News You Can Use
from your library
May 2020
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To Our NWPL Patrons,
The Norman Williams Public Library building has been closed to the public since March 16. And every day of these past seven weeks, we have wished that the library could be open. We miss you, our patrons, and we also miss the opportunity to support our community within the walls of this historic building, particularly during these challenging times.
Like nearly every other library across the U.S.
, our building has been closed, but we’ve been open for you, virtually. Through online services such as e-learning, digital apps including thousands of audiobooks and e-books, online live storytimes, and digital “face-to-face” meetups, and other means, we’ve had a chance to reconnect and even to expand our services.
The library’s phased re-opening plans are informed by
directives from the Governor’s Office, Vermont Department of Health, Vermont Department of Libraries, and other local, state, and federal associations. With this in mind, as well as the health and safety of our staff and patrons,
we will institute a “Stage1” plan consisting of “curbside” pickup beginning Monday, May 18
. Please visit our website or social media sites for further information.
Click here for details and basic instructions for how to check out books and materials "curbside."
When conditions allow, and we are able to once again open our building to the public, we will do so in a gradual manner.
Details will be released at a later date and we ask for your patience and understanding in advance as library services are likely to be very different from what they have been in the past.
Thank you and we hope you are all well,
Kathy Beaird and Clare McFarland
Co Interim Directors
Norman Williams Public Library
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Dear Patrons and Community Members,
Thank you for your generous support on
#GivingTuesday
. Your response has been overwhelming. To date, we have received more than 45 donations totaling nearly $6,500. Please accept my sincere gratitude on behalf of the patrons, volunteers, Trustees and staff of the Norman Williams Public Library. Your support enables us to provide the many programs and services that our community relies on. Thank You.
I am pleased to inform you that due to the overwhelming level of support for our library,
the GivingTuesday Foundation has extended the match period for NWPL through May 26
th
. We’re calling this bonus period #GivingEveryday.
If you were not able to make a donation on Tuesday, you now have another opportunity to take advantage of the matching funds and support your public library.
Please contact
Michael Ricci
, Director of Development with questions.
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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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What's On Your Nightstand's
last meeting before summer break will be
Tuesday, May 12, at 10:30 a.m. online
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Recite! Tuesday, May 12, 5:30 pm online - Registration needed
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Recite!
We will meet online in May. If you wish to attend or participate,
contact Meg by email
before Tuesday, May 12. "Seating" is limited to 15. You will then receive an email with a link to participate.
Professional poets, amateurs, and first-timers all join in, as well as those who want to just come and listen. Join us in celebrating the spoken word! Bring along original and/or favorite works to share.
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We are pleased to announce an onlineexhibit,
The Beauty of Weathering – Portraits and Landscapes
, the photography of choreographer and visual artist
Peg Brightman
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Left: Museum of Everyday Life
Above: portrait of Dov Taylor
Photographs by Peg Brightman
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WHAT TO READ? HERE'S HELP.
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WHENEVER
you're wondering what to read
, browsing the winners and finalists of the Pulitzer Prize, the
National Book Award
, the
Man Booker Prize
, and other awards can provide a deep well of authors and titles. Searching a particular year (not necessarily the current one) also provides an interesting window into earlier decades. Of equal - and sometimes greater - interest, are the runners up (aka the short list, the long list, or the finalists). The excellent book site,
BookBrowse, has a comprehensive list
of book awards that can help you tease out a world of potential reads.
This year's Pulitzer Prize finalist in poetry is Mary Ruefle, Vermont's Poet Laureate.
A quick peek at
Ruefle's website
suggests an immediate kinship with some of her fellow citizens of our great little state: "Surprise! I do not actually own a computer. The only way to contact me is by contacting my press,
Wave Books
, or by running into someone I know personally on the street."
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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Bi-weekly children’s
book discussions for various ages.
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 first groups will meet:
- Preschool storytime - weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 am.
- Monday, May 18, at 3:30 pm - Children ages 9-11, and
- Tuesday, May 19, at 3:30 pm - Children 12-14.
Each session will be 30 minutes long and hosted on Zoom. If you're interested, please
contact Clare McFarland by email
and we will send you an invite to join us.
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If you've read any of Erik Larson's five national bestsellers, you've probably been awaiting his latest,
The Splendid and the Vile.
If you're new to Larson's work, now is the time to explore:
Dead Wake, In the Garden of Beasts, Thunderstruck, The Devil in the White City, and Isaac’s Storm. Collectively, his books have sold more than nine million copies and been published in nearly twenty countries. He writes historical nonfiction that reads, at times, like a thriller. Be prepared to get in line for his newest in audiobook or e-book, but you've got plenty of others to read while you wait.
Click here to read Janis Murcic's review of Erik Larson's latest,
The Splendid and the Vile.
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Have
you
read a book you'd like to share?
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**NEW FREE eBooks & Audiobooks
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**New ebooks and audio books**
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- Recorded Books RB Digital, is free to NWPL library cardholders, thanks to the Vermont State Library.
- 9,800+ downloadable audiobooks and
- 775+ downloadable eBooks;
- language learning through Pimsleur; and
- access to AUDIO Great Courses !
To find and check out digital books, you will need to register first. Have your library card number handy.
Click here to REGISTER
and look for the words "Register" in the upper right corner of the site.
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You can "self-respond" to the US Census
You don't have to wait to get a form in the mail. Go to the
2020 Census website
and click "respond now." It only takes about 10 minutes.
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. You can do it online or by phone.
You can complete the questionnaire at any time
without the census ID by going to the official Census website,
my2020Census.gov
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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.
We 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!
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Friends Don't Let Friends Pass Up a Great Bookstore
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Thank you, Kari and Kristian, for being there for all of us!
image of Yankee Bookshop and Woodstock merchants by Peter Huntoon.
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Useful & Important Sites Re: COVID-19
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Questions? Please call us at 802.457.2295 or
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Norman Williams Public Library
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