Kellogg-Hubbard Library
     135 Main St., Montpelier, Vt 05602
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LATEST LIBRARY NEWS


NO MORE BOOK DONATIONS please!!
Kayak raffle! Drawing May 15th!


Win a Wilderness Systems Pungo 100 10ft. kayak from Umiak. Tickets are $2 apiece, 6 for $10, and 15 for $20.

~Thursday, May 17, 6-8 p.m
Transition Town Montpelier: Free showing and discussion of the film Mother Nature's Child: Growing Outdoors in the Media Age
View this film by Burlington filmmaker Camilla Rockwell and participate in the discussion led by Kim Ward. Come view this inspiring film showing children interacting with nature today and the groups and teachers who make it possible. Afterward, join in our discussion of the movie. Tell a short story of your own about a moment when you felt deeply connected to nature, about a time when you were prevented from connecting to nature in the way you would have liked, or imagine the experience of future generations in nature. What is your ideal scene?

The Art of Creative Aging
The Art of Creative Aging is a juried exhibit featuring work of older (70+) visual artist living in Washington, Lamoille and Orange counties. It will be on display through May 29.
All work will be available for purchase. For more information contact Margaret Harmon at mharmon@cvcoa.org or 802-476-2681.

NO MORE BOOK DONATIONS please!!
Please hold your book donations until the end of May. We're already full up for the NEXT sale!!!

Book recommendations from KHL staff and patrons, January 2012
~Reading recommendations if you like Stieg Larsson.
NEW Kellogg-Hubbard Library bags!

 

New! Water-resistant, recyclable bags are now available at the library for only $8!

StoryWalk® goes to college!!
"This semester I used StoryWalk® in my Portuguese 101 course where students had to identify two books that focused on Brazilian folklore," reported Solange A. Lopes-Murphy, Ph.D at Indiana State University. Read more!

E-books and audio book downloads are back!
We're delighted to announce the return of Listen Up! Vermont, brought to us by the Green Mountain Library Consortium. Here you will find access to e-books, audio-books, and on-line offerings for children and teens. Have your library card handy.

The instructions are very clear, so be sure to read them carefully and you should have no problem. If you are new to this, simply click on "Getting Started" to the left of your screen. You'll also find an online help screen to assist you in surmounting any roadblocks you might encounter. If you read instructions carefully, this will be easy. Enjoy!
Here are a few questions that have come in so far:

Universal Class - learn something new today!
Over 5oo classes are available to you. Here are some Quick Facts from Universal Class.
 
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Local Community Lunches, Soup Kitchens & Food Shelves / Washington County Survivor's Guide

~New Materials
Adult library April 2012   Children's and YA April & May 2012


~CHECK YOUR OWN ACCOUNT ONLINE- go to OUR catalog, click on My Info (fourth icon from the right) type in your entire patron barcode number from the back of your patron card, and type in YOUR LAST NAME for "password." You can see what you have checked out, when it's due, if there are any fines, and what you have on hold. (Please CALL 223-3338 - no e-mails - to place new holds or renew materials.)

~Vermont Constitution audio
Thanks to staff member Gwen Roolf the library now has an audio version (cd) of the Vermont Constitution. It's about 50 minutes long, and each track is about 1 minute long. It can be played in a regular CD player, or on a computer. When played on a computer, each track will display a title of the sections read on that track.

~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!
  • Internet. We have computers that anyone can use for one 30-minute session per person, per day. Printing is available for 15¢ per page. Yes, we also have free wi-fi!
  • Paperbacks. To the right of the new-release section, there's a shelf of uncatalogued paperbacks that you can borrow for as long as you like. Just let us know how many you take, and bring them back when you're done.
  • Magazine exchange. In the back of the non-fiction room, there's a magazine rack where you can leave RECENT issues, or take magazines.
  • Book sales. We have four month-long book sales per year, with books, CDs, DVDs, cassettes, VHS tapes, and magazines, all affordably priced. Book sales start in March, June, September, and December.
  • Lectures, screenings, and discussions. Check our Events & Programs page or pick up an event brochure at the library.
  • Story Time! Plus Comics Club and many other Children's Library programs.


~LINKS OF INTEREST:

PDF ebooks at Kellogg-Hubbard!
Kellogg-Hubbard has new releases of classics on cd from Tantor Media. The cd sets contain the book in pdf format to be downloaded to an ereader! Go to our catalog, type in ebook, and click keyword to get a list of titles available as ebooks. See our Audiovisual materials downloads page for more sources.

Languages, learn and practice for FREE- 360 Degree Spherical Panoramas In and Around Utah (don't get dizzy)
BBC Dimensions Dimensions takes important places, events and things, and overlays them onto a map of where you are.BBC Dimensions Dimensions takes important places, events and things, and overlays them onto a map of where you are.

Chegg- textbook rentals

Common Sense Media (Thank-you to Green Montain Access for this tip.)

Craft in America Search our online card catalog by typing in crafts and click keyword. Or search by specific craft, such as knitting.

Google Art Project - Explore museums from around the world; discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels.

Google Cheat Sheet- a quick list of some of tools to help refine and improve your internet searching.

iTunes U - a powerful distribution system for everything from lectures to language lessons, films to labs, audiobooks to tours.

MIT OpenCourseWare

The Pew Research Center

Teach Me Tech

TED

Today in History

Tour the Sistine Chapel
Twofoods- food nutrition comparison

Vermont Advocacy Resource Toolkit

Write the Book podcast
    Local Authors on Write The Book #100 (6/21/10)
A Discussion With Four Emerging Writers- Anne Trooper-Holbrooke, Coleen Kearon, Benjamin Malcolm, and Susan Ritz


~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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