Web 2.0 and Libraries: Just Do It!

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Just do it! Lynne Brindley at CILIP Umbrella Conference Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive of the British Library, speaks to librarians at the Umbrella 2007 "Catalyst for Change" Conference that was presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) at the De Havilland Campus of the University of Hertfordshire on June 28 to 30.

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Foundation Center Computer Class at Springfield

FOUNDATION CENTER COMPUTER CLASS

Thursday, December 6

10 - 11:30 am in the Springfield City Library Computer Lab
[220 State St., Springfield]

This class serves as an orientation to the database, including how to search, tips and tricks, and additional information about the resources available at the Foundation Center website. Representatives of area nonprofit and grassroots organizations only please. The Foundation Directory Online (FDO) is a powerful tool for the nonprofit community, providing access to 80,000+ U.S. foundations, grantmaking public charities, and corporate givers, with links to over 7,400 grantmaker and corporate Web sites and IRS 990-PF and 990 returns.

To Register:

• Sign up using our online calendar
• Register at the Reference Desk in Wellman Hall at 220 State Street, phone: 413-263-6828 ext. 213
• E-mail askalibrarian@springfieldlibrary.org.

For more information about the Foundation Center Cooperating Collection at the Springfield City Library, visit http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/nonprofits.html

Please let any of your patrons involved in nonprofit or grassroots organizations know about the class and the resources available at the Springfield City Library.

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Donna Goldthwaite
Internet and Regional Reference Services Librarian
Springfield City Library
220 State St.
Springfield MA 01103
413-263-6828 ext 437
dgoldthwaite@springfield.org
http://www.springfieldlibrary.org

SciFi Ghost Hunters Visit Clapp Memorial Library

The SciFi Channel TAPS Team (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) is currently investigating the Clapp Memorial Library for ghosts! Library Director, Owen Maloney, night custodian Jacques Benoit (who discovered the ghosts and alerted TAPS), and the TAPS Team spent last night investigating reported hauntings at this library. Later today, TAPS will meet with Owen and Jacques to report their findings which will be aired nationally at a later date.

Read CBS Springfield's feature of this news breaking story:

Ghosts at Belchertown Library Investigated*

YouTube and libraries: It could be a beautiful relationship

Congratulations to the Williams College Library whose YouTube library orientation productions are featured within the American Library Association Association of College and Research Libraries publication YouTube and libraries: It could be a beautiful relationship by Paula L. Webb [C&RL News, June 2007, Vol. 68, No. 6]

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YouTube Video Description: Library Mystery Tour 2007 - Shown to incoming students as part of their library orientation activity.

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Video Description: Welcome to the Williams College Library Mystery Tour 2006

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In Praise of the Town Library

Recommended Web Reading:
In Praise of the Town Library by Michael Gorra in The Smart Set from Drexel University Website. 23 October 2007.
"Built on leafy streets in sleepy hamlets, it was part of the democratization of America. Small and quiet, open and generous, it is inseparable from our civic life."

This webpage also features a slideshow titled "A New England Library" that features the following nine western Massachusetts town libraries: Field Memorial Library (Conway), Clapp Memorial Library (Belchertown), Hinsdale Public Library, Meekins Library (Williamsburg), Lee Library Association, Bryant Library (Cummington), Ramsdell Public Library (Housatonic), Windsor Public Library, Lenox Library Association.

Film Programs for Adults ~ WRapper Classic Article

WMRLS WEB WATCH: FILM PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS

On December 9, 2005, WMRLS hosted an Adult Library Programming Roundtable facilitated by Karen Demers and Lisa Downing of the Wilbraham Public Library and Forbes Library (Northampton) respectively. Librarian participants shared a wealth of outstanding program ideas that we have summarized on our WMRLS WorkshopNotes website - http://www.wmrls.org/ce/notes/index.html

A segment of our roundtable program focused upon film programs for adults. The websites that are listed below were recommended by roundtable participants:

Boston Public Library Media Booking Catalog - http://www.bpl.org/catalogs/frame_viscnsl.htm - Searchthe Boston Public Library's Media Collection by subject, keyword, and title. This webpage provides instructionson how to book 16mm films and videocassettes for library and nonprofit group programming.

