Great News for Kindle Users! Free Library eBooks are Now Available for Your Device!

The Vineyard Haven Public Library is pleased to announce that our downloadable eBooks are now compatible with the Kindle eReader. This update allows most existing eBooks in the library’s collection to be read on all Kindle devices or by using free Kindle apps for iPhone, iPad, Android and other mobile devices.

Here is the process for checking out a library eBook for Kindle:

• Visit the CLAMS ‘Virtual Branch’ website: http://clamsnet.lib.overdrive.com/
  
• Browse and "check out" a Kindle book, using your CLAMS library card number.
• Click the ‘Get for Kindle’ button. This opens the Amazon.com website. You may be required to sign in with your Amazon.com account if you are not already logged in.
• Select a Kindle device or Kindle reading app. Click the ‘Get library book’ button and sync your device or app to download the book, or choose to send it to your device via USB.
• An active Wi-Fi connection is required for wireless delivery to a Kindle device. If your Kindle is not Wi-Fi capable or you do not have an active Wi-Fi connection, read Amazon’s instructions for transferring files via USB.

CLAMS patrons may check out up to 5 books at a time for a two-week checkout period. If a book is currently checked out to another patron, you may place a hold on the item and will receive an email notification when the eBook becomes available. For more information, visit the "My Help" section on the CLAMS digital downloads website.

Friends of the Vineyard Haven Library Fun Run Results!

Name - Age - Time

1 Nicholas Cranston - 7 - 2:54

2 Nathaniel Porterfield - 8 - 3:07

3 Lilly Miller - 8 - 3:17

4 Jason Davey - 10 - 3:22

5 Keats Brown - 9 - 3:30

6 Kate Goldsmith - 7 - 3:36

7 Nate Story - 5 - 4:22

8 Elise Casso - 3 - 6:25

9 Silas Campbell - 2 - 7:25

Friends of the Vineyard Haven Library 5k Results!

14th Annual 5k Run / Walk for the Library "Run to the Chop"
Vineyard Haven, MA
September 11, 2011
Timing and Score by ORGANIZATION PLUS Road Race Management Services

Place Div/Tot No. Name City St Ag S Time Pace
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1 1/10 206 CAMPBELL SETH WEST CHOP MA 40 M 17:58 5:47

