Morse Institute Library

I truly do love this library. And the whole minuteman network. Borrowing books from any library and they can get picked up at your home base library is great! The ONLY reason I am giving 4 stars and not 5 is based on the fact that the Children’s Dept isn’t very kid friendly. It is completely separate from the rest of the library, and though this library has a life size castle with puppets, puzzles, a train table, an aquarium; if kids play too loudly they get shushed by the librarians. I wish it were more kid friendly like the Dover library, where talking, laughing and playing is encouraged. Why bother with fun toys and attractions if you can’t enjoy them? I understand that people read and libraries are traditionally quiet places, but this is a children’s library with children’s toys available, so it should be understood that children will play

Morse Library is my happy place. This library makes me just as excited as when I was a kid. I always find something interesting to read or do here. Here are some of my favorite things:
Study Rooms — Need to get out of the house? Need some quiet time to do some work? Morse Library has several beautiful study rooms that can be reserved out for private use.
Puzzles — Sometimes they leave large puzzles out on a table for visitors to work on. It’s a nice mental break.
Magazines, Comic Books, Manga — Morse carries a lot of graphic novels and comic books. They also subscribe to many modern magazines, including Time, National Geographic and even Martha Stewart Weddings.
Telescope rental — You can borrow a really awesome telescope and use it to observe stars and planets.
Museum passes — Morse has a great selection of passes for free admission or discounts to museums and parks in Massachusetts. Morse has helped me discover many new attractions.

Great library.
Everything here is wonderful, Best is the amazing Book Sale they run here 3 times per year!
Computers work well and the library staff are friendly and helpful. Who could ask for more!

I walked in here soo frazzled, trying to send a fax (my card was stolen and I had to dispute right away) after the post office didn’t have a fax machine and would have charged $ 20 for over night shipping. Dimitri was extremely kind and helpful! He helped me break my $ 20 so I could send them at all, and assisted me with the entire process of sending/​scanning the fax. His help really calmed me down after trying to get this all done quickly. The fax was queued but he assured me it will go through and if for some reason I have any troubles, they will be there if I have any other questions. You don’t get that kind of service anywhere and it was significantly easier than going to staples. It was also my first time going to this library although I live down town and it’s so cozy and beautiful I plan to return for my library card soon. Thanks again!

I live in Natick and come here often– so great to have it right in the center of town so I can stop at the post office and hang out in the common after picking up a new book. Signing up for a card is super easy. They have a great selection of just about anything you could want– in addition to what you would expect, they also have a great selection of cookbooks (including some very recent ones that I would otherwise have bought on Amazon, and now I don’t have to!), travel guidebooks, and TV shows and movies on DVD. These are all things that even if you’re not a huge reader, you can still appreciate and take advantage of for free. One thing that I find amazing is that you can sign up to receive emails if one of your items is due back soon, and you can renew materials online. It’s also always relatively quiet, which I really appreciated when I was working on my master’s thesis last year. Just trust me, if you live nearby, become a member– it’s free and you can find just about anything that you would otherwise buy online.
Oh, and PS: I left my library card here by accident, and they took the time to look me up and mail it to me. So lovely!

agree with the other posters on here – 2 things that prevented a five star rating – mothers with their screaming kids running wild – wish the Lib Staff would control this and the hours – they take too many of the phoney-​baloney «holidays» off.

Morse Institute Library in Natick is wonderful, any word cannot describe the good thing that the library is doing to the community.
The most important thing, is providing one to one free tutoring for people who does not speak English, all tutors are wonderful, helping and really doing a marvelous job.
In addition to other activities for kids, summer reading list, and much more.

This is a great library. The kids section is awesome, the staff is super friendly.
The MinuteMan library system for inter library loans is the best thing ever.

