The Forbes Library is a tax-supported community agency which is available to all. Everyone using this facility will receive impartial, helpful, and friendly customer service. The library maintains a safe…and staff can be free from harassment, intimidation, and threats to their safety and well-being. In order to protect all library users’ right of access to library facilities, to insure the safety of users and staff, and to protect library resources and facilities from damage, the library governing authority, in this case the Board of Trustees, may impose reasonable restrictions on the time, place, or manner of library access. Patrons and staff ar…
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Consumer Information
These online resources are great place to look for consumer information, whether you are looking for product reviews or safety information. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Try searching the catalog or asking…These online resources are great place to look for consumer information, whether you are looking for product reviews or safety information. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Try searching the catalog or asking a librarian….
Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board – Minutes for January 25, 2023
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…the library, including the Community Room. The results of their report may inform future improvements. Ben mentioned the improved sound system, including the assistive listening system, and acoustic improvements made during a past renovation, but knows that there is much ambient noise and still room for improvement. Mary Jo mentioned that some people have just stopped attending meetings in the Community Room because of the difficulty in understand…
Winter Solstice
In this somber coda to the Winter Street trilogy–Winter Street (2014), Winter Stroll (2015), and Winter Storms (2016)–Hilderbrand revisits the lives, loves, and challenges of the Quinn family at the…n family at the Winter Street Inn. Set during the last three months of the year and peppered with cameo appearances from earlier books in the series, Winter Solstice gives equal weight to threads of hope and despair. Patriarch Kelley is ailing, and his wife Mitzi is trying to keep everything together. Kelley’s grown children Kevin, Patrick, and Ava are living their own lives while maintaining their connection to the Inn, and Kelley and Mitzi’s son…
Five year plan for Forbes Library aims to provide greater access to all library services for all members of the Northampton community
October 18, 2017 — Strategic Plan Forbes Library completed an eight-month planning process that culminated in the creation of a strategic plan for fiscal years 2019 through 2023 (July 2018-June 2023). The library submitted…ut the new plan will be given on Monday, November 13 at 5:30 PM at the library. Call 413-587-1011 or email info@forbeslibrary.org for more information….
Forbes Staff Member Receives Competitive Award
June 20, 2018 — Dylan Gaffney, Senior Library Assistant at the Forbes Library, has been awarded the 2018 Paralibrarian of the Year award by the Massachusetts Library Association. This competitive annual award is given…g in collaboration with others on staff and in the community, and helps to organize the free outdoor Cinema Northampton screenings and curate the Northampton Film Festival each year. Our film programming brings in large audiences with high expectations, and these expectations are frequently exceeded. Dylan applied for and received a very competitive grant from the Internet Archive for a project called Community Webs. The grant provides the softwar…
Forbes Library Unveils Strategic Plan
October 17, 2023 — Forbes Library, a beloved cornerstone of the Northampton community, is thrilled to announce the launch of its comprehensive Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2025 through 2027. This visionary plan charts…sources related to significant cultural and political movements of the last 50 years. Promotion and Outreach: Recognizing the need to highlight its valuable resources, Forbes Library will intensify promotion efforts to ensure the community is aware of new and existing offerings. This ambitious Strategic Plan represents a significant achievement for Forbes Library. It wouldn’t have been possible without the dedication of Katy Wight, Vice President…
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Andrew Rossi’s film Page One explores the role of print media in a rapidly changing technological landscape. The documentary goes inside the Eighth Avenue tower and we watch events unfold…guidelines of responsible reporting, they still need to compete with this brand of information giving on some level. Staff members are also profiled and followed around through the course of pitching and working on articles. We go inside meetings and presentations, too. David Carr, arguably the star of this film, is seen laying down the law in a meeting with Vice personnel, seeing his elderly father and giving a presentation on technology and med…
125 and Counting
January 1, 2019 — by Rich Szlosek With all the festivities that take place between Halloween and New Year’s Day, you likely have not noticed yet another ongoing celebration that is underway in the Northampton…f his untimely death in 1933. There will also be a discussion later in the year of Coolidge’s role in the Boston Police Strike, the event that made him a national figure in 1919. Coolidge’s history with Forbes went back to the very first year the library was in existence. After graduating from Amherst College in 1895, he came to Northampton to work as a clerk in the law offices of Hammond and Fields. One of the first things he did was to get a lib…
Housing and Utilities Assistance
Shelters and housing assistance in the Northampton Area. Shelters Hampshire County Interfaith Shelter 43 Center Street, Northampton. Follow signs to the entrance in back. 413-586-6750 An emergency overflow shelter for…re also eligible to receive discounts on their home phone and electric bills and may choose to enroll in their Heating System Repair Program, Weatherization Program, or Electric Efficiency Program. Internet Essentials Inexpensive broadband and computers available to eligible households with at least one child receiving free or reduced-price lunch under the National School Lunch program. Lifeline Lifeline is a federal program that helps eligible in…
Musicians In Residence
The Musician In Residence program is currently on hiatus. The Quark Quartet, 2020 Musicians in Residence The Quark Quartet The Quark Quartet began a residency in early 2020, which was…a series of performances and workshops. Six events over the course of the year featured live music and an informative piece related to the life of an active musician. Participants learned how to write a song, make a music video, become a rock ‘n’ roll podcaster, and more! Participating performers included The Fawns, Beach Honey, Gentle Hen, Andy Goulet, and Sitting Next To Brian. Music and Social Justice In 2019 Forbes Library launched a series o…
Forbes Library Board of Trustees Seeks Candidates for Appointment
March 16, 2024 — Forbes Library, Northampton’s public library, seeks applications for the position of Trustee of Forbes Library to fill two vacancies. These vacancies were created when a change in the board’s bylaws…underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged to apply. More information is available on the library’s website at http://www.forbeslibrary.org/trustees. …
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