Minutes Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board 15 July 2021 4:00 PM This meeting was on Zoom. Present: Ben Kalish, Reference Librarian Molly Moss, Assistant Director Brian Tabor, Borrower Services Supervisor/note…es to get funding from the city to improve the airflow in the restrooms. Meeting adjourned, 4:27pm. Next meeting will be scheduled for the autumn….
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What’s Your Library Worth?
November 13, 2015 — Forbes Library provided $7,062,976 in services last fiscal year: A $42 investment per capita with a $278 return. Library Service Count (in FY2015) Unit cost (without library) Source of unit cost…$56,550 Newspapers Read 3,900 $2.00 News stand average $7,800 Movies Borrowed 99,347 $4.00 Estimated Netflix average $397,388 Meeting Room Use 3,044 $25.00 Estimated value $76,100 Adult Program Attended 9,294 $15.00 Entertainment/program admission fee (estimated average per adult) $139,410 Young Adult Program Attended 199 $12.00 Entertainment/program admission fee (estimated average per youth) $2,388 Children’s Program Attended 11,281 $7.00 Entert…
Happy Thanksgiving
November 26, 2013 — “On this day, in home and church, in family and in public gatherings, the whole nation has for generations paid the tribute due from grateful hearts for blessings bestowed.” From Calvin Coolidge’s…s online. Click on the year to take you to proclamation on their website. 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928…
Use a library computer
This page describes the computers in the Reference Room and the Arts and Music department. Additional computers for children and teens can be found in the Children’s Department. All our…ny information about the websites you visited from the computer. You may use Tor Browser, which is installed on our computers. Used properly, Tor Browser can help you to protect your privacy online. Printing and Scanning Printers, photocopiers, and scanners are available. Prohibited Uses The following uses of library computers are prohibited: Bypassing library time management or security software Destruction of, damage to, or alteration of library…
Complete Local History/Local Novelists Reading and Lecture Series Calendar (with past events)
2014-2015 | 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 logo by Julieta Vasquez Mansilla 2014 – 2015 October 1 Strange Stories of Science! Bugs! Scandal! Fiction! Faith Deering, entomologist, Historic Deerfield Peter Kobel, author, The Strange Case of…a Bleiman, author, DIRTY TRICKS February 1 Celebration of Local Novelists Jedediah Berry, author, THE MANUAL OF DETECTION John Crowley, author, ÆGYPT and FOUR FREEDOMS Ellen Meeropol, author, HOUSE ARREST Sabina Murray, author, TALES OF THE NEW WORLD March 7 Dominic Daley and James Halligan James Cahillane, author, ON HISTORY’S FRONT STEPS Eric Sawyer, composer, THE GARDEN OF MARTYRS (opera) Michael White, author, THE GARDEN OF MARTYRS May 2 Sylve…
Produced by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Lists some of the many online digital history resources created and maintained by Massachusetts institutions.
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Books and Authors
These online resources are great place to begin your research about books and authors. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Try searching the catalog or asking a librarian….These online resources are great place to begin your research about books and authors. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Try searching the catalog or asking a librarian….
Request items
Holds and Interlibrary Loan Library patrons may place holds through the CW MARS Catalog or by calling 413-587-1012. CW MARS provides guides for using the online catalog. For additional assistance, please contact us. If the…ems for pickup? We hold requested items for one week. This cannot be extended. How will I know when requested items are ready for pick-up? We will send you an email when your items arrive. You may also check on the status of your hold whenever the library is open, either in person or by calling 413-587-1012. How many requests may I have at one time? You may have 20 CW MARS requests at one time. Can someone else pick up my holds? Yes, but they must…
Northampton Literary Walk
Join us on Saturday, April 20 for a stroll through Downtown Northampton as we celebrate all things literary! Forbes Library and the Massachusetts Center for the Book are partnering with…oetry, and the execution of public presentation. Donations will be gratefully accepted towards the Eli Daniel Nemetz Todd Memorial Fund, which supports writing programs at the Northampton Center for the Arts. Location: 33 Hawley Street 1:30 – 2:30 pm: R. Michelson Galleries – Storytime at R. Michelson Readings by children’s book authors and illustrators, Micha Archer, Jane Dyer, Grace Lin, and Rich Michelson. Location: 132 Main Street 2:45 – 3:45…
Biography and History
Looking for a biography? Want to learn about history? These online resources are great place to begin your research. Of course, we have lots of materials available in the library…Looking for a biography? Want to learn about history? These online resources are great place to begin your research. Of course, we have lots of materials available in the library too. Try…
Forbes Library Community Survey 2017
April 21, 2017 — Take this survey online and enter to win a $100 Northampton gift card! http://forbeslibrary.org/survey Forbes Library is developing a new strategic plan to identify priorities for services and programs for…or mmoss@forbeslibrary.org….
Forbes Library selects new Writer in Residence
April 29, 2015 — Naila Moreira Forbes Library has selected Naila Moreira as its new Writer in Residence. Ms. Moreira will begin a two year term in July succeeding Susan Stinson who has held…s its new Writer in Residence. Ms. Moreira will begin a two year term in July succeeding Susan Stinson who has held the post for five years. The Writer in Residence is a professional writer who furthers the library’s fundamental mission by volunteering approximately five hours each week creating, offering and promoting library programming. The intention of the WIR program is to further the engagement between the library and the community’s writers…
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