The Needham Free Public Library is proud to partner with the Indian Community of Needham (ICON), a local non-profit civic and cultural organization, to showcase literature from India and about Indian heritage through November. Please check out the book displays in the children’s, adolescent, and adult sections. The timing of these displays coincides with India’s festive season, and also the 7th grade study unit on India at Pollard Middle School. The ICON community will also be donating funds and a number of books this fall to enrich the Needham Free Public Library with diverse India-focused works.  We also offer programs for all ages, both virtual and in person.  You can click on any image to be sent to our Event Calendar to register for the events listed. Not everything will be listed in the newsletter, so check out https://needhamlibrary.org/  for more information about upcoming services.

https://needhamlibrary.org/events/

Coming December 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM in the Community Room
2024 McIver Lecture Series
Dr. Carrie Nugent, Olin College - Asteroid Hunting

Dr. Carrie Nugent is a distinguished near-Earth asteroid expert who joined Olin College in 2018. She received the Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science in 2019, is a TED Senior Fellow, and is a member of the International Astronomical Union Working Group: Small Bodies Nomenclature, which approves official asteroid and comet names. She is the author of “Asteroid Hunters” and produces a popular science podcast, Spacepod. She maintains an active NASA-funded research group with Olin students, and regularly teaches courses such as Astronomy and Statistics, Scientific Computing, and Environmental Consulting at Olin.

The Library is currently offers multiple Book Clubs - some live and some virtual or hybrid.  Click on any image below to find out how to register to attend.  And for further information, check out our Book Clubs page at https://needhamlibrary.org/services/reading/book-clubs/.