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New Library Book Vending Machines Expand Services to Underserved Areas
Thanks to two separate grant awards, the library has purchased and installed two low-cost library book vending machines at "satellite library" sites in historically underserved areas of Hayward.
One machine is located at the Hayward Day Labor Center in South Hayward and supports a Library-operated Native Language Literacy program. The second machine is part of a new partnership with HUSD which provides a Library-operated After School Homework Center project at Longwood Elementary School in West Hayward.
The new book machines look like typical snack vending machines, except that instead of being stocked with chips and candy, they're stocked with library books. And instead of inserting money, one simply scans their library card, uses the keypad to select the book they want, and then the machine dispenses the desired book along with a receipt and due date. The book is automatically checked out on the library card used, and can be returned to any Hayward Library location, or simply dropped into the book return boxes located next to the vending machines.
These projects are supported by grants from the Library Services & Technology Act, Bay Area Library & Information Services, and Friends of the Hayward Public Library.
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 Writers' Group
Saturday, November 19, 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, November 29, 6-8 p.m. Main Library Get feedback on your original writing in a peer-supported writers' group facilitated by local writer Leticia Garcia Bradford. Get the support you need to help you stay on track with your writing, whether it's fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. Bring 5-10 copies of the piece you wish to share with the group.
Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Hayward Public Library.
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Rethinking Our Use Of Plastics
Wednesday, November 2, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Main Library
 If you are concerned about how the use of plastic products effects our environment, please join us for this informational presentation. You will learn how to decrease litter, toxicity, and waste while recycling effectively. Alternatives to plastics will also be discussed. Presented by Bry'Andi Brandon, a certified Rethinking Plastics Educator. No registration required. |
 Enjoy eBooks from the library on your Kindle or Kindle reading apps...in addition to all other major desktop and mobile devices including PC, Mac®, iPhone®, iPad®, Android® & more.
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Lawyer in the Library  Saturday, November 5 12 noon-2 p.m. - Main Library Monday, November 7 6 p.m.- 7:45 p.m. - Main Library Wednesday, November 16 6 p.m.-7:45 p.m. - Weekes Branch
Do you need free legal advice? Don't know where to begin? Get 15 minutes of free legal advice at the Hayward Public Library with a licensed attorney. Registration in person is required. Registration begins 30 minutes before the first session. Space is limited. Consultation is assigned by lottery. Lawyer in the Library is sponsored by the Alameda County Bar Association. Call 510-881-7980 for more information.
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Need Help with Reading, Writing or Spelling?
You can get FREE TUTORING IF:
- You read below the 8th grade level
- You can speak English
- You are 18+ and not in high school
- You never went to college
Call 510-881-7910 - Literacy Plus - Hayward Public Library
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 The Library
will be Closed:
* Friday, November 11
* Wednesday, November 23 @ 6 p.m.
* Thursday, November 24
* Friday, November 25
* Saturday, November 26
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Get a Great Deal
on Books!
Saturdays
November 12 & 19 9 a.m.-1 p.m. C Street & Watkins
Friends of the Hayward Library book sales are held at the downtown Farmers Market. In case of rain, the sale will be in front of the Main Library. |
 English Conversation Groups
Practice speaking English with others who are learning. All levels are welcome. No registration is required.
Mondays-Thursdays
5-7 p.m.
Day Labor Center
680 Tennyson Rd.
Saturdays
10:15 a.m.-12 noon
Weekes Branch
Contact Jami.Hiller@hayward-ca.gov 510-583-5505 for more information. |
Laughter Yoga
Saturday, November 5 3:00 p.m. Main Library Come and join in the laughter, reduce stress, and learn that silliness is great for your health. |
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Book Groups
Mystery Novels by Women - The Tiger in the Smoke
 Tuesday, November 1 @ 11:30 a.m., Le Paradis Bakery (D St. & Mission) Margery Allingham's The Tiger in the Smoke, one of the great thrillers in English literature, conveys a deep understanding of goodness and evil. "The Tiger" is the murderer known as Jack Havoc, out of jail and on the rampage in London, the "Smoke." But what has he to do with Albert Campion's saintly uncle, Canon Avril and his uncle's happily engaged daughter, Meg? Why is she afraid that her late husband has come back from the dead? And where is her fiancé? The tension is almost painful in this outstanding mystery thriller. Mostly Literary Fiction - Room Monday, November 14 @ noon, Peets Coffee (B St. & Mission) & 6:30 p.m., Main Library  Room is a bestselling novel by critically acclaimed Irish writer Emma Donoghue. To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world... It's where he was born, it's where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma it's the prison where she has been held for seven years. With Jack's curiosity building alongside her own desperation, she knows that Room cannot contain either much longer. Room is a story of unconquerable love in harrowing circumstances, and of the diamond-hard bond between a mother and her child. |
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The Friends of the Library is a nonprofit organization that has been supporting Hayward Public Library since 1982. The purpose of the Friends is to stimulate continuing community interest in the Hayward California Public Library and to be supportive of the Library staff and activities. The organization encourages gifts of books, magazines, desirable collections, endowments, bequests, and membership in the Friends of the Library, and participates in fund-raising activities
Support the Friends by making a donation.
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