Willett Free
Library

Upcoming:

• Thursday, May 16, at 5pm: Manhassett author Suzanne Rosenwasser will speak on "Writing with a Sense of Place." Indefinitely postponed.
• Friday, May 17, at 5pm: Director's Choice Book Club:Telegraph Avenue, by Michael Chabon.
• Tuesday, May 21, at 1:30pm: WFL Screenings: The Riddle of the Sands (1978), with Michael York.
• The next regular meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will be at the library, at 5pm, on Wednesday, June 12.
• Friday, June 21, at 5pm: Director's Choice Book Club:The Beauty of Humanity Movement, by Camilla Gibb. The Reading Across Rhode Island selection for 2013.
• Saturday, July 20, 2013, 9am to Noon: 47th Annual Book, Bake, and Art Sale. Post Office Park, opposite 20 Ferry Road at the intersection of Boston Neck Road, Saunderstown.

Ongoing:

• Tech One-to-One:One-to-one help sessions here at the Library. Sessions are scheduled for the first Thursday of the month, at 5pm. Bring your questions, problems, laptops, devices.
• Story Time for Young Children, Mondays from 3:45 to 4:45pm. Story and Craft.
• Wednesdays, at 4:30pm: Come and listen! Reading Aloud at the the WFL. Emma, by Jane Austen, read by Sue Hazlett.
• Kaffeeklatsch. First Friday of the month, 10am. Come and enjoy a mug of coffee or tea and a snack while you catch up with neighbors, friends, and fellow WFL patrons in our inviting new library.
• Copying, faxing, and color laserprinting services available. Bring in your portable device and use our free Wi-Fi.
• The library is accepting donations for the annual Book, Bake, and Art Sale now.

Renovation News

The Willett Free Library re-opened on Friday, January 4, 2013, after an extensive renovation/expansion project. Stop and check out our wonderful new space. This is an exciting time for the WFL!

If you still have any items on long-term loan, please bring them back as soon as poosible! Many, many thanks to all those who helped the library by storing a significant portion of our collection during the time that we were closed.

Buy a Brick!

Download an order form for an engraved brick to be installed in the library's front yard on Ferry Road. The first round of bricks has been ordered and a second order will be sent soon.

Check out digital media downloads anytime with RI-E-zone, a growing source of downloadable audiobooks and e-books for your various electronic reading and listening devices.

Many Thanks!

Many Thanks to Anchor Self Storage on Sextant Lane in Narragansett for providing us with a storage unit, and to Craig Willey of Strip Joint - Joint Ventures for refinishing several chairs for us. Thank you Amy Macdonald of Heritage Flag for our flags and banners. We are grateful to the Champlin Foundation, the 1772 Foundation/Preserve Rhode Island, the Ocean State Charities Trust, the Kimball Foundation, and to many families and individuals for making our renovation/expansion project possible.

Collections:

The Library has over 10,000 items for adults and children to borrow. The collection includes fiction, nonfiction, large print, magazines, audio cassettes, CD's, videos, DVD's, and a young children's picture book collection.

• Recent additions to the collection.
• Periodical Subscriptions.

The WFL participates in the Ocean State Libraries system, allowing local patrons access to public library collections statewide, and giving library users throughout the state access to our collections.

Check out digital media downloads anytime with Overdrive from Ocean State Libraries. Compatible devices.    Quick Start Guide .

The WFL has passes available for discount admissions to the Mystic Aquarium.

Library Flag:

Our flag depicts a sailing ferry built by Stillman Saunders. At his home, a "Circle for Mutual Improvement" was formed in 1885; the beginnings of this library. When the flag is flying, the WFL is open.