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In keeping with the Forbes Library’s mission “to provide a wide range of information and materials to all of the people of Northampton, using traditional and innovative technology, and to…information. Social software can include, but is not limited to, blogging, instant messaging, social networking sites, and wikis. Many social networking sites allow users of those sites to become a “friend”, “fan” or otherwise associate their own “profiles” or virtual presences with the Library’s profile on these sites. Examples of such sites are Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube. As with more traditional resources, the Library does not act i…
Forbes Library’s Mobile Print Service let you print virtually any document from your Internet connected device to the printer in the library. Print From Home Staff Mediated Staff mediated printing…le App Store PrinterOn Print Service in the Google Play Store If you can’t install the app you can: Upload your documents using our Print From Home form Send an email to our print service. Text and attachments will be printed. You will receive an email confirming that the print job has been received. At the library, you will enter the same email address used to send the print job in order to retrieve and print your documents. Black & White One-Sid…
After accidentally setting her fancy Boston workplace on fire, pastry chef Livvy flees to Vermont where her best friend helps her get a job at the local bed and breakfast,…develops a crush on her. The local contra dance band has an opening for her and her banjo. When Livvy’s path crosses that of the kindly neighbors’ prodigal son, her connection deepens. She takes a few wrong turns and has to find her way back from another instance of flight before she finds her happy ending. Pastry descriptions will require a bakery jaunt to make it through, and readers can bake their own blue ribbon apple pie from Livvy’s recipe….
Forbes Library is pleased to offer the following services for people with visual impairments: Handheld magnifiers Magnifying glasses in a variety of sizes and levels of magnification are available for use within…the reference desk. Screen reader software NVDA screen reader software is installed on all our public computers. Please ask at the reference desk if you would like assistance getting on a computer and setting up this software. Large Print Collection Forbes Library offers over 4000 large-print books including fiction and non-fiction. These books can provide a more comfortable reading experience for those with vision impairments. Additional large-p…
Minutes Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board 4 November 2021 4:00 PM This meeting was on zoom. Present: Ben Kalish, Reference Librarian Molly Moss, Assistant Director Brian Tabor, Borrower Services Supervisor/note…e Public Library. Fusion, a combined screen reader and magnifier, has been installed on five computers. Ben wants to remind everyone there is a budget for accessibility accommodations at the library, including for library programs and meetings. Dorothy appreciates the captions for the meeting. Ben shared that Zoom’s automatic captioning system, called “Live Transcription” is available for all Zoom meetings but must be enabled by the host. Adjour…
At Service Desks Listening systems are installed at every service desk. Use your own t-coil enabled hearing aid or ask for a headset—you will be able to hear library staff clearly with minimal background noise. At Library Programs Assistive listening systems are available at all library programs on site, and our online programs are captioned. Text Message Reference Service You can contact the library from your mobile phone using text messaging. J…
Resources Regarding Calvin Coolidge’s Record on African-American Rights, Native American Rights and Immigration The Board of Trustees of Forbes Library recently renewed its commitment to “seek out and eliminate underlying…of Engraving and Printing. Cafeteria service remained segregated, in many instances, as did that last stronghold of segregation, the rest-room. The situation did improve during Coolidge’s tenure, but not so much that in mid-1928, after [Herbert] Hoover had been nominated, [NAACP Executive Secretary James Weldon] Johnson would refrain from sending the president a telegram asking him, on behalf of the NAACP, to take immediate action in abolishing r…
phone 413-587-1011 & choose options from the voice menu, or see Departmental Directory below text/SMS 413‑570‑0444 fax 413-587-1015 email info@forbeslibrary.org or see Departmental Directory below. Forms make a suggestion ask…governed by our Social Networking Policy. Facebook Twitter Flickr YouTube Instagram Departmental Directory DepartmentEmailPhoneStaffBorrower Services circulation@forbeslibrary.org 413-587-1011 option 2 Mary Biddle Christopher “Tex” Teghtsoonian Children’s and Young Adult Services childrens@forbeslibrary.org 413-587-1010 Sarah Johnson Madison Socha-Bishop Adult Services, Reference, Instruction reference@forbeslibrary.org 413-587-1012 SMS: 41…
Minutes Forbes Library Accessibility Advisory Board Minutes Date 25 January 2023 Time 3PM Attending Mary Biddle, Library Staff Lisa Downin, Library Director Ben Kalish, Library Staff Molly Moss, Assistant Director…s. The library plans to have equipment designed for lecture style programs installed in the Coolidge Museum, but there have been many delays and it is not yet ready. In the meantime, and for any programs in the Community Room, Ben suggested that someone might stream the program from a mobile device or streaming capable camera. Community Room Acoustics Mary Jo Stanley asked about the acoustics in the Community Room, noting that even when she had be…
Scanning The computers in the Arts and Music department all have flatbed scanners. An “express scanning” station is also available in the Reference Room. Fax You can send a fax…le App Store PrinterOn Print Service in the Google Play Store If you can’t install the app you can: Upload your documents using our Print From Home form Send an email to our print service. Text and attachments will be printed. You will receive an email confirming that the print job has been received. At the library, you will enter the same email address used to send the print job in order to retrieve and print your documents. Black & White One-Sid…
Minutes Forbes Library Accessibility Advisory BoardDate 12 January 2024Time 3PMAttending: Dorothy Baker, Linda White, Ben Kalish, Molly Moss, Mary Biddle Public Comment Ben Kalish, on behalf of Anne Gancarz: The…to Covid. Before that, there were improvements to the sound system and the installation of sound-dampening panels on the ceiling. It is a difficult space since additional sounds are coming from other places (elevator, mechanical room, etc.) A new portable assistive listening system is available for loan. So far only the advisory board and the City’s Disability Comission have been informed–promotion will begin once more library staff have been trai…
