Massachusetts Access to Justice The Massachusetts Access to Justice initiative works to provide equal access to the court system for the public, including self-represented litigants, those with limited or no…) 586-8729 Lawyer Referral Service – Massachusetts Bar Association https://www.masslawhelp.com/ (866) 627-7577 Massachusetts Court Service Centers https://www.mass.gov/service-details/learn-about-court-service-centersCourt Service Centers help people navigate the Massachusetts court system. Centers are available to all court users without attorneys and there are no income or immigration status requirements. All of the services in the Court Service…
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Online Day of Giving Established to Support Local Libraries
March 26, 2019 — ONLINE DAY OF GIVING ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT LOCAL LIBRARIES Three local libraries are raising funds through an inaugural Library Giving Day campaign. This one-day online fundraising event will occur on…tesbury are raising funds for a future new library project. They have been actively and creatively fundraising for a new Shutesbury Library since 2012 when efforts to secure matching funds for a Library Construction Grant were unsuccessful. Through multiple efforts including Valley Gives, Spring Spruce-Ups and support from Town Meeting, the Library now has more than $365,000 saved for a future project, about a third of the amount needed to match t…
Regional News and Media
Local Newspapers Daily Hampshire Gazette https://www.gazettenet.com/ News and Information for Northampton by the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Forbes Library patrons can find articles from 1994 to the present in NewsBank. For index…on Open Media Local College Newspapers The Sophian – Smith College Student press. The Amherst Student – Amherst College Newspaper. The Daily Collegian – UMass Amherst’s college newspaper. Online Only Local News Sites Paradise City Press https://paradisecitypress.org/ A citizen’s journalism project from Northampton Community Television….
Fast Girls
Elise Hooper (The Other Alcott, 2017) finds three unheralded female athletes to share in a tale spanning three Olympiads: 1928 Amsterdam, when the first women’s delegation competed in track and…ture and the first female gold medal winner in track and field, but is nearly killed in a plane crash just weeks before the 1932 games. Louise is the oldest daughter in a poor black family, leaving school for domestic work to help support her younger siblings. Helen is an awkward farm girl with few prospects beyond working the family farm until her potential is seen by the local track coach at a church basketball game. Each makes her own way to ex…
Outreach Delivery Service
January 27, 2017 — Is it difficult for you or someone you know to get to the library? Let us bring the books to you! Forbes Library volunteers deliver and return library materials to…Is it difficult for you or someone you know to get to the library? Let us bring the books to you! Forbes Library volunteers deliver and return library materials to home bound residents in Northampton, Florence and Leeds. Apply online or pick up an application at the library. For more information call 413-587-1019….
Home : 2022 virtual exhibit of visual and performing arts and writing
January 11, 2022 — Submissions Closed: February 11, 2022 at 6 PM Online Virtual Exhibit: March 1 – April 30, 2022 Forbes Library invites western Mass. creatives to submit recent work for a Virtual…exhibitions and BIPOC artists, LGBTQIA artists and women artists are strongly encouraged to apply. Eligibility: creators must reside in one of the four counties of western Massachusetts: Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin, Berkshire. Work must have been created in the last 2 years (since January 1, 2020). Formats: Visual Art, Writing, Video, Music and Dance (in video format) Limit: 3 item submissions per person Written submissions (poetry, essays, stori…
Coolidge and Civil Rights
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…ked trace of Indian blood” as well as his assimilationist views: “Coolidge actively engaged with Native Americans as president and promoted these interactions in the media. Coolidge hosted Native Americans at the White House numerous times, publicly released posed photographs with them, and even visited a Native American tribal reservation in South Dakota … Coolidge clearly promoted his interactions with Native American populations and viewed them…
Forbes Library Seeks Assistant Director
November 24, 2016 — Assistant Director/Patron Services Librarian posted November 23, 2016 Assistant Director Job Description Forbes Library, the public library in Northampton, MA seeks candidates for the position of Assistant Director/ Patron Services…nd work within budget; assess work priorities and work independently; aptitude and experience with social media and technology savvy; analytical skills. SALARY: Full time benefited position, $66,000 annually To apply, please submit cover letter, resume and names of three references to Director, Forbes Library, via email at jobs@forbeslibrary.org — Deadline to apply is December 19, 2016….
Outreach Delivery Service featured in Conz Street Chronicle
January 31, 2018 — Click for the article and photos: Outreach: Read about it!…Click for the article and photos: Outreach: Read about it!…
Collection Development Policy
The Library’s Mission Forbes Library exists to provide a wide range of information and materials to all of the people of Northampton, using traditional and innovative technology, and to encourage…m and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners provide many of the online products. Access to online products from the Boston Public Library with a BPL eCard is also available. Factors considered in the selection of reference materials are authority, reliability, scope, treatment, arrangement, format, cost, and existing holdings. 8. Local Authors An effort is made to acquire titles by local (Northampton and the towns in the Pioneer Valley)…
Northampton’s Forbes Library turns page on first 125 years
February 25, 2019 — Springfield Republican/MassLive, February 24, 2019; reproduced by permission https://www.masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2019/02/northamptons_forbes_library_turns_page_on_first_125_years.html By Cori Urban Special to The Republican The Forbes Library in Northampton is turning the page on its first 125 years…niversary year Forbes Library is hosting special events and presenting exhibits both online and in its gallery about the library’s history. Histories about prominent people and events connected to Forbes Library will be published along with photos and personal stories. “We are so proud of having served the community in the same building with virtually the same mission for 125 years. This anniversary is an opportunity to share that history with the…
Vox Tox
On March 21, 2020, Sandi Toksvig posted a video on a new YouTube, Vox Tox. It opens with the calming sound of a slow piano rag and a view of…ed to find the positive in this enforced separation from the world and the bit I’m finding is how lovely to have the time to dip in and out of some ancient volume I haven’t looked at for ages. I struggled a great deal with loneliness when I was a child and it was always books which kept me company. Vox Tox is “a daily amble through the library of Sandi Toksvig”. It’s also a wonderful amble through the mind of Sandi Toksvig, whose interests are wid…
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