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At the beginning of June, we’re saying goodbye to InfoCentre, and saying hello (aloha?) to Koha, an open source library management software. With Koha, searching our catalog will be friendlier, and users will have more control over their own accounts, i.e. placing holds, saving lists, suggesting titles, and more.
Here in America, we often take for granted that there are places like the public library, places where we can go to use computers, read, gather information and learn. This is often not the case in countries like Botswana. Robert and Sara Rothschild, seeing a need, established a family foundation that, in collaboration with the Botswana government, is building libraries in villages throughout that country.
Visit www.chooseprivacyweek.org throughout the coming week to follow an online forum on privacy.
Learn about the NH State Library, its history and its collections (its recently refurbished map and genealogy rooms are worth a visit). Also, learn about the services the State Library provides to your local library, including the statewide interlibrary loan management system and delivery, training for librarians, and research assistance for the public. On Thursday, April 25 at 7 pm the Friends of Madison Library will host the presentation “Sugaring Off: Maple Sugaring in New England” by local historian Bob Cottrell. This event will be held in the John F. Chick Room at the Madison Library, and is free and open to the public. In this slideshow presentation, Bob Cotrell will explore changes over time in how maple sugar was processed, from Native Americans’ and Colonial settlers’ techniques, to 19th and 20th century improvements, up through today’s modern methods. He will also review the social and political implications of maple sugar through its history. The talk will cover the wide variety of maple sugaring tools and equipment in use over the years, along with products harvested from the maple tree. The evening will begin with a brief annual meeting of the Friends of Madison Library, and refreshments will follow the presentation. The Friends of Madison Library support the Madison Library by raising funds for books, equipment, and special programs like this presentation.
Diane Clark grew up in the little village of Pulaski, New York with an alcoholic father. She found it in her heart to forgive her father after eighteen years of turmoil, arguments and frightening moments and sometimes violence. This book is her memoir of those eighteen years, but more than that, it is a story of trauma and of hope, of a willingness to love the one who had caused so much pain, and how the act of forgiving was the key that unlocked the chains that bound her. Diane will have copies of her book available for sale and signing. National Library Week is April 14-20, 2013! What’s happening at Madison Library:
This school vacation week, try out a family activity that combines technology with outdoor recreation. On Tuesday, April 16 at 1 pm, experienced geocacher Susan Lee will lead a workshop here at the library on how to find geocaches in Madison and beyond. Children should be accompanied by an adult since there will be a walking field trip to find some geocaches nearby. Bring a GPS-R if you have one, but having one is not necessary to take part in the workshop.
Leonora’s friend Stacy has put together a photo collage as a tribute. We have a copy the library, and it includes this happy photo of Leonora reading. There is a basket at the library for anyone who would like to leave a card or note for Leonora’s family. |
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