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Memorial Hall Library has a long and successful history of lending non-book items to its patrons.  In the 1950s, under Library Director Miriam Putnam, MHL began circulating artwork, LP records and film strips. In the 1970's a sewing pattern exchange was started under Director Nancy Jacobson. In the early 2000s, under Library Director Jim Sutton, MHL began circulating downloaded audiobooks on portable devices called Otis players. The Memorial Hall Library Seed Library was begun in ____ under Assistant Director Susan Katzenstein.  Also in the early 00's,
Memorial Hall Library has a long history of lending non-book items to its patrons. In 1949, an Andover Townsman article described a record lending collection featuring selections for adults and young people.  In the 1950s, MHL began circulating framed artwork and film strips and a projector. The Children's Room circulated "Getting-Better-Boxes" with books, cassettes, toys and games to entertain convalescing children beginning in 1975.  In 1977, a sewing pattern exchange was started. In the early 2003, MHL was the first Massachusetts public library to circulate downloadable audiobooks in MP3 format on mobile devices called Otis Audio Players sold by Audible.com. The Memorial Hall Library Seed Library was launched in January 2016.  In 2017, Memorial Hall Library formalized it's [https://mhl.org/library-of-things Library of Things] collection with a website, cataloging records, graphic posters, publicity and funding for new, non-traditional and practical items for patrons to borrow including telescopes, graphing calculators, a guitar, craft kits and a Nintendo Switch. In 2022, ''The Eagle Tribune'' ran a front-page article mentioning that the Library of Thing's most popular items were Roku devices loaded with streaming subscriptions for Hulu, HBO Max, Netflix, AppleTV and Amazon Prime. <ref> Andover's Library of Things offers eclectic mix for borrowing, ''The Eagle Tribune'', March 24, 2022. </ref>


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[[File:More Than Books.jpg||right|alt=Library Director, Barbara McNamara shows off items from the Library of Things in an Eagle Tribune article, 3/24/22|Library Director, Barbara McNamara shows off items from the Library of Things in an Eagle Tribune article, 3/24/22]]
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'''See'''
* [https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/newspapers/ATM-1977-11-03.pdf ''"Pattern Exchange Begins,"''] Andover Townsman Nov. 3, 1977 page 33.
* [https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/newspapers/ATM-2003-06-19.pdf ''Road Trip Reading Memorial Hall's Digital Books''] Andover Townsman June 19, 2003 page 19
*[[Media:MoreThanBooksAndoversLibraryofThingsEagleTribune3_24_22.pdf|''More than books Andover's Library of Things'']] Andover Townsman Thursday March 24, 2022, page 1.
* ''What's Happening at Memorial Hall Library Seed Library Takes Root'' Andover Townsman Dec. 22, 2015
* [https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/newspapers/ATM-1953-12-31.pdf ''Framed Prints to Go on Loan''] Andover Townsman Dec. 31, 1953, page 4. 
*[https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/newspapers/ATM-1955-01-13.pdf ''Library offers varied services''] Andover Townsman Jan. 13, 1955, page 8
*[https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/newspapers/ATM-1949-04-07.pdf ''Recordings obtainable at library''] Andover Towsnman Apr. 7, 1949, page 4.
*[https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/newspapers/ATM-1975-08-07.pdf ''Getting-Better Boxes at the Library''] Andover Townsman Aug. 7, 1974, page 10.


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--[[User:Stephanie|Stephanie]] ([[User talk:Stephanie|talk]]) 13:52, 24 January 2024 (EST)<br>
* [https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/newspapers/ATM-1977-11-03.pdf ''"Pattern Exchange Begins,"''] Andover Townsman Nov. 3, 1977 page 33
--[[User:Stephanie|Stephanie]] ([[User talk:Stephanie|talk]]) 10:38, 29 March 2022 (EDT)

Latest revision as of 14:52, 24 January 2024

Memorial Hall Library has a long history of lending non-book items to its patrons. In 1949, an Andover Townsman article described a record lending collection featuring selections for adults and young people. In the 1950s, MHL began circulating framed artwork and film strips and a projector. The Children's Room circulated "Getting-Better-Boxes" with books, cassettes, toys and games to entertain convalescing children beginning in 1975. In 1977, a sewing pattern exchange was started. In the early 2003, MHL was the first Massachusetts public library to circulate downloadable audiobooks in MP3 format on mobile devices called Otis Audio Players sold by Audible.com. The Memorial Hall Library Seed Library was launched in January 2016. In 2017, Memorial Hall Library formalized it's Library of Things collection with a website, cataloging records, graphic posters, publicity and funding for new, non-traditional and practical items for patrons to borrow including telescopes, graphing calculators, a guitar, craft kits and a Nintendo Switch. In 2022, The Eagle Tribune ran a front-page article mentioning that the Library of Thing's most popular items were Roku devices loaded with streaming subscriptions for Hulu, HBO Max, Netflix, AppleTV and Amazon Prime. [1]

...Library of Things Poster, 2018.... click to enlarge
Library Director, Barbara McNamara shows off items from the Library of Things in an Eagle Tribune article, 3/24/22
























  1. ↑ Andover's Library of Things offers eclectic mix for borrowing, The Eagle Tribune, March 24, 2022.

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--Stephanie (talk) 13:52, 24 January 2024 (EST)
--Stephanie (talk) 10:38, 29 March 2022 (EDT)

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