This is a difficult-to-classify tale of a medical researcher studying near death experiences. An interesting cast of characters of different races and backgrounds populate the novel and the story takes…fferent races and backgrounds populate the novel and the story takes several turns, mostly unexpected. The politics and gossip and in a hospital setting are realistically portrayed. For mystery lovers who don’t mind a touch of medical-science-fiction. And for the philosophically inclined lover of escape fiction. A bit of a spooky read, and not everyone lives happily ever after. I found the main character a bit exasperating. But I had trouble putti…
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The life and death of Old Main
The life and death of Old Main: Images preserve the legacy of a now-demolished Northampton State Hospital building by Sarah Dunlap [Originally published in The Daily Hampshire Gazette on: Thursday, December 13,…u couldn’t really walk through some of the hallways,” he said. “It was really dangerous. The sub-basement was half full of water, and I couldn’t go in there, because you needed diving gear to get into that part of the building, and there was a lot of broken glass.” In one photograph, Majeski shows the front of Old Main, an imposing structure with discolored red bricks and shattered windows. In this image, Old Main seems to tower above its neighbor…
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…ldings. It was completed in 1893 and then took a year to open while the newly-hired director, Charles Ammi Cutter, went to Europe to assemble a collection in time for its opening in October 1894. He had created the Cutter Expansive Classification System when he was librarian at the Boston Athenaeum, and he implemented his system at Forbes Library, which is one of only five libraries in the world still using the Cutter System. “We use it largely be…
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…ions and posts with, well-researched and well-written annotations. [Example: https://www.facebook.com/Forbes.Library/posts/10156212008993184 — reach of almost 4000] These have engaged thousands of viewers and are our most popular online content. He always volunteers to serve on committees, attend community outreach events, mentor new staff members, or help the library reach its mission in any way he can. One important role he has taken on is the l…
Objections to Library Resources
Library resources include more than just materials for loan. Libraries also provide programs and events (in-person and virtual), displays and exhibits, and a range of electronic resources, usually accessed online,…virtual), displays and exhibits, and a range of electronic resources, usually accessed online, which include research databases, e-books and magazines, downloadable audio, video streaming services, and social media content. In addition to the traditional circulating print and audio/visual collections, Forbes provides a Library of Things to borrow and free take-home kits to keep. The Library also maintains an archive of local history materials and…
A valuable source of information on both privately held and public companies and their executives. Offers up to 35 searchable fields such as company size and sales, business type and age, and contact criteria. Includes specialty information such as executive name lists and president biographies.
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Taxes
Forms Available at Forbes Forbes Library generally receives the following tax forms in late January: IRS Forms 1040 and 1040-SR (2023 forms are here!) IRS Instructions for Forms 1040 and…e of income. Call 413-376-1136 to make an appointment. Get Your Refund: All-Online VITA Service Free virtual non-profit tax preparation service for low-income households built by Code for America, in partnership with the IRS, with support from the White House and U.S. Department of Treasury. Eligibility is determined by income amount. Also offered in Spanish. Northampton Senior Center Tax Preparation Northampton seniors given first priority. Call…
Music & Performing Arts from Alexander Street Press combines audio and video that spans all time periods, hundreds of thousands of seminal artists, composers, choreographers, and ensembles to provide an unparalleled learning environment for the teaching of music. Collections include American Music, Classical Music, Jazz, World Music, Theatre, Dance and Opera in video, and classical music scores.
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For help with donations please contact info@forbeslibrary.org or call 413-587-1017. Fill out my LGL Form! Checks can be mailed to the Business Office: Forbes Library 20 West Street Northampton, MA…For help with donations please contact info@forbeslibrary.org or call 413-587-1017. Checks can be mailed to the Business Office: Forbes Library 20 West Street Northampton, MA 01060…
An award-winning resource on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present day
- Over 45,000 articles on fine arts, decorative arts, and architecture
- Scholarship written by over 6,000 international contributors
- Over 130,000 art images, with links to hundreds of museums and galleries around the world
- A wide range of search and browse options to explore the full text, bibliographies, biographies, and image links
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We hope you find these resources helpful. Please feel welcome to ask a librarian. You can call us at 587-1010, email us at childrens@forbeslibrary.org or stop by with any questions….We hope you find these resources helpful. Please feel welcome to ask a librarian. You can call us at 587-1010, email us at childrens@forbeslibrary.org or stop by with any questions. Subject Guides from Forbes Library Links to great sites on all kinds of topics, specially selected by the librarians at Forbes. Databases…
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