Makerspace at Derby Neck Library offers craft fun for children

DERBY - Look what we make during Makerspace at Derby Neck Library! Come check out our brand new Makerspace in the Children’s Room! 

Every Wednesday between 3 and 6 p.m., Miss Sarah will be on hand to assist you with any project you’d like to complete. 

We have a LEGO wall, a programmable robot, snap circuits, origami, pixel art, ingredients for slime–you name it, we can make it happen!

Please note that the Makerspace is flooded with small parts, so we do not recommend it for very young children. 

No registration required, but sign up for our Youth Services mailing list to stay in the loop on cancellations by clicking here. 

The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave.

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Teen Book Club to hold 4 meetings at Seymour Public Library

SEYMOUR - Teen Book Club meetings are slated at Seymour Public Library for young adults in Grades 7 and up. 

Dates are March 6, April 10, May 1, and June 5. Time is 4-4:45 p.m.

Age appropriate books will be selected from the YA section of the library.

Registration is required for this program. 

Books are available at the library's circulation desk. The Library is at 46 Church St.

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Seymour Public Library offers Infant Story Time

SEYMOUR - Seymour Public Library will host infant story time fun at 10 a.m. March 7 and March 21.

The program features 20 minutes of stories and songs for little ones under 2 years old. Older siblings are welcome!

The Library is at 46 Church St.

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'Turnback Tuesday' features Derby Public Library's microfilm collection

This week's edition of Turnback Tuesday views the world of microfilm, a medium for storing documents and newspapers.

The first commercial use for microfilm started in the 1920s with copies of bank records.

Then, in the 1930s, a microfilm camera paved the way for the preservation of newspapers.

Although microfilm started out as a way to preserve, it ended up being used in libraries as a way to access information.

Here at the Derby Public Library, we have two microfilm machines and 933 rolls of microfilm to view.

The newspapers on microfilm go back to 1846 starting with the Derby Journal, to the Derby Transcript, then the Evening Sentinel and ending with the New Haven Register until 2019.

We invite you to come to the Library to do your historical research, while a friendly staff member is always available to help you find a copy of a birth record, an obituary, a school game result or a wedding announcement.

We look forward to seeing you.

Thanks goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.

From the archives: Chillin' on the forsythia

I first posted this backyard get-together pic on Feb. 5, 2016. Wonder what they were discussing?
 

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