Staff
Transitions and Changes
Elizabeth Keenan (Betty), head
reference librarian, is retiring
as of July 1st. During her 10 years
serving Easton patrons, Betty has
developed an outstanding reference
collection, among many other important
achievements. She has been a stalwart
in promoting cooperation between
our staff and the media center personnel
at the Easton schools.
Betty has had a long career in librarianship,
having been in reader services at
Wheaton College and the library
director at Regis College in Weston,
MA before joining us. She received
the Ida and George Eliot Award for
Excellence in Medical Librarianship
while employed by the American Dental
Association.
Betty also epitomizes two key attributes
we all expect in a librarian --
the desire to serve the general
public and a love of knowledge.
We have been extremely fortunate
to learn from her and will miss
her.
She is looking forward to devoting
more time to reading, quilting,
knitting, and pursuing her musical
instruments.
You may have noticed some new faces
among our staff and missed some
others.
We welcome Lorraine Rubinacci and
Kathy Korona, our newest library
technical assistants, and Cathy
Coyne, our new children's librarian,
who is starting June 4th. Recent
departures include Donna Costa,
who has left to get her master's
degree in library science, and Karen
Gabbert-Armand, who is currently
on maternity leave.
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Summer
Reading Program
Attend the Kickoff party on June
25th for both the Children's and
Teen program. Click here
for full details.
Once again the library offers an
exciting Summer Reading Program
to entertain and delight elementary
school age children during school
vacation each year. The 2006 Summer
Program was a big success with hundreds
of visitors in attendance. If you
missed all the fun last year, don't
worry. You can join us this summer!
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Recycle
Your Books
The
Library is not having a booksale this
year, and we are currently not accepting
donations of books or other materials.
If you would like to donate books,
here are some options to help lighten
up those shelves and make room for
new titles to read:
- Go to the Saturday, June 9th
Book Swap at Easton's Natural
Resources Trust from 10am-1pm
at Sheep's Pasture, 307 Main Street.
The Book Swap is a novel idea
- you can bring a bagful of books,
but you must take away a bagful.
All items are free. Bring only
books in good condition and ones
you think someone else might enjoy.
- If you have more than a bagful
or two, take your books to the
book drop at the Southeastern
Regional Vocational Technical
High School, 250 Foundry Street,
in Easton. They will be picked
up by Hands
Across the Water, and sent
to other countries.
Please do not leave donations at either
Main or Branch libraries. As much
as we would like to consider adding
donated items, we do not have the
space. We are actually in the process
of weeding the collection to make
sure out-of-date titles are removed
before we move into a temporary location
during building renovations.
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New Nonfiction
Interesting
Additions to the Collection
Newest additions of fiction and
nonfiction titles are always on
display near the circulation desk.
Here are a few nonfiction books
available for checkout now.
The
Art of Aging: A Doctor's Prescription
for Well-being, by Sherwin B.
Nuland, seeks to radically change
the American viewpoint that aging
is a disease. 305.26 NULA 2007
Cape
Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics,
and the Battle for our Energy Future
on Nantucket Sound, by Wendy
Williams and Robert Whitcomb. Cape
Wind is proposing America's first
offshore wind farm on Horseshoe
Shoal in Nantucket Sound. Potentially
providing three quarters of the
Cape and Islands electricity needs,
the politics of how this project
plays out makes for fascinating
reading. 333.920916 WILL 2007
Firing
Back: How Great Leaders Rebound
After Career Disasters, by Jeffrey
Sonnenfeld, and Andrew Ward, offers
a clear plan for anyone who needs
to recover from a career setback
and reclaim lost prestige and reputation.
658.4092 SONN 2007
Generation
MySpace: Helping Your Teen Survive
Online Adolescence, by Candice
M. Kelsey. Drawing on personal interviews
with hundreds of teens, this book
helps parents assess what they should-and
shouldn't-be worried about when
it comes to technology. 305.235028567
KELS 2007
The
Grid: A Journey Through the Heart
of Our Electrified World, by
Phillip F. Schewe. You can't always
see it, but the electrical grid
is everywhere. This invisible network
powers nearly every facet of our
daily lives. Yet, as recent outages
demonstrate, this intricate electrical
system is increasingly vulnerable
to widespread failure which would
affect hundreds of millions of people
around the globe. 333.7932 SCHE
2007
An
Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of
Global Warming, by Al Gore.
This edition is adapted for young
readers by Jane O'Connor. It will
change the way young people understand
global warming and hopefully inspire
them to help change the course of
history. 363.73874 GORE 2007
The
Milk Memos: How Real Moms Learned
to Mix Business With Babies- And
How You Can Too, by Cate Colburn-
Smith and Andrea Serrette, is based
on actual journals kept by a group
of IBM moms juggling work and a
newborn baby. 306.874 COLB 2007
Remembrances
Of Times Past: A Nostalgic Collection
of Personal Stories and Photographs
Recalling the Way Life Was in the
Early Part of the Twentieth Century,
by Marta Hiatt. Ever wonder what
it used to be like? Wondered how
your grandparents lived? Told in
stories and hundreds of pictures,
the book helps recapture the day-to-day
experiences of the past. 973.91
HIATT 2006
Rodale's
Vegetable Garden Problem Solver:
The Best and Latest Advice for Beating
Pests, Diseases, and Weeds and Staying
a Step Ahead of Trouble in the Garden,
by Fern Marshall Bradley. Includes
safe and natural solutions 635.049
BRAD 2006
Saving
Energy, Growing Jobs: How Evironmental
Protection Promotes Economic Growth,
Profitability, Innovation, and Competition,
by David B. Goldstein. The idea
that we must choose between a healthy
environment and a healthy economy
is a myth, says David Goldstein.
According to this book, environmental
regulations create more jobs, and
in the long run they contribute
to more efficient designs and less
expensive products. 333.79160973
GOLD 2007.
Tchaikovsky:
The Man and His Music, by David
Brown. guides the reader through
Tchaikovsky's music within the context
of his life, and the result is a
book that will be of particular
interest to those who, knowing little
or nothing of classic music, might
wish to become acquainted with some
of the greatest music ever composed.
David Brown, professor of musicology
at Southampton University, is an
international authority on both
Russian and nineteenth-century music.
780.92 TCHAIKOVSKY BROWN 2007
Watching
Baseball Smarter: A Professional
Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts,
and Deeply Serious Geeks, by
Zack Hample. In this smart and funny
fan's guide Hample explains the
ins and outs of pitching, hitting,
running, and fielding, while offering
insider trivia and anecdotes that
will surprise even the most informed
viewers of our national pastime.
796.357 HAMP 2007
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