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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 the Mad Professor Brian Adams, novelist, Love in the Time of Climate Change November 5 Paradise Found: A Walking and Biking Tour of Northampton, Massachusetts through poetry and art. Tom Clark, Lo…

From 2011–2015, Forbes Library presented the Local History/Local Novelists, a reading and lecture series which explored links between local history and contemporary novelists, held the first Wednesday of the month at 7 pm in the Coolidge Room, October through May. The 2014/15 season, curated by Forbes Writer in Residence Susan Stinson working closely with Forbes Assistant Director Lisa Downing, varied the theme to include strange stories of scien…

Forbes Library has musical instruments available for loan! Instruments are available to adult patrons and children in sixth grade or above and can be kept for three weeks. Our musical instruments are very popular so there may be a waiting list. Instruments can be requested in the online catalog. They must be picked up and returned in person at Forbes Library and cannot be returned in the book drop or at other libraries. Search our online catalog …

Borrowing Rules Patron must have a current library card in good standing from Forbes or another library in the CW MARS network. The E-Reader must be checked out and returned at the Forbes Library Arts & Music desk on the second floor and handed directly to a staff person to check in. The E-Reader may not be returned to another library, nor placed in the book or media drop outside. E-Readers are loaned for three weeks and may be renewed twice. Any…

Books, CDs, DVDs and most other library materials may be returned in the library’s book drops, which are located to the north of the main entrance, just off the exit… Books, CDs, DVDs and most other library materials may be returned in the library’s book drops, which are located to the north of the main entrance, just off the exit to the parking lot. Please help us by separating children’s materials, books and media, according to the labels on the book drops. …

Forbes Library does not charge overdue fines. Fees may appear on your account as the result of overdue fines from other libraries or as the result of lost or damaged items. Cash and check payments are accepted at the Circulation Desk and the Children’s Desk. Credit and Debit cards are accepted online. Paying fines using your debit or credit card You can pay online using your Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover. You can also make a dona…

Free wireless Internet access is available on all floors of the library as well as most of the library grounds. Just connect to the network Forbes Library Guest. The network… Free wireless Internet access is available on all floors of the library as well as most of the library grounds. Just connect to the network Forbes Library Guest. The network is unencrypted and no password is required. Signal strength varies and is strongest near to the library building. Use of the network is subject to the library’s Wireless Internet Policy. …

Second Floor (Arts and Music, Calvin Coolidge Museum, Local History, Hosmer Gallery, etc.) Mezzanine (older nonfiction, Watson room) Main Floor (Fiction and other Literature, Reference, Main Desk) Basement (Children’s Department,… Second Floor (Arts and Music, Calvin Coolidge Museum, Local History, Hosmer Gallery, etc.) Mezzanine (older nonfiction, Watson room) Main Floor (Fiction and other Literature, Reference, Main Desk) Basement (Children’s Department, Young Adult Collection, Community Room) …

Cemetery Contact Bridge Street Cemetery 56 Bridge Street Rich Parasiliti 413-587-1570 Congregation B’nai Israel Cemetery (aka) Joseph B’nai Lodge #395 473 North King Street Congregation B’nai Israel 253 Prospect St. 413-584-3593 Park Street Cemetery 44 Park St. Florence Rich Parasiliti 413-587-1570 St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cemetery 235 North Elm and Hatfield Sts. 413-584-3257 Spring Grove Cemetery 300 North Maple Rich Parasiliti 413-587-1570 Wes…

The library will attempt to notify patrons of materials left behind in the building or in the book drop if there is identification. However, the library holds no responsibility for these items. Items shall be dated when possible, with the patron’s name, and whether they have been contacted. If we are able to get in touch with the proper owner, he/she will be notified of the date that we will hold the item until. If a patron does acknowledge the l…

As a participant in the State Aid to Public Libraries Program administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Forbes Library must comply with requirements regarding use of its collection that are specified in Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 78, Section 19A and 19B and further defined in the Code of Massachusetts Regulations (605 CMR 4.00). Forbes Library extends reciprocal borrowing privileges to residents of the Commonwealt…

Coolidge Museum Endorses Statement on Civility in Politics September 25, 2023 Press Release – For immediate release Contact: Lisa Downing, Library Director, director@forbeslibrary.org or 413-587-1016 The Calvin Coolidge Standing Committee of the Forbes Library Board of Trustees voted at its Sept. 11, 2023 meeting to support the joint statement of thirteen presidential foundations and centers “regarding the future of our nation and an urgent call …