GCC Library bets on the Pats!!!!

The Librarians at Greenfield Community College are so
confident that their beloved New England Patriots will be victorious in this
weekend’s Super Bowl against the New York Giants that they have decided to put
their books where their mouths are.

The staff of the GCC Library has agreed to a friendly wager
with the Librarians of the Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Library at Corning Community
College in Corning, New York. The
Libraries have agreed to exchange books of a regional flavor, depending on the
result of Sunday’s matchup.

Eric Poulin, Coordinator of Library Services at GCC, pitched
the idea to Sarah Weisman, the Associate Dean of Learning Services at Corning,
and Corning President Kate Douglas. Douglas
was a longtime administrator and faculty member at Greenfield before becoming
the 6th President of Corning this past July.

Poulin says that he is very much looking forward to watching
a Patriots victory this weekend and receiving a few titles with a regional New
York flavor as a result.

If the Patriots win, the Corning librarians will send a
package of books to Greenfield that are New York-themed, including a title by
Elmira, NY children’s author Ted Arnold, as well as Summer In a Glass—a book about the wineries of the Finger Lake
region, where Corning is located.

If the Giants win, the GCC Library will send a package of
books to Corning that are Massachusetts and New England-themed, including the
children’s classic Make Way For Ducklings
by Robert McCloskey, as well as Home Town
by Tracy Kidder. Kidder is a member of
the Board of Trustees at GCC.

Part of the agreement between the two libraries is that the
titles will have book plates attached to them to commemorate the historic
wager, and to acknowledge the victory by the opposing team.

The game is a rematch of the 2008 Super Bowl, won by the
Giants by a score of 17-14.

Fundraiser @Mount Holyoke College President's House for South Hadley Public Library Building Project

Library supporters and advocates are cordially invited to a reception hosted by the South Hadley Public Library Building Committee and Mount Holyoke College President Lynn Pasquerella to support fundraising efforts for a new library in South Hadley:

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 5:15 to 7:00 p.m.

The President's House 45 College Street Mount Holyoke College

To support South Hadley’s public library and attend this event, please contact the South Hadley Public Library Building Committee by February 9 at <MHC.SHPLreception@gmail.com> or by telephone at 413-534-7735.

A minimum $50 per person donation is requested with all proceeds to fund the construction of the new South Hadley Public Library.  Drinks and light refreshments will be provided.

Naming opportunities are still available for leadership donations and specific information about leadership partnering will be available at the event.  More information about the new library project may be found at its website, www.shadleylib.org/NEWSHPL.html. 

Parking is available in the south end of the Village Commons parking lot. Please pass through the gate on the south edge of the lot to go to the President’s House.

Exhibit: To The Village - An Experiment in American Democracy

UMASS AMHERST LIBRARIES HOST EXHIBIT

TO THE VILLAGE SQUARE:

AN EXPERIMENT IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

~ Lionel Delevingne and the Antinuclear Movement ~

The UMass Amherst Libraries host an exhibit, “To the Village Square: An Experiment in American Democracy,” through May 1, 2012, in Du Bois Library on the Lower Level and continuing on Floor 25 in Special Collections and University Archives.  The exhibit features photographs by photojournalist Lionel Delevingne covering the antinuclear movement.

New England was the epicenter of the antinuclear movement of the 1970s and 1980s.  Sparked by the proposed construction of nuclear power plants in Montague, Mass., and Seabrook, N.H., a grass-roots movement blossomed in the region, drawing on a long tradition of non-violent political protest.  Shortly after arriving in the United States from his native France in 1975, the photojournalist Lionel Delevingne began covering the antinuclear movement, including the long history of civil disobedience and occupation at Seabrook, the aftermath of the Three Mile Island disaster, and other protests from New York to South Carolina and Europe.

Delevingne is a recipient of many awards including the National Endowment of the Arts/Humanities (NEA), University & College Designers Association (UCDA), University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UCEA), and Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

“To the Village Square” includes dozens of Delevingne’s photographs, some of the movement’s most memorable images, along with materials drawn from the rich antinuclear collections held in the UMass Amherst Libraries’ Department of Special Collections and University Archives.

For more information, contact Anne Moore (545-6888, amoore@library.umass.edu).