Film Movement Foreign Films – http://www.filmmovement.com/ – Libraries that subscribe to this servicereceive everything needed to run a monthly film club: a new award-winning film each month on DVD, discussionguides, images, and a press kit.

Movie Licensing USA - http://www.movlic.com/ - Subtitled "show copyrighted movies in your school or library- legally!" Movie Licensing USA provides public performance site licenses to libraries wishing to showhome use only feature films. The license fee is determined by the number of registered patrons that the libraryserves.

National Video Resources (NVR) Film and Discussion Series - http://www.nvr.org/ - NVR sells a completepackage to conduct a library film series on a number of topics including the videos, downloadable support materials,program planner's manual, posters and publicity materials.

Sy Becker's Movie Reviews - http://tinyurl.com/2c94vb - WWLP/Channel 22 MovieReviewer - Western Massachusetts libraries that have hosted programs featuring "Sy Becker's Look At theMovies" have rated his presentations "Two Thumbs Up".

~ Janet Eckert, WMRLS

Clip Art from Open Clip Art Library

WMRLS READS features programming videos

WMRLS READS: SUMMER READING PROGRAM (and more!) BLOG: This week, WMRLS Summer Reading Program Blog, WMRLS READS, is featuring video demonstrations of library programming for children and teens. If you have a library programming video to share, please email it to: janet.eckert.wmrlsreads@blogger.com. Thank you.

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Video Description: This contest takes place at the old Wendell Free Library. This summer, the town of Wendell opened its new energy efficient and environmentally friendly library.

Copyright © 2007 YouTube, Inc.

Gaylord Library Automation News

Automation Celebration … Ringing in the 21st Century

at Gaylord Library in South Hadley

All are invited to celebrate the completion of Gaylord Library’s long-awaited Follett automation project. Please join us on Friday, December 7 at 7 pm to be entertained by the Renaissance Ringers handbell choir and enjoy light refreshments. Parking available in MHC staff lot adjacent to the library. Sponsored by Gaylord Friends.


~ Christine Quigley, Director, Gaylord Memorial Library

Library Address: 47 College Street, South Hadley

West Stockbridge Public Library Open House

On Saturday November 3 I attended an open house at the new library in West Stockbridge, a town of 1450. The library is part of a renovated school building in which all municipal departments are now located. This beautiful space has lots of natural light, a beautiful open circulation desk, four public internet workstations, a separate staff work area, and a small meeting room. There are also bookshelves on wheels in the children’s/YA area that can be pushed to the sides of the room to create space for an audience during programs, a great idea that trustees discovered while on a library tour of the New Marlborough Public Library.

Photos include: Library Director Alison (A.J.)Cole, trustee chair Nancy Hearn and an unidentified patron; the bright and colorful children’s area---can you spot Brutus???; and A.J. with her therapy/READ dog Owen.

~ Mary King, WMRLS

LibraryThing and New WMRLS Professional Titles

Is a picture worth a thousand words? You decide. We recently posted the titles of all new titles that have been added to the WMRLS Professional Collection on LibraryThing "the world's largest online bookclub". This enables you, the viewer, to see the cover of the book in a list or a book cover format as well as manipulate the data to view by author, title, ISBN, and more!

Check out the WMRLS LibraryThing webpage!

Check out the WMRLS Professional Materials Available for Loan From WMRLS webpage!

~ Janet Eckert, WMRLS

One Minute Book Review

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YouTube Video Description: "The Yarn Harlot -Stephanie Pearl-McPhee offers sage advice in her small but delightful non-fiction book "Meditations for Women who Knit Too Much". The audiobook version is also great, because you can knit while you listen. If you are a knitter, this will validate everything you have always believed about your art/craft/hobby/obsession. And if you don't knit - well, maybe you should give it a try?"

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South Hadley Library Online Survey

The South Hadley Public Library, as part of our Strategic Planning process, is conducting a seven question survey to evaluate our community's needs. We know of several WMRLS librarians that use our library for personal or professional needs - if you are one please fill out our survey!

• Direct direct link to the survey
• Or it may be accessed from the library's homepage.

Thank you.

~ Joe Rodio, South Hadley Public Library Director