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The location name is given here as it appears in our online catalog. You may come across other location names as well. If you need help finding these, or anything…hours) Juvenile Easy Juvenile Easy Phonics Juvenile Easy Graphic Short easy-to-read books for beginning readers Near the western entrance to the Young Adult Room, just past the picture books Juvenile Fairy Fairy tales and folktales Opposite the western entrance to the Young Adult Room, between the nonfiction and Juvenile Series Juvenile Holiday Books about holidays This collection is in storage—a librarian can retrieve titles for you, please ask J…

Vision Aids Magnifying glasses Illuminated magnifying glasses of various sizes and strengths are available at the Reference Desk and the Arts and Music Desk. Desktop magnifier You can find an Optelec…rowed from the library for home use. Stop by the reference desk or call 413-587-1012 for more information. These include A Ruby HD Video Magnifier—a small handheld digital magnifier. Dome magnifiers—small lens that can be placed on a document to enlarge the text, available in a variety of sizes. A National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped digital talking book player. We also have a small collection of talking book cartridge…

The Bak Study Room is approximately 12′ x 11′ and contains a round table and 4 chairs. The Bak Study Room is intended for small group study and tutoring. It…ons can be made online (pending confirmation by the library), by phone (413-587-1013), or in person at the Arts & Music desk. You can reserve up to a 3-hour block of time. Patrons are limited to 5 outstanding reservations at any time Please be on time; if you are 15 minutes late or if you vacate the room for over 15 minutes, the room may be given to another group. Only the library’s dry-erase markers may be used on the white boards. Please ask for…

Forbes Library subscribes to a number of newspapers for use in the library. In addition, we have online access to many newspapers, and a collection of historical newspapers on microfilm….bes to a number of newspapers for use in the library. In addition, we have online access to many newspapers, and a collection of historical newspapers on microfilm. Current Subscriptions Newspaper Name In Reading Room In Storage Barron’s current week, past week none Boston Globe current week, past week none Boston Herald current week, past week none Daily Hampshire Gazette current month, past month any previous month not on microfilm Financial Tim…

Your library account can be used to log in to a variety of resources, including the library catalog. You can log in to your the catalog using the “Log into…he products available to you with your library account on our Articles and Online Resources page. Please note that which resources are available to you remotely may depend upon your home address or the library that issued your library card. These resources include: eBooks, eAudiobooks, and electronic magazines (Start with Libby and Overdrive) Streaming movies (Start with Kanopy) Research databases much more! (Check out the Full list of resources)…

Please download the library’s strategic plan here: Message from the Chair (PDF / 1 page) Strategic Plan Summary (PDF / 4 pages) Complete Strategic Plan (PDF / 40 pages) Completed…munity with 125th anniversary events Sample activities: develop a Historian-in-Residence Program to create and present new work based on our collections launch a crowdsourced transcription project partner with local schools to offer a student research project based on the library’s collections develop an archive of born digital content pertaining to the ongoing history of our community 3. Access & Innovation Forbes Library connects all patrons to…