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Library Lines September
2017
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Summer Wrap-Up
What a summer it was! From the more than 1,000 people who visited the Library on eclipse day to the hundreds who participated in our "Craft, Create, Construct" kickoff event, and everything in-between, our Library patrons made this the best summer ever. Our Summer Reading programs for kids, teens, and adults brought in record numbers of participants and we're grateful to our community for their commitment to, involvement with, and love for their Library.
Drawings for Summer Reading prizes and prize packs will take place the first week of this month, so stay tuned for news of all the winners.
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Sunday Hours are Back!
You can return to your favorite Sunday lounging spot on September 10. We'll be open every Sunday until Memorial Day from noon to 4:00 p.m. Hope to see you here soon curled up in a reading chair with the Sunday New York Times or maybe a favorite book on your e-reader.
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Back to School Book Swap at the YMCA
Join Miss Amanda between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00
p.m. at the Middleborough YMCA on Sat., September 23 and swap your gently used books for new-to-you ones just in time for the start of the school year. Find us in the child watch area and enjoy crafts and other activities. All who attend will be entered into a drawing for prizes from the Library. The book swap takes place at the Middleborough YMCA located at 61 East Grove St.
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Children's Programs
Regular children's programs start back up mid-September. Check the
Library's calendar for specific dates and special events.
Tuesdays from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Lego-mania! Come build with the library's Legos and Duplos. All ages are welcome. No registration required.
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Preschool Storylabs combine books with science, art, math and lots of hands-on activities. Best for ages 3-6. Check the calendar for special events that require registration.
- Thursdays at 10:15 a.m. Mother Goose on the Loose is a lapsit program for babies birth- 18 months and their caregiver(s) including 20 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes. After the formal program there is time to stay and play or socialize. No registration required.
- Thursdays at 11:15 a.m. Wiggles & Giggles is best for children 18 months-3 years of age and their caregiver(s). Together we enjoy lots of music and movement activities plus stories and more! After the formal program you can stay and play together. No registration required.
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Teens Vote for the 10 Best Teen Books
Voting
is now open for the 2017 Teens'
Top
Ten,
a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country.
Teens ages 12-18 can vote for up to three of their favorite titles from the 26 nominated titles from August 15 to through October 14, 2017.
View the Teens' Top Ten nominees
video
introduced by actors Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson from the movie adaptation of Nicola Yoon's
Everything, Everything
,
or print an
annotated list of the nominees to find out more about each title.
Available titles will be on display in the Teen area for you to borrow.
The Top Ten titles will be announced the week of October 18, 2017, so check back to see if your pick was a winner!
The Teens' Top Ten (TTT) is a program created by the Young Adults Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association.
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Our New Website is Coming!
The Library's online persona is about to get a face lift. We hope you'll be as pleased as we are with our new look, debuting sometime later this month. You'll find all your old favorites in a new, easier-to-use package. Best of all, the site will look the same no matter which device you log in on, whether it's your phone, tablet, laptop or desktop. Keep your eye out for
www.midlib.org's fresh face and let us know what you think.
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This Month's Marvelous Library Offer
A free trip to the Boston Harbor Islands is just a click away!
As patrons of the Middleborough Public Library, you now are eligible to get a free ticket with the purchase of another ticket on a Boston Harbor Islands Cruise.
Start by visiting bostonharborislands.org to learn about the islands, view maps and access the ferry schedule. All tickets must be purchased online, so make your reservation using promo code ZBPL17HI78. Once your order is complete, you can print the tickets at home or pick them up at the ferry's Will Call window.
The buy-one-get-one free offer is good for up to four family members.
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Did You Know...
...that while you can access ancestry.com from your own computer or phone, you'll have to pay for that annual subscription, but the Library offers access to ancestry.com at no charge to you? Just use your library card to sign on to ancestry.com at any one of the Library's computers to access millions of documents from immigration and military records to vital statistics (births, deaths and marriages) and every
Federal Census record from 1860 to 1940. Start finding out more about who YOU are today.
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Family Search Transitions from Loaning Microfilm to Providing Digital Records
The Middleborough Public Library has served as an affiliate library of Family Search
, a world genealogy leader, since 2011. Over those past six years, patrons have been able to order microfilms from the Family Search headquarters in Utah and view them here at the Library.
Starting this month, that microfilm service will no longer be available, as Family Search is discontinuing its distribution service. The transition is the result of significant progress made in their microfilm digitization efforts, and you'll now be able to access digital records online that were formerly only available on microfilm.
Family Search has now digitally reproduced the bulk of its microfilm collection (more than 1.5 billion images so far) including the most requested collections based on microfilm loan records worldwide. The remaining microfilms should be digitized by the end of 2020.
Digital image collections can be accessed today in three places at FamilySearch.org. Using the Search feature, you can find them in
Records,
Books, and the
Catalog.
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Celebrate Labor's Contributions*
The first Monday in September is celebrated nationally as Labor Day. The holiday grew out of the late 19th century organized labor movement, and it quickly became a national holiday as the labor movement assumed a prominent role in American society. Here's how it all started.
1. The idea first became public in September 1882 when the unions of New York City decided to have a parade to celebrate their members and to show support for all unions. At least 20,000 people were at the parade, and the workers had to give up a day's pay to attend. There was also a lot of beer involved in the event.
2. The New York parade inspired other unions. Other regions started having their own parades, and by 1887, Oregon, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Colorado made Labor Day a state holiday.
3. Grover Cleveland helped make Labor Day a national holiday. After violence related to the Pullman railroad strike, Cleveland and lawmakers in Washington wanted a federal holiday to celebrate labor, and he signed an act in 1894 establishing one.
4. The holiday has evolved over the years. In the late 19th century, celebrations focused on huge parades in urban areas. Now the holiday is a wider celebration that honors organized labor with fewer parades, and more activities. It also marks the perceived end of the summer season.
5. Can you wear white after Labor Day? This old tradition goes back to the late Victorian era, where it was a fashion faus pax to wear any white clothing after the summer officially ended on Labor Day.
EmilyPost.com explains that white indicated you were still in vacation mode at your summer cottage.The tradition isn't really followed anymore.
6. Labor Day is the unofficial end of Hot Dog season. The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council says that between Memorial Day and Labor Day, Americans will eat 7 billion hot dogs.
7. How many people are union members today? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 14.6 million union members in the work force in 2014.
8. What is the biggest union today? The National Education Association has about 3 million members, including inactive and lifetime members.
*Excerpted from constitution.org .,
with information supplied by the Labor Department, the Library Of Congress and other sources.
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Middleborough Public Library
102 North Main St., Middleborough, MA 02346
508-946-2470
www.midlib.org
Monday--Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Sunday: noon - 4:00 p.m. (starting September 10)
Closed on
Fridays.
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