To Our NWPL Friends and Patrons,
Although the library building is closed for now, we are hard at work creating and finding resources for our patrons to use from home - and keeping those resources and links up to date. We have a few things in the works that we hope to unveil soon, such as a night of online trivia! We're also planning some tech workshops like decluttering your computer or Help, I've Got Gmail. If you need tech help, let us know and we can try to assist you remotely. This week, I lost the audio on my computer and it took a couple of hours to fix it, so I know firsthand how being online is not necessarily fun or easy at times. Let's make it work for you! Email
meg@normanwilliams.org
for assistance or workshop ideas.
This week,
NWPL's Adult Services Librarian | Interim Co-Director, Kathy Beaird
, invites us to join her in a video chat with
Fred Hunt.
Find out what Fred (an avid reader and library patron) has been reading and what books and genres appeal to him at this time.
And we have something new for preschoolers -
Yoga with Angel Rubino
- via video. Our
Children's Services Librarian | Interim Co-Director Clare McFarland
has been doing weekly Zoom story time for preschoolers and book get togethers with the older kids. Look for more information below and how to sign up.
Artist Charlet Davenport sent us a photo of a sculpture,
Dove of Peace by Robert Markey
, which has been hanging in the tree, curbside, in front of the library for the past year. Its message of peace is a welcome one. And, it reminded me to look around at my surroundings - and to also look up. It can give us a different perspective. Books, which often provide me with that change of perspective, also carry me on a voyage I never planned or expected, but am happy to have found. It's nice to discover that bit of transport hanging in the treetops in front of our library. Do write to us! It's wonderful to hear from you.
Director of Communications & Events
Norman Williams Public Library
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ONLINE EVENTS for CHILDREN
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Norman Williams Public Library
Youth Book Discussions and Preschool Storytime
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Yay! We are now hosting bi-weekly children’s book discussions.
Have you read any good books lately? What are you reading now? What do you want to read? Join us to discuss all things books. The groups will meet:
- Preschool storytime - weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 am.
- Monday, May 4, at 3:30 pm - Children ages 9-11, and
- Tuesday, May 5, at 3:30 pm - Children 12-14.
Each session will be 30 minutes long and hosted on Zoom. If you're interested, please
email Clare McFarland
and we will send you an invite to join us.
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Yoga Time with Angel Rubino
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Many of you with young children will remember Angel Rubino’s story time with yoga at the library. Now, Angel has made the first of a new series of short yoga videos for preschoolers and their families.
This first 45-minute video is intended for kids “to watch and do with me on their own,” she says, though she’d love to encourage family participation - from young to old - to do any part they can - even if it's from a chair.
Bring a yoga mat, long towel, or thin blanket to class or just make space to move. Have a drink of water nearby. There is a variety of activities in this video: Watch the whole thing or in parts throughout the day. If you like it, please let us know by
emailing Clare McFarland
, Co-Interim Director / Youth Services Director.
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A YA book recommendation from NWPL's Children's Services librarian, Clare McFarland.
From a new YA author comes an epic, utterly unforgettable contemporary novel about a lost shipwreck, a missing piece of family history, and weathering the storms of life.
“An immersive, emotional, and deeply honest story about family, friendship, mental health, and courage. A powerful and beautifully told tale of living among wreckage and finding home and hope inside the ruins.”
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Please Support Your Library on
#GivingTuesday, May 5th
In response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19, the non-profit organization GivingTuesday is hosting #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving and unity, set to take place on May 5, 2020
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We are pleased that NWPL has qualified for
Matching Funds
for the May 5
th
event.
We will provide more details shortly and hope that you will consider making a donation on May 5th.
Thank you for your support of
the Norman Williams Public Library.
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NEED A LIBRARY CARD? GET ONE FREE.
If you don't already have a library card and want one, please email our circulation desk and we'll get one to you. Cards are free for six months to help people take advantage of e-books, audiobooks, online class and resources during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Resources: Free eBooks and Audiobooks
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As always, you have online access to
ebooks
and
audiobooks
through the
Green Mountain Library Consortium
or through
Libby
. Click on any of the underlined links in this email to find the respective website.
Guess what? We now have
added
items that
only NWPL patrons can view. That means you can access some books faster and be able to choose from more books.
Do you
need help
setting up an account, remembering your library card number, or help using one of these systems? If so, please call or
email
the library and we will get back to you as soon as we can! The library can be a great resource, especially when it's necessary to spend time indoors.
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VPR: An Evening of Vermont Poetry
Friday, April 24, 6 p.m.
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Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, April 28 @5:15 pm
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The NWPL Board of Trustees will hold a regular business meeting on
Zoom on Tuesday, April 28, at 5:15 p.m. This will be a routine, though
shortened, meeting. We will hear Library Director and committee reports and vote on the nominations of two trustee candidates. Any member of the public who wishes to sit in should contact board president Ron Miller for access information at
ronmillervt@gmail.com
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Friends of the NWPL
Annual Meeting Postponed
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Dear Friends:
I hope this message finds you all in good health and in good spirits as we weather this pandemic crisis together. We need to postpone our Annual meeting (originally scheduled for May 12.) The immediate future is still uncertain and so we must wait to see when the library will be able to re-open. Our by-laws state that we hold our Friends' Annual Meeting in May but we will not be able to do that this year. I am confident we can set the meeting for early June. Let us all hope we can.
Meantime, I hope you are all following the news from the library and availing yourselves of the many online assets and resources our wonderful library has. Take care!
Best wishes,
Peggy Fraser
President, Friends of the NWPL
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What's on Your Nightstand (WOYNS) Zooms
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What's on Your Nightstand goes digital!
The next meeting will be held online, Tuesday, April 14
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The purpose of the fund is to provide financial assistance to individuals and families of the greater Woodstock area who are unable to meet their basic household needs due to the economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund serves all residents in the WCSU area.
Contact them if you need assistance.
Donate to the fund if you can.
https://www.woodstockcommunitytrust.com/covid-19
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Help Vermont Be Counted!
(We're currently lagging behind.)
"Self-respond" to the US Census
School lunches. Plans for highways. Support for firefighters and families in need. Census results affect your community every day.
Vermont receives around $2.5 billion dollars in Census guided federal funds, that works out to about $3,963 per person
. Making sure we count every person in Vermont during this 2020 Census matters a lot.
SHAPE VERMONT'S FUTURE. It starts with each of us doing our part. We do this by completing the 2020 Census questionnaire, online or on the phone.
You can complete the questionnaire
without the census ID by going to the official Census website,
my2020Census.gov
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Important Sites During COVID-19
Vermont's official site for health information related to Coronavirus.
VT Dept of Health - Information re: Face Coverings
financial emergency resources compiled by the Vermont Studio Center
Keeping Woodstock Safe
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Questions? Please call us at 802.457.2295 or
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