I moved to Natick 14 years ago and started using Morse Institute Library almost immediately. It is outstanding. I was able to find a lot of interesting books for myself, Russian language movies and DVDs for my Mom who does not speak English, and tons of books, movies, music for my son. Since he was very little, it was our favorite place, and we went there a few times a week. Morse Institute staff is simply wonderful. They are very knowledgeable, helpful and always friendly and seem to remember names of all their patrons. I always feel welcome there and go to our library often. My family also used discounted or free passes to museums a lot. Online system got better and better with time. It is very convenient to use, and I can not say enough about our library quarterly book sales. I feel very fortunate to have such a gem in our neighborhood.

This is the best library I have ever been in, period.
It has been a large part of my life from an early age when my mom would take my sister & I here to the children’s department/​area. She was friends with all of the children’s librarians and we knew them all by name and vice versa, making for a very nice environment for young children.
As I aged and started to use the internet, this library was again a place I spent a lot of time at.
I don’t spend as much time here as I used to, but they are still just as great as they were throughout my life. I go into libraries in other towns and they leave much to be desired vs. the Morse Institute Library in Natick.
The only thing I think that needs to be better is to be open more in the summer and on weekends.

It’s a great library, the only thing I wish to change is longer hours open.

I grew up in Natick and the library was a place I spent a great deal of time at, it got even better after they redid the place and left the original part of the library intact!
When I was little I participated in many programs the library offered – summer reading clubs, story time, crafts and movies in the summer!
I worked at the library briefly, not my favorite job but just part of my experience there. I also learned about the internet there in 1996!
The staff is wonderful, the selection is large and the library still has little quiet nooks and crannies to go sit and read in.
I’ve never felt more comfortable at any other library.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this library.
The library has good hours for people that work the 9 – 5 jobs. I usually look up the books I’d like to borrow online, and they’ll send me an email when my books arrive or before they are due. Whenever I go there, the staff there is excellent, very friendly and efficient.
I’m pleasantly surprised at the amount of dvds they have, and have definitely reduce my spending by borrowing the dvds from the library instead. The place is always clean, very pleasant to visit. It’s also big, with tons of places to sit back and read, or do some work. They have free wifi.
I’m so glad to have this library walking distance to my home. On nice summer weekend, i could stroll through the farmers market at the commons, make a stop at the library and enjoy a nice walk with my dog around the neighborhood.

Great library, great collection, great staff.
The librarians and library staff here support a massive collection and a demanding community with the feeling of small-​town service and metropolitan efficiency. I consider the community demanding, because there are a lot of library users, I can’t say anything about attitude necessarily (my neighbors all seem nice.)
The library is open all the time it seems, the staff always has time to help me in person or on the phone. There are frequent events for various age groups, and the library seems well represented in larger town events.
The facility is clean and new feeling, with good preservation of the original building in it’s front west corner. The collection has a good mix of popular materials and rather specific interests, and I have little reason to go to a book shop with the library down the street from me.

The Morse Institute Library is simply excellent. They have a great selection of new books — both fiction and non. Their Friends of the Library funds the «Speed Read» area, which also has new books that circulate for 7 days max. Their local history/​maps/​public records area is useful if you’re trying to find out information about what’s going on in town now or in the past. They have a self-​check station in case you don’t want to wait in line to check out your books (sorry — videos and music must go through the line…) or have something in your stack that might embarrass you. :)
The fact that they are part of the Minuteman Library Network works to their advantage — you can request books from other libraries quite easily, and they’ll be delivered to whatever library you prefer.
When you get your library card from them, get the card that attaches to your keychain. Then you’ll never be without it and can always check out whatever book strikes your fancy when you find yourself in the library.

As a general rule I try not to take my wallet with me when I hit the Wellesley Booksmith. I have a weakness for hardcovers and hard to find periodicals. When I can’t indulge myself with the purchase of a stack of new releases I head over to the Natick Library (or the Morse Institute if you prefer). This is a wonderfully modern library in the heart of downtown Natick.
As a member of the Minuteman Network of libraries you would be hard pressed not to find what you are looking for. If its not on the shelves they will help you request it from a partner library. The staff are amazing like that!
DVDs you say? Suprise… they have tons. Seriously, a bazillion might be a slight exaggeration. Again, the best part is that if they don’t have it o