VENTRESS VOICE
Newsletter of the Ventress
Memorial Library
Marshfield, Massachusetts
FEBRUARY 2016 Volume 23, No. 2
Do we have Book Groups?!
From the Director…
Did you know that the Ventress Library offers our patrons
not one, not two, not three book groups but four, starting this month! Yes,
whatever is your reading pleasure, we’ve got you covered! Groups are ongoing
and all are accepting new members at any time. See below for details. Contact
us if you need a book copy. Happy Reading/Discussing!
VML Classic Book
Group – meets
second Wednesday of each month in the Historical Room from 4:30 - 6 p.m. We
read the “classics”, both traditional and modern. Refreshments served. Facilitated
by Assistant Director Chris Woods. Next meeting: Wed., 2/10, “The Secret Chord,”
by Geraldine Brooks.
VML Non-fiction Book
Group – meets
first Tuesday of each month in the Historical Room from 6 - 7:30 p.m. Read and
discuss a different non-fiction book every month. Refreshments served.
Facilitated by Reference Librarian Rachel Breen. Next meeting: Tuesday, 3/1, “The
Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon,” by David Grann.
VML Monday Night
Book Group – meets first Monday of each month
in the Historical Room at 7:00 p.m. Read and discuss contemporary fiction.
Facilitated by Library Director Cyndee Marcoux. Next meeting: Monday, 3/7, “All
This Talk of Love,” by Christopher Castellani.
NEW, NEW, NEW!! ALES AND TALES BOOK
CLUB - Ales and Tales is a new social
book group for readers in and around the Marshfield area. It is geared toward
readers in their twenties and thirties, and book lovers in general. The group will
meet at Marshfield’s Cask ‘n Flagon on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00
pm. Join us for a drink and a wonderful read! The first meeting will be held on
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 7:00 pm Our very first book will be “Tell
the Wolves I’m Home,” by Carol Rifka Brunt. The Cask ‘n Flagon is located on
804 Plain St, Marshfield, MA. No registration
required, just show up. Members are responsible for the purchase of their own
drinks and food. Facilitated by Reference Librarian Rachel Breen. Hope to see
you there!
So many choices… Now you just have to pick a group, and
come on in and join us!!
Children’s Corner…
By
Jennifer Struzziero, “Ms Jen”, Head of Children’s Services,
jstruzziero@ocln.org
Children's
Department Activities February
Shake Rattle Rhyme
Storytimes for
ages 0-3 continue on Tues and Weds at 10:30 ( Drop-In).
On Your Own Storytime for ages 4 on Mon at 10:30 (Registration Required), and Storycraft for ages 5-7 on
Thursdays at 2 p.m. Registration Required.
Family Movie Night takes place on Monday, Feb 16th
1:30
Mama Steph joins on Feb 17th
at 11:00 a.m.
Dads & Donuts is back on Sat
Feb 20th at 2:00 p.m.
Tinker Time:
Experiment with Candy Science ~ Feb 22nd at 4:30 Registration
required.
Lego Club Feb 29th
Drop-in; Legos provided.
Teens:
Teen Writing Group Feb 3rd 5:00 p.m.
Teen Game Night Feb 4th 2:30
Program Room Bring your favorite game!
Teen Movie &
Pizza Night Feb 25th 5:00 p.m.
Kids Book Clubs:
Grades 2-3 Feb 9th;
registration required. Snacks provided.
Grades 4-5 Feb
Feb 11th 4-30-5:15 registration required. Snacks
provided.
Teen Book club: The library, MCTV,
and the middle school run a Book-to- Movie Book group for ages 12+. Contact the
children's librarian at either the Ventress LIbrary or Furnace Brook Middle
School for more info on how to join.
UPCOMING: In April, we will teach 8 STEM course sessions on Engineering Earthquake
Resistant Buildings.
Sign-up is
REQUIRED & LIMITED.
Please complete each session unit.
April
11th, 12th & 14th at 4:30 P.M.;
April
19th, 20th, 21st ( Vacation Week 1:00
P.M.);
April
26th & 28th ( 4:30 P.M. after
School). Please
speak with the children's librarian for more details. Visit ventresslibrary.org,
or call us @ 781-834-5535.
Backroom Bailiwick…
By Nancy Kelly, Head
of Technical Services, nkelly@ocln.org
For those of you who are looking to dispose of gently used
copies of older but still popular titles – please keep the Ventress in
mind. We are constantly screening
incoming donations for replacement copies of heavily used titles. Classic “good reads” by authors such as James
Michener, Sue Grafton, John Grisham, Rosamunde Pilcher, (just to name a few!)
are always on our watch list. Some
copies of our most popular titles have circulated over 100 times and are in
serious need of retirement. So when
preparing to tidy up those home bookshelves, please remember how much we value your donations. As the old saying goes: “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”
Reference Notes…
By Chris Woods,
Assistant Director/Head of Reference, cwoods@ocln.org
Did you know you have a wealth of research tools at the
ready to be used 24 hours per day? That’s right…just visit the magic portal and
these resources will be yours. What is the key? Your library card! Listed below
are a few of the reference tools awaiting when you click the database link on
our website www.ventresslibrary.org
Enter your Marshfield library card number (no spaces) to begin your research:
CONSUMER REPORTS – All the information in the paper
magazine and more content available online. This is our most popular database!
AMERICA’S NEWS – “Marshfield Mariner” full article content
back to 2005 and “Patriot Ledger” full article content back to 2000. You never
pay for content, the library subscribes for you!
AUTO REPAIR REFERENCE CENTER – Repair diagrams, service
alerts and more for many makes/models of vehicles back to 1954. Repair it
yourself with help from this database and save money!
HERITAGE QUEST – Need to research family history at 2
a.m.? You can access a subset of Ancestry Library Edition through our website
24/7, including census information. To use the complete version of Ancestry
Library Edition, come into the library when we are open and a librarian will
set you up!
PLUS MANY