2 2/10 235 STEENKAMP REAAN Vineyard Haven MA 44 M 19:40 6:20

3 3/10 283 GOLDSMITH MIKE VINEYARD HAVEN MA 49 M 20:23 6:34

4 1/12 281 SPENCER HAYLEY OAK BLUFFS MA 30 F 21:09 6:49

5 1/3 280 TAN DOUG OAK BLUFFS MA 32 M 21:11 6:50

6 1/5 265 KATZ STEVE WEST TISBURY MA 61 M 21:22 6:53

7 1/7 218 GOUSEN EMILY Arlington VA 25 F 21:23 6:53

8 2/12 242 LEWIS HILDA VINEYARD HAVEN MA 30 F 21:33 6:57

9 1/7 222 KANIA ROBERT Southington CT 59 M 22:01 7:06

10 2/3 274 BROWN DONALD VINEYARD HAVEN MA 37 M 22:20 7:12

11 1/3 254 HUTH TIM W TISBURY MA 25 M 22:26 7:14

12 2/7 259 ZEIDEL REBECCA NEWTON MA 26 F 22:34 7:16

13 1/12 225 MILLER KRISTEN Claremont CA 44 F 22:49 7:21

14 2/3 217 GITLITZ SAM VINEYARD HAVEN MA 25 M 23:21 7:31

15 4/10 271 CONDON JACK BRANT ROCK MA 44 M 23:46 7:39

16 1/2 270 CONDON KATIE BRANT ROCK MA 16 F 24:07 7:46

17 2/7 211 DECK STEVEN Lancaster PA 57 M 24:14 7:48

18 2/12 257 BURKE KAREN WINEYARD HAVEN MA 42 F 24:23 7:51

19 3/12 273 BROWN KATHLEEN VINEYARD HAVEN MA 36 F 24:43 7:58

20 3/3 229 PRESTON RYAN TROY NY 34 M 25:17 8:09

21 4/12 276 CAMPBELL VICTORIA VINEYARD HAVEN MA 36 F 25:24 8:11

22 1/2 269 PORTFIELD OWEN VINEYARD HAVEN MA 10 M 25:27 8:12

23 2/5 264 KRONSTEIN ELLIOT WEST TISBURY MA 62 M 25:37 8:15

24 5/12 246 KASSNER KIERON E GALMOUTH MA 30 F 25:42 8:17

25 3/7 255 ROSANSKY ANA NEW YORK NY 29 F 26:01 8:23

26 2/2 243 BURKE PETER TISBURY MA 9 M 26:10 8:26

27 5/10 284 CURRAN PAUL TISBURY MA 47 M 26:12 8:26

28 3/7 272 CLOHERTY JOSEPH OAK BLUFFS MA 50 M 26:28 8:32

29 1/8 201 ANDERSEN ARENA Edgartown MA 51 F 26:31 8:33

30 6/10 219 HAND STEPHEN Woodside NY 44 M 26:57 8:41

31 3/12 233 ST.AMAND BECKY MILFORD MA 49 F 27:05 8:44

32 3/5 248 SMITH SCOTT VINEYARD HAVEN MA 68 M 27:06 8:44

33 7/10 250 DE LA CRUZ JOSEPH HUNTINGDOWNIY PA 48 M 27:16 8:47

34 8/10 245 BURKE JONATHAN TISBURY MA 42 M 27:17 8:47

35 4/12 263 KOSTMAN BETH VINEYARD HAVEN MA 47 F 27:32 8:52

36 2/8 258 FREEDMAN SUSAN CAMBRIDGE MA 58 F 27:33 8:53

37 4/7 209 COLAPELLE JOSEPH Otterburn Park QC 54 M 27:59 9:01

38 5/12 238 WILLIAMSON ANNE EDGARTOWN MA 46 F 28:08 9:04

39 4/7 241 JACKSON NICOLE JAFFREY NH 24 F 28:10 9:04

40 6/12 285 MITCHELL KIMBERLY VINEYARD HAVEN MA 43 F 28:37 9:13

41 7/12 251 NOLAN DIANE VINEYARD HAVEN MA 46 F 28:40 9:14

42 6/12 262 ZAMARRO JILL OAK BLUFFS MA 38 F 28:43 9:15

43 8/12 249 DE LA CRUZ ANE HUNTINGDOWNIY PA 43 F 29:19 9:27

44 9/12 224 LOGUE MARIE Rosemont PA 49 F 29:22 9:28

45 7/12 203 BEUTTEL JULIE PLYMOUTH MA 37 F 29:26 9:29

46 9/10 226 PATRICK RALPH RIVERSIDE RI 43 M 29:35 9:32

47 1/5 215 GEROSA-BEAL BRENDA HINGHAM MA 60 F 29:37 9:32

48 5/7 234 ST.AMAND JOHN MILFORD MA 52 M 29:41 9:34

49 10/12 231 SHAW MARTHA Hartford CT 49 F 30:20 9:46

50 10/10 253 CASSO MICHAEL FALMOUTH MA 43 M 30:30 9:50

51 8/12 247 LITTLEJOHN JENNIFER VINEYARD HAVEN MA 34 F 30:42 9:53

52 9/12 282 SPENCER KATE OAK BLUFFS MA 31 F 31:53 10:16

53 6/7 205 BUSSMANN JIM GUILFORD CT 53 M 32:07 10:21

54 10/12 228 PRESTON JESSICA TROY NY 38 F 32:12 10:22

55 11/12 268 PORTFIELD STACY VINEYARD HAVEN MA 41 F 32:57 10:37

