The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, a non-profit research organization in Washington, DC, is conducting an online survey of public library patrons who borrow e-books. If you have checked out or downloaded e-books from a public library, please consider taking Pew Internet’s survey, available at the link below. All responses will be confidential, although your answers may be quoted anonymously in a future report. The survey should take about 15 minutes.
To take the survey, visit: http://libraries.pewinternet.org/participate/survey/e-book-borrowers
The Pew Internet Project will also be doing broader surveys of public library patrons general, as well as people (including non-library-users) who own e-readers or tablet computers. If you want to participate in those, you can sign up to be notified of future surveys here.
To learn more about the Pew Internet Project’s research on e-reading and public libraries, which is entirely free and available to the public, visit libraries.pewinternet.org.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Monthly Book Sales Held Third Saturday of Each Month
The Friends of the Library hold "mini" book sales at the library, from 1pm-3pm on the third
Saturday of each month. The April sale will be held on Saturday, April 21st.
Proceeds from these sales benefit library programs for children, and other library services supported by the Friends. Sales are also planned for Saturday, May 19th, and Saturday, June 16th, from 1pm-3pm.
Saturday of each month. The April sale will be held on Saturday, April 21st.
Proceeds from these sales benefit library programs for children, and other library services supported by the Friends. Sales are also planned for Saturday, May 19th, and Saturday, June 16th, from 1pm-3pm.
Tisbury Town Elections to be Held on Tuesday, April 24th
Tisbury's town elections will be held at the General George W. Goethals American Legion Post #257 at 47 Martin Road, on Tuesday, April 24th from noon to 8pm.
The selectman's race between candidates Tom Pachico and Jonathan Snyder is the only contested office, however the FinCom has three open seats and one candidate, so the other open seats may be filled by write-in candidates.
Question 3 addresses an article that was passed at town meeting, but still requires a vote: Shall the Town of Tisbury be allowed to assess an additional $90,000 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purpose of funding a new step on the wage scale for Town employees under the terms of the Union Contract with the Tisbury Employee General Union, for the fiscal year beginning July first two thousand and twelve?
Question 2 concerns a Proposition 2.5 override to fund the proposed connector road between Holmes Hole Road and the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, however this article did not pass at town meeting.
Question 1 is a non-binding public opinion advisory ballot question, asking: Should a roundabout be built at the intersection of the Edgartown/Vineyard Haven Road and Barnes Road (blinker) intersection?
The selectman's race between candidates Tom Pachico and Jonathan Snyder is the only contested office, however the FinCom has three open seats and one candidate, so the other open seats may be filled by write-in candidates.
Question 3 addresses an article that was passed at town meeting, but still requires a vote: Shall the Town of Tisbury be allowed to assess an additional $90,000 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purpose of funding a new step on the wage scale for Town employees under the terms of the Union Contract with the Tisbury Employee General Union, for the fiscal year beginning July first two thousand and twelve?
Question 2 concerns a Proposition 2.5 override to fund the proposed connector road between Holmes Hole Road and the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, however this article did not pass at town meeting.
Question 1 is a non-binding public opinion advisory ballot question, asking: Should a roundabout be built at the intersection of the Edgartown/Vineyard Haven Road and Barnes Road (blinker) intersection?
Monday, April 16, 2012
2012 Pulitzer Prizes Announced
These 2012 Pulitzer prizewinning titles are available from CLAMS libraries:
FICTION: No award. Finalists: Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (Alfred A. Knopf); The Pale King, by David Foster Wallace (Little, Brown and Company).
HISTORY: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, by Manning Marable (Viking)
BIOGRAPHY: George F. Kennan: An American Life, by John Lewis Gaddis (The Penguin Press)
POETRY: Life on Mars, by Tracy K. Smith (Graywolf Press)
GENERAL NONFICTION: The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, by Stephen Greenblatt (W.W. Norton and Company)
A complete list of winners and finalists is available at http://www.pulitzer.org/.
FICTION: No award. Finalists: Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (Alfred A. Knopf); The Pale King, by David Foster Wallace (Little, Brown and Company).
