Way Public Library

The library is now closed on Sundays.  Sunday hours will resume after Labor Day.

You are invited to a Downton Abbey tea party at Way Library on Tuesday, June 18 at 7:00pm

Immerse yourself in the Manor House experience and discover your inner count or countess while enjoying tea and light refreshments at this event celebrating the popular Downton Abbey television series. Your host, Cathy Kamenca of WGTE, will arrive with giveaways and trivia and behind-the-scenes video clips.

Period dress is encouraged, but optional. Please bring your own teacup to this free event. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.  This event is sponsored by Directions Credit Union.

In cooperation with the Perrysburg Fire Division, Way Public Library is pleased to offer this potentially life saving first aid class.

Type of Class: CERTIFIED CLASS. Students learn skills such as how to treat bleeding, sprains, broken bones, shock and other first aid emergencies. Also teaches critical skills to respond to and manage an emergency until EMS arrives.

Primary audience: Anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in first aid to meet job, regulatory or other requirements.

This class will occur Wednesday, June 19 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. This class costs $40, payable by cash or check at the time of registration.  You can register for this class at the Information Desk.  This event is sponsored by Directions Credit Union.

View clips from the thought-provoking PBS film Henry Ford which documents the absorbing life story of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century.     See how Ford’s automobile forever changed the way we work,  where we live, and our ideas about individuality, freedom, and possibility. Open discussion follows film.

Join us Thursday, June 20th at  10:30am for this film discussion. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. This event is sponsored by Directions Credit Union. For more information on this event and our partnership with WGTE Public Media, contact Janel Haas, 419-874-3135 x102, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Announcing an exciting new service from Way Public Library!  Give Freegal a shot and learn how you can download 3 songs a week to keep forever.  This is free popular music.  This is legal!

Browse the collection and choose from the Sony Music Catalog and 50,000 independent labels.  Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Brad Paisley, P!nk, Adele, Carrie Underwood, Avril Lavigne and many other great artists are available to you by simply using your library card.

Follow the link to get started.  http://waylibrary.freegalmusic.com You will need your library card and your pin (by default, your pin is the last 4 digits of your phone number we have on file for you.)  Remember every Sunday night you get an additional 3 songs.

Google Docs is a fully functional cloud-based office productivity suite that is accessible anywhere by anyone. Join us on June 25 at 6:00pm to learn more.

Let our technology staff teach you how to use this powerful tool provided by Google.  Also hear about cloud-based storage from Google Drive in this free workshop. If you have a Gmail account, please bring your log-in information with you. Use our computers for this class, or feel free to bring your own laptop.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration at the information desk is required. Registration begins June 3rd. This event is sponsored by Directions Credit Union. For more information on this event contact Doug Kolpien at 419-874-3135 ext 106 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

In 1960, world-famous author and Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck made a trip around the United States in a truck-camper with his French poodle, Charley.  He felt that he had lost touch with the country and wanted to reconnect with its people and places.  His road trip experience resulted in what would become one of the most popular works of his career, “Travels with Charley, In Search of America” which appeared in 1962.

Bill Steigerwald, in his 2012 book, “Dogging Steinbeck” retraced the route of Steinbeck’s 1960 road trip around the United States.  His research uncovered new information about “Travels with Charley” and a few surprises about its author, John Steinbeck.

Join the Way Public Library Foundation and Friends for our Market Day Book Sale on Thursday, June 27 from 2:00pm to 6:00pm. 

$15 for a large bag!  $5 for a small bag!