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| LATEST LIBRARY NEWS OTHER ITEMS CLOSED Monday February 15th, President's Day KELLOGG-HUBBARD LIBRARY SURVEY, 2010 | |
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Great Magazine Giveaway! Begins Wednesday February 3rd We're weeding our 2008 (and early 2009 issues of weekly magazines) PERIODICALS so come to the Kellogg Hubbard Library Great Magazine giveaway! (PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR OWN MAGAZINES TO THIS EVENT. WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE ON RECYCLING COSTS!) Extending the Growing Season in Vermont Monday, Februrary 8, at 6:30pm Joe Buley of Screamin' Ridge Farm will talk about cold frames, remay, row covers, and other ways to extend the growing season in central Vermont. Screamin? Ridge Farm in East Montpelier proudly grows local sustainable produce and eggs using organic and biodynamic methods. Farmer Joe is also a French trained chef with over 20 years of restaurant experience. Co-sponsored by the Washington/Orange County chapter of the Master Gardeners Program. DISRUPTIVE IDEAS with Wavel Cowan Mondays at 6:30pm February 1, 8, 22 and March 1st. Dr. Cowan's unique career and scientific background have led him to unusual perspectives which he has framed as disruptive ideas. These he presents in the first two sessions as The Scientific Mindset, and Pluralism and the Conundrum of Size. For more information please contact Dr. Cowan at 802-229-9715 or email wcowan@wcvt.com . Poetry Reading with Leonard Irving Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 7pm Celebrating Robert Burns and other Scottish Poets “My poetry is musical. I feel the tie-in with music. Some people accompany poetry with music but I like to hear the word alone.” Join Scottish poet Leonard Irving for an evening of poetry. READ TO COCO Every Thursday 4-5pm Do you have a child that is having trouble reading? Or does your child just need some confidence in reading aloud? We have a four-legged friend that can help! Read to Coco, a trained therapy dog that loves to listen to kids reading! Leave your name and phone number in the children's department to sign up for a 20 minute session with Coco. Call 223-4665. |
Tea for Two raffle Take a chance on a delightful collection of tea time accessories. The collection includes everything you need to make and serve tea and delicacies. Global Gifts has donated all of the pieces in this collection: a green and black cast iron tea pot, a white sugar and creamer set, two blue placemats and coordinating blue and yellow napkins, two white flower-shaped luncheon plates; two black and white mugs and a stunning black and yellow platter. Imagine yourself sipping tea with your best friend, eating cucumber sandwiches and scones, and carrying on a scintillating conversation! The Tea For Two Collection is on display on the library's lobby and tickets can be purchased at the adult circulation desk. Tickets are $2 apiece, 6 for $10 or 15 for $20. All proceeds benefit the Library! This raffle ends on February 13 and would make a grand gift to give to someone you love on Valentine's Day! Thank you Global Gifts for this Tea Time Collection! |
| Other Items FEBRUARY 2010: ~New Materials Adult library FEBRUARY 2010 (.txt). Children's and young adult FEBRUARYY 2010(.txt) Hint: these are plain text files. Use the Find tool to jump to the section you want to browse. E.g. Go to New Materials Adult Library, click on Edit at the top of the window, then click on Find on this page, type in Mysteries, and then click Next. ~CHECK YOUR OWN ACCOUNT ONLINE- go to OUR catalog*, click on My Info (third tab from right) type in your entire patron barcode number from the back of your patron card, and type in YOUR LAST NAME for "password." (Please CALL 223-3338 - no e-mails - to place holds or renew materials.) *(From our home page, click on Search OUR Catalog, then on the next page, click on Online Card Catalog, and proceed as above.) ~PERIODICALS Here is a list of periodicals currently available at the Kellogg Hubbard Library. Back issues may be checked out for one week. We keep approximately two years of monthly periodicals, and six months of weekly periodicals. Come in and browse! HUGE NEWS about VOL: with your patron barcode you have access to the Vermont Online Library, and as part of the Gale PowerSearch upgrade, many of the Gale databases in Vermont Online Library now offer free audio of articles as a downloadable MP3 file. Audio is offered as an option along with emailing or downloading the text file. These options appear in a small box on the right side of the individual article. (Please note that if an article is represented in the database by a citation only, not full text, the audio version will be only the citation, not the complete article.) In addition to the audio in the PowerSearch databases, Gale can translate the text version (not audio) into several languages. ~NOT A PATRON OF KELLOGG HUBBARD LIBRARY? Even if you don't have a library card, there are many resources you can access at KHL!
~TECH TIDBITS FAKE GREETING CARDS, E-CARDS, POSTCARDS Since many of these malicious messages imitate notifications from legitimate e-card sites, recipients should get into the habit of never clicking on links contained within e-card notification e-mails. Instead, go directly to the web site of the card company, find the card pickup page within that site, and enter the ID code included in the e-mail. (If the message was a fake, the worst that will happen is that you won't get a card.) LINKS OF INTEREST: Languages, learn and practice for FREE-
Craft in America Search our online card catalog by typing in crafts and click keyword. Or search by specific craft, such as knitting. Google Cheat Sheet- a quick list of some of tools to help refine and improve your internet searching. MIT OpenCourseWare The Pew Research Center Today in History Twofoods- food nutrition comparison  ~So you want to start a business? This collection consists of the "VERMONT Small Business Resource" magazine plus 6 handouts from the Vermont Small Business Development Center and Vermont Women's Business Center. Handouts include: Introduction -- Getting started -- Regulations -- Getting approved -- Small business training network -- Contracting opportunities -- Disaster recovery -- Advocacy -- Other sources of assistance -- Lender listing -- Websites of interest. It includes a 44 step checklist for the "Process of starting a business", from registration at the Secretary of State office to the rules for signs in Vermont. Community Business Connections is a joint project of the Vermont Secretary of State's Office, the U.S. Small Business Administration (Vermont District), and the Vermont Small Business Development Center. The goal is to consolidate all the resources needed to start or expand your business in one easy-to-access location. To find more books about small business, go to our catalog, type "small business", and click "subject". ~Job Hunter's Sourcebook Job hunting is becoming more and more complex in today's competitive job market. Internet websites and classified ads are no longer the surest route to employment. The Library's latest edition of the Job Hunter's Sourcebook is designed to help you in your job search. Here's how it works: Under each type of employment (auto mechanic, caterer, computer programmer, etc.), you will find references to sources of help-wanted ads specific to your career, employer directories and networking lists, job referral services, online job sources and services, trade shows, journals, professional associations and more. While the book must be used in the library, you are welcome to make photocopies of needed pages. The library staff will be happy to help you use the references you find to further your search and land the job you want.
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