VENTRESS VOICE
Newsletter of the Ventress
Memorial Library
Marshfield, Massachusetts
APRIL 2013 Volume 20, No. 4
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK APRIL 14 –
APRIL 20
Come
celebrate National Library Week at the Ventress Memorial Library! National
Library Week is celebrated from April 14, 2013 until April 20, 2013. This is a
national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and
libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the
contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library
use. Every day across the country, libraries open their doors to
everyone: students, parents, seniors, teachers, writers, artists, job
seekers, entrepreneurs, readers, gamers, movie lovers and travel buffs. The theme
this year is Communities Matter. We will be giving out bookmarks and stickers
for the kids. Head to the library during National Library Week to see what's
new and take part in the celebration!
~contributed
by Amy Rosa, Head of Circulation Services
CHILDREN’S CORNER
By Wendy Ward, Head of Children’s
Services
Spring
Storytimes are ongoing in the children’s room.
Please check the website or pick up a flyer in the children’s room for
more information.
We also have three additional
events for children scheduled this April.
On Saturday, April 13th at 10:30 a.m. we have a read to a dog
program. Children can sign up beginning
April 1st for a ten minute slot to read to Arabelle, the German Shepherd, a
graduate of Dog B.O.N.E.S. reading partner program. On Wednesday, April 17th at 10:30 a.m.,
Farmer Minor will bring the world’s most famous pig, Daisy, to the library for
the Pig Out on Reading Program. Sign up
for the Pig Out on Reading
program also begins on Monday, April 1st. Finally, singer/guitarist Mama Steph will
perform on Saturday April 27th at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers and
their parents/caregivers. No
registration is necessary to attend Mama Steph’s performance
CIRC STATS and CHAT
By Amy
Rosa, Head of Circulation Services
Zinio: OCLN Provides
On-Line Magazine Service!
Get free magazines sent to your
device or to your computer! Login with your library card at www.ocln.org/zinio and sign-up. Zinio for
Libraries provides a quick and easy way for patrons to read digital copies of
their favorite magazines through a digital platform that recreates magazines
page-for-page, including full color pictures. Simply by using your library
card, patrons will be able to read, interact with, and explore the largest
selection of magazines anywhere. Compatible with iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire,
Android, PC and Mac. Best of all, there are no wait periods or holds, current
issues are immediately available to any patron with a library card.
Tech Updates
Looking for a good book? The
library’s weekly blog is updated every Monday and Thursday. Find the New Books
Blog on the library’s homepage www.ventresslibrary.org under Our Blogs. Suggestions are also always
welcome and highly appreciated. Mondays are Teen Pick of the Week! Also check
out our Live Facebook Reader’s Advisory, anytime, anywhere! Log on to the
library’s Facebook page and post the last 3 books you have enjoyed and
librarian, Amy Rosa will find you your next read.
Circ Stats: The library circulated 14,517 items
in March!
JENKS JAZZ AND JIVE
By Karen Jenks, Library
Assistant
NEW MUSIC CDS – “Check Them Out!”
BLUES
Locked Down – Dr. John
COUNTRY
The Essential Johnny Cash – Johnny
Cash
Like a Rose – Ashley Monroe
Uncaged – Zac Brown Band
INTERNATIONAL
Best of Ravi Shankar – Ravi Shankar
JAZZ
Songs of New Orleans – Preservation Hall Jazz Band
OPERA
Passione – Andrea Bocelli
POP
Old Sock – Eric Clapton
Rebirth – Jimmy Cliff
Charmer – Aimee Mann
Channel ORANGE – Frank Ocean
The World from the Side of the
Moon – Phillip Phillips
Seasons of my Soul – Rumer
ROCK
Night Visions – Imagine Dragons
SOUNDTRACK
The Hobbit – an Unexpected Journey
Rock of Ages
VENTRESS LIBRARY
APRIL EVENT UPDATE!
By Chris
Woods, Head of Reference Services/Event Coordinator
* Friday,
April 5, 9 – 11 a.m., Marshfield Senior Center, 230 Webster
Street,
Registration breakfast event to kick off “Opportunities” lifelong learning
a joint program with Marshfield Council on Aging and the Ventress Library
Spring/Summer 2013 classes – come meet the teachers and register!
* Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m. to noon, Ventress Library, “Opportunities” lifelong learning
sign-ups for classes – see what is planned for next semester!
* Tuesday, April 9, 6 – 7:30 p.m., Tuesday Night Lecture, “Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands,” with author and researcher Christopher Klein. Free, no registration or tic required. Funded VML Friends. Visit www.christopherklein.com
* Saturday, April 13, 2:00 p.m., Ventress Library, Lisa Foley, actor/storyteller, presents two
dramatic pieces one from "Gothic Tales" by Isak Dinesen and "Afterward" by Edith Wharton. Free; no tickets required. Refreshments. Funded by VML Friends.
* Tuesday, April 16, 4-6:30 p.m., Ventress Library Classic Book Group, "Middlemarch" by
George Eliot, new members welcome, light refreshments served. Visit vmlbookgroup.blogspot.com
* Saturday, April 27, 2:00 p.m., Saturday Concert, “In Perfect Harmony,” with Cabaret Singers Bobbi Carrey andWill McMillan and piano accompaniment by Doug Hammer. Free, no tickets required. Refreshments. Visit www.bobbicarrey.com, www.willsings.com
Registration breakfast event to kick off “Opportunities” lifelong learning
a joint program with Marshfield Council on Aging and the Ventress Library
Spring/Summer 2013 classes – come meet the teachers and register!
* Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m. to noon, Ventress Library, “Opportunities” lifelong learning
sign-ups for classes – see what is planned for next semester!
* Tuesday, April 9, 6 – 7:30 p.m., Tuesday Night Lecture, “Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands,” with author and researcher Christopher Klein. Free, no registration or tic required. Funded VML Friends. Visit www.christopherklein.com
* Saturday, April 13, 2:00 p.m., Ventress Library, Lisa Foley, actor/storyteller, presents two
dramatic pieces one from "Gothic Tales" by Isak Dinesen and "Afterward" by Edith Wharton. Free; no tickets required. Refreshments. Funded by VML Friends.
* Tuesday, April 16, 4-6:30 p.m., Ventress Library Classic Book Group, "Middlemarch" by
George Eliot, new members welcome, light refreshments served. Visit vmlbookgroup.blogspot.com
* Saturday, April 27, 2:00 p.m., Saturday Concert, “In Perfect Harmony,” with Cabaret Singers Bobbi Carrey andWill McMillan and piano accompaniment by Doug Hammer. Free, no tickets required. Refreshments. Visit www.bobbicarrey.com, www.willsings.com
Ventress
Memorial Library, 15 Library Plaza, Marshfield,
MA 02050
781-834-5535 www.ventresslibrary.org “Like” us on Facebook!
Hours Mon. – Thurs. 10 – 8, Fri. and Sat. 10 – 4,
Closed Sunday
Newsletter
staff: Chris Woods, Editor; Jaclyn
Robinson, Artist