56 4/5 208 CLOUGH MARSTON Southborough MA 68 M 34:17 11:03

57 2/5 230 SCHNEIDER AUDIE Vineyard Haven MA 69 F 34:50 11:13

58 12/12 214 DYER KATHY OTIS MA 46 F 34:51 11:14

59 5/7 256 GLYNN KATE NORTHAMTON MA 29 F 35:41 11:30

60 3/8 213 DOVE ROSAMOND ANNAPOLIS MD 59 F 35:43 11:30

61 11/12 236 WILSUZ KRISTEN VINEYARD HAVEN MA 30 F 36:26 11:44

62 4/8 216 GITLITZ ROBIN VINEYARD HAVEN MA 54 F 36:45 11:50

63 3/5 207 CLOUGH LOUISE Southborough MA 63 F 38:21 12:21

64 1/2 227 PETERSON CYNTHIA MIDDLE HADDAM CT 78 F 42:13 13:36

65 5/8 210 CORR JUDY VINEYARD HAVEN MA 55 F 44:03 14:11

66 1/3 220 HEATH DON POTOMAC MD 70 M 46:28 14:58

67 2/3 289 JOHNSON NORMAN VINEYARD HAVEN MA 75 M 46:45 15:03

68 6/8 232 SMITH SUSAN Oak Bluffs MA 54 F 47:49 15:24

69 7/8 267 NEWMAN HELLIE CHILMARK MA 50 F 50:19 16:12

70 3/3 266 MAFFEI DANIEL WINTHROP MA 23 M 50:19 16:12

71 7/7 278 SPENCER JEFF EMERALD AU 58 M 50:38 16:18

72 8/8 279 SPENCER KAY EMERALD AU 55 F 50:48 16:22

73 5/5 277 ROBINSON 68 M 50:49 16:22

74 4/5 252 CHALK ROSEMARY VINEYARD HAVEN MA 63 F 51:43 16:39

75 5/5 261 BAILEY SUE VINEYARD HAVEN MA 68 F 51:45 16:40

76 3/3 260 KILLIAN REX VINEYARD HAVEN MA 70 M 51:46 16:40

77 12/12 239 JACKSON SADIE JAFFREY NH 37 F 54:09 17:26

78 2/2 240 JACKSON LUCY JAFFREY NH 5 F 54:09 17:26

79 2/2 237 EUGSTER ELAINE VINEYARD HAVEN MA 74 F 54:43 17:37

80 6/7 287 BENDER SARA BROOKLYN MY 29 F 54:44 17:38

81 7/7 288 KURITSKY NIKKI BROOKLYN NY 28 F 54:45 17:38

"Fictions of Colonial Encounter" Series at Island Libraries

Throughout the 20^th century western colonial empire has been retreating from its earlier domination over vast nonwestern territories. During this same period novelists white and black, western and nonwestern, have sought to make sense of colonial encounter. Drawing on two white British writers (Joseph Conrad and E. M. Forster) and two black Nigerian writers (Chinua Achebe and Buchi Emecheta), this course will explore the ways in which differently positioned writers represent colonial encounter—as it was administered, as it was felt on the receiving end.

Philip Weinstein, Professor of English at Swarthmore College and part-time resident in Aquinnah, will lead the discussions. He has taught these novels in his courses at Swarthmore and published on some of them as well. During the past decade, he has given lectures and led discussions on fictions of race, at different libraries on the island.

The course will take place from 4:00 to 5:30 on Thursday afternoons (with one exception) during fall 2011. Conceived as a program offered to participants all over the island, the lectures and discussions will be held at the following libraries:

Thursday, September 15th, Aquinnah Public Library: Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1899)

Thursday, November 3rd, Chilmark Free Public Library: Forster, A Passage to India (1924)

Wednesday, November 16th (7pm), Vineyard Haven Public Library: Achebe, Things Fall Apart (1966)

Thursday, December 15th, Oak Bluffs Public Library: Emecheta, The Joys of Motherhood (1979)