Franklin Public Library opens this Chronicle piece on "Libraries are evolving into community centers with multi-services"

"Books represent only a small part of what draws today’s patrons to public libraries, which have evolved into thriving community centers with multi-services.

"We're a passport agent, we do notary, we do technology help—if you don't know how to use your phone, you come in, you get technology assistance. We offer so much more than books,” says Liane Verville, the director of the Fall River Public Library.

Greg Peverill-Conti’s day job is as an information services supervisor for the Wellesley Free Library. As co-creator of the nonprofit Literary Land Project, he’s visited libraries across the country, as well as most of those in Massachusetts, to explore, document, and promote what he sees as the vital and evolving role of public libraries in our communities.

"People have this idea that libraries are museums or books, that they're just these anachronistic institutions that aren't really relevant,” Peverill-Conti says. “And we saw again and again, that's not true."

Continue reading the article and watch the video which opens at the Franklin Public Library -> https://www.wcvb.com/article/public-library-free-massachusetts-boston-public-kitchen-outdoor-tools-household-equipment-plants/61162807

screengrab from Chronicle piece on Libraries are evolving