Woodbury Public Library invites you to come in and cool off...

Your public library offers many services for free.

Come on down and check it out!

In fact, check out 101 reasons to LOVE YOUR LIBRARY!

1.  Escape from the weather!  (too hot, too cold, too wet!)

2.  Catch up with daily and/or weekly news

3.   Check your email

4.   Update your Facebook status

5.   Check your financial portfolio

6.   Attend storytime

7.   Apply for a job online

8.   Apply for unemployment benefits

9.   Obtain free discarded materials

10.  Ask for some reading recommendations

11.  Fill out a request for something you’d like to read or listen to

12.  Ask for an interlibrary loan for material from another library

13.  Renew your materials with staff or online

14.  Check our catalog for materials

15.  Sign up for Wowbrary - get an email of new materials every Wednesday!

16.  Read a magazine

17.  Check Consumer Reports before that next big purchase (by  database or hard copy!)

18.  Check out a movie that was just released on DVD

19.  Find an old movie…even silents!

20.  Catch up on a TV series (Mad Men, House, 24)

21.  Ask a reference question

22.  Research your family tree

23.  Find out who is buried in Woodbury cemeteries

24.  Find out when early settlers were married

25.  Find out when early settlers were born

26.  Find out information on who owned the old houses in town

27.  Read the Ancient History of Woodbury by Cothren

28.  Local history of many Connecticut towns and cities

29.  Connecticut Statutes

30.  Play a game on a computer

31.  Research a news article on our computers

32.  Check “A to Z maps” database for state & country flags & facts

33.  Practice for your SAT tests with “ePrep” – Register from our home page. Woodbury residents should call for user name and password.

34.  Read the latest BookPage (or pick one up to bring home) information about new and upcoming novels

35.  Get a book recommendation from NoveList

36.  Home printer on the blink – stop in and print out your email or whatever information you need!

37.  Try our new product, Cypress Resumé, accessible through our web page.  Get help on everything from wording to formatting.

38.  Type up a list of things you want to read or make a cyber list on your patron account

39.  Buy or sell on eBay

40.  Make a powerpoint presentation and save it on a memory card, or email it to yourself

41.  Download an audio book or ebook to listen to on your device.

42.  Set up a free email account

43.  Design a spreadsheet for school or home projects

44.  Find a new hobby, then read about it

45.  Children can make a monthly craft

46.  Play in the Activity Room

47.  Put a puzzle together in the Children's Room

48.  Play chess

49.  Check our blogs for programs for all ages!

50.  Find a quiet corner and read

51.  Find a quiet corner and rest your eyes

52.  Meet a friend – catch up while your children play

53.  Use the library for a temporary home office

54.  Set up your laptop (yes we have wifi)

55.  Enter a summer reading program :  EVERY age invited!

56.  Teens create – new projects monthly

57.  Join a book group

58.  Stop in for a book chat

59.  Come to be entertained (singers, musicians, poets, lectures, etc.)

60.  Come to be educated and enlightened (Great Decisions foreign policy discussions, armchair travel series, etc.)

61.  Come view the art exhibit in the gallery (changes monthly)

62.  Play bingo on a warm summer night in the children’s room

63.  Find information on town events

64.  Pick up a flyer on Park and Recreation happenings

65.  Find information on volunteer opportunities

66.  Check out the local business of the month.  Sign up for your turn!

67.  Find out how and where to get help for a problem, health or otherwise

68.  Meet your school tutor

69.  View the bi-weekly floral arrangement, thanks to Pomperaug Valley Garden Club!

70.  Leave information or items to be picked up (central location)

71.  Check community board for area events

72.  Attend a meeting

73.  Chat with a friendly staff person

74.  Join a teen book discussion group and/or Hang Out on a Monday  afternoon

75.  Ask for our interlibrary loan librarian to get books for your personal book club

76.  Ask us to find an obscure film for your classroom

77.  Use your library card from any Connecticut library for materials or computer time

78.  Research your next vacation destination.  Check out our new travel database : A to Z Travel.

79.  Stock up on audio books for that long car ride

80.  Borrow musical CDs instead of purchasing them

81.  Make copies

82.  Use the rest room

83.  Get a cool drink of water

84.  Get help remembering the title that eludes you (blue book about a dog….  )

85.  Pick up a Senior Center newsletter

86.  Search through our mental health resources file

87.  Find news articles and information on local celebrities

88.  Pick up a map of Woodbury

89.  Look at a topographical map of the area

90.  Recommend a book for purchase

91.  Check out museum passes for free or discounted admission.

92.  Learn how to mend books

93.  Re-read the classics

94.  Pick up a beach read

95.  Check out a themed kids backpack (full of books, puzzles, toys)

96.  Use our optelec for large print viewing

97.  Check out large print materials

98.  Visit locally – reach out globally! (through iConn & World Cat)

99.  Put a hold on a hot new bestseller – Save money!

100. Come check out a book – over 700 transactions can happen on one 11 hour day.

101.  It’s all FREE!