HISTORY: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, by Manning Marable (Viking)
BIOGRAPHY: George F. Kennan: An American Life, by John Lewis Gaddis (The Penguin Press)
POETRY: Life on Mars, by Tracy K. Smith (Graywolf Press)
GENERAL NONFICTION: The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, by Stephen Greenblatt (W.W. Norton and Company)
A complete list of winners and finalists is available at http://www.pulitzer.org/.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
National Library Snapshot Day on Martha’s Vineyard
On, Thursday April 12, Martha’s Vineyard libraries will join libraries across the Commonwealth and the nation to provide a “snapshot” of what happens in a day in the life of libraries. How many books are checked out? How many people receive help finding a job? Doing their taxes? Doing their homework? During Snapshot Day, libraries will collect data and photos that help demonstrate the value of libraries and raise public awareness that libraries are busier than ever.
Everyone can participate just by doing their regular library business, such as using the Internet, checking out books, doing research, or attending a program. Programs at the Vineyard Haven Library will include afterschool crafts for children ages 5 and up at 3:30 pm, and a screening of a popular new release movie at 6 pm. Children ages 3-5 can attend story time at 10:30 am. at the Edgartown Library or West Tisbury Library.
New this year is online participation. Patrons can go to mass.gov/libraries and post comments about the ways they use the library. “With so many people using our online resources, we wanted to include them in the fun.” Last year residents downloaded more than 9 million articles from trusted library resources.
Nationally, Snapshot Day is supported by the American Library Association which will compile state data to provide a national look at a day in the life of libraries. Busy days are the norm at libraries across the state. Over the past decade, libraries in Massachusetts have experienced a dramatic surge in usage, including a 50% increase in library visits and a 29% increase in circulation.
Massachusetts Library Snapshot Day is presented by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the Massachusetts Regional Library System, the Massachusetts Library Association, the Massachusetts School Library Association, and Boston Public Library. Visit: mass.gov/libraries or contact your local library for more information.
Everyone can participate just by doing their regular library business, such as using the Internet, checking out books, doing research, or attending a program. Programs at the Vineyard Haven Library will include afterschool crafts for children ages 5 and up at 3:30 pm, and a screening of a popular new release movie at 6 pm. Children ages 3-5 can attend story time at 10:30 am. at the Edgartown Library or West Tisbury Library.
New this year is online participation. Patrons can go to mass.gov/libraries and post comments about the ways they use the library. “With so many people using our online resources, we wanted to include them in the fun.” Last year residents downloaded more than 9 million articles from trusted library resources.
Nationally, Snapshot Day is supported by the American Library Association which will compile state data to provide a national look at a day in the life of libraries. Busy days are the norm at libraries across the state. Over the past decade, libraries in Massachusetts have experienced a dramatic surge in usage, including a 50% increase in library visits and a 29% increase in circulation.
Massachusetts Library Snapshot Day is presented by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the Massachusetts Regional Library System, the Massachusetts Library Association, the Massachusetts School Library Association, and Boston Public Library. Visit: mass.gov/libraries or contact your local library for more information.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Harry Potter Series Now Available as Library eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks
J.K. Rowling's phenomenally popular Harry Potter Series is now available through the CLAMS "Overdrive" download service. All 7 books are now available as eBooks for the Nook, Kindle, and other eReaders, and in MP3 audiobook format.OverDrive is a collection of downloadable digital media including audiobooks, ebooks, and music. To get started, browse the OverDrive Digital Catalog, then use your CLAMS card to check out an title to read or listen to on your home computer or portable device.
New to eBooks and downloadable audio? Drop by the library on Saturday mornings between 10am and noon for informal demonstration of the library's Overdrive service. Library staff will be present to answer your questions and show you how to get started, and the library's eReader devices including a Nook, Sony Reader, and Kindle will be available for hands on demonstration.
Art in the Stacks: "Sense of Place," Photographs by Marilyn Miller
The Friends of the Vineyard Haven Public Library are pleased to present "Sense of Place", an exhibit of original 35mm and digital photography by Marilyn Miller. The exhibit will be on display during regular library hours througout the month of April.This collection celebrates our island from farm to sea, day into night, and includes a nostalgic vignette from a West Chop icon, now gone. Marilyn's work seeks to capture the light of a special moment or an everyday view that is extraordinary. Whether the surreal sight of a dinghy floating in the grasses on Chilmark Pond or the thrill of fireworks exploding over Ocean Park, her perspective is a little different – she notices the minuscule, the detail. "In all seasons, Martha's Vineyard is a beautiful place. Living on Martha's Vineyard is a visual delight, for which I am grateful". Marilyn's photographs have appeared in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Savor the Moment calendars, published by the Oak Bluffs Public Library.
"Art in the Stacks" is an initiative of the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Public Library, to provide individual artists an opportunity to show their work, and for library patrons to enjoy art at the library throughout the year.
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