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Library Giving Day – April 3, 2024

Donate Online Your gift to Forbes Library will support everything from new books to the new performance stage — our community hub where you can attend story time and summer…ibrary will support everything from new books to the new performance stage — our community hub where you can attend story time and summer reading programs and jazz concerts. The Friends of Forbes will match up to $25,000 in donations, so your gift goes twice as far! Every day we open our doors and work to provide the excellent resources our community relies on during good times, and even more in challenging ones. You help us be there no matter wha…

Libraries in the Northampton Area

Forbes Library Northampton, Massachusetts’ public library. Smith College Libraries Links to Neilson Library, Hillyer Arts Library, Josten Performing Arts Library, Young Science Library, Mortimer Rare Book Room, College Archives, and…n Society National research library in Worcester Ma with materials from pre-twentieth century history and culture. Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library The Perkins Library provides free services to Massachusetts residents of any age who are unable to read traditional print materials due to a visual or physical disability. Massachusetts Library Directory Search for any of the more than 1,700 libraries that are members of the six Massachusetts R…

Reserve a study room or meeting room

Forbes Library offers three meeting rooms. When not required for the use of the library or library related organizations, they may be used by other groups. In addition to the meeting…on or by phone: for the Bak Study room contact the Arts and Music Desk (413-587-1013); for the Watson Room contact the Business Office (413-587-1017). For reservations within 24 hours, please contact us by phone. Additional equipment: when reserving the Watson Room or the Community Room, you can also request the use of the Meeting Owl Pro, a videoconferencing camera useful for hybrid events or meetings. Fee Schedule Policies See the page for each…

Library Card Application (children under 12)

Children under 12 and their parent or guardian: please apply online using the form below. Adults and teens 12 and over, please use this form instead. Please provide all the requested…Initial/Middle Name Child’s Last Name(required) Birth Date (format: MM-DD-YYYY)(required) Number and Street(required) City, State, Zip(required) Phone (format: 000-000-0000)(required) Name of Parent or Guardian(required) Parent/Guardian’s address: Number and Street(required) Parent/Guardian’s address: City, State, Zip(required) Parent/Guardian’s Phone (format: 000-000-0000)(required) Parent/Guardian’s Email(valid email req…

Departmental Directory

Department Staff Phone Main Circulation Desk Mary Biddle Christopher “Tex” Teghtsoonian 413-587-1011 option 2 Children’s and Young Adult Services Sarah Johnson 413-587-1010 Reference, Instruction and Help Desk Alene Moroni 413-587-1012 SMS: 413‑570‑0444…413-587-1011 option 2 Children’s and Young Adult Services Sarah Johnson 413-587-1010 Reference, Instruction and Help Desk Alene Moroni 413-587-1012 SMS: 413‑570‑0444 Arts & Music, Media, Hosmer Gallery Faith Kaufmann 413-587-1013 Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum Julie Bartlett Nelson 413-587-1014 Hampshire Room for Local History, Genealogy, & Special Collections Dylan Gaffney 413-587-1014 or 413-587-1013 Interlibrary Loan Jill Emmon…

Meeting Room Fee Schedule

Unless noted otherwise, rooms may be used for up to three hours for the cost stated. Type of Event Bak Study Room Watson Room Community Room Free public or private…normal Library hours. Three hour minimum, including required half hour set-up and clean-up. Not Available Not Available $50.00 per hour   Please pay for meeting room use only after your reservation has been approved and at least two weeks prior to the reserved date. To pay a meeting room fee, please do one of the following: pay online using PayPal in our library store; send a check to the library by mail, Attn: Business Office; bring a check to t…

Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board – Minutes for September 28, 2022

Minutes Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board September 28, 2022 4PM Present: Ben Kalish, Librarian Mary Biddle, Librarian Mary Jo Stanley Dorothy Baker Barbara Black Website Progress We are currently in…oup meetings a $40 stipend for each meeting attended upon completion of a W-9. Members may opt out of the stipends by not completing the W-9. Stipends are being offered to offset transportation, child care, loss of wages for time away from work, or other costs that advisory group members may incur as a result of their attendance at these meetings. It is also being offered in recognition of the expertise and/or lived experience that members are sha…

Forbes Library Expanding Access to Art with grant from LSTA/MBLC

September 21, 2022 — Progressions 1, oil on canvas by Springfield artist Priya Nadkarni Green. Purchased by Forbes Library in 2022 Forbes Library was recently awarded a federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)…e to users in and out of the library building. By creating accessible large-print labels with audio description of the art works, visitors in the library will be able to engage with the art works successfully. By producing high quality digital photographs of art and objects in the collections, and including them in the online collection management system we will launch in 2023, people anywhere in the world will be able to access them and increase…

Free State Wide

Language learners can build vocabulary, practice skills, and maintain what they have learned with Transparent Language Online, available anytime, anywhere in 110+ languages.

Free for all Massachusetts residents. Provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System. Want help using this resource? Contact us.

Free State Wide

Going beyond textbooks and traditional science curriculum, Gale Interactive: Science is a highly visual online learning tool. It includes interactive 3D models and is designed for middle and high school students.

Free for all Massachusetts residents. Provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System. Want help using this resource? Contact us.

Dead Collections

Sol Katz is the head archivist of an LGBTQ historical society, an avid fan of retro sci-fi television, a Jewish trans man, and a vampire. Any sun exposure could kill…ra in a windowless basement suits him well. When Elsie, the widow of a well-known television writer, comes to donate her late wife’s papers, Sol is consumed by the project–both because the writer was the showrunner of his favorite 90’s space drama, Feet of Clay, and because of his growing attraction to Elsie. But things begin going wrong in the archive: film reels disintegrate, papers wither into dust, and Sol begins to suspect that a force beyond…

Library Giving Day: Thank you for your support!

April 7, 2022 — Donate Online Thank you to the 181 library lovers who gave a total of $25,238 to support Forbes Library yesterday for Library Giving Day. This includes the $8,000 from the Friends of Forbes Library in matching funds and the additional $2,595 match from a group of generous donors. Hooray for every one of you! Your continued support makes such a difference to Forbes, and we are grateful for your part in sustaining our excellent in-person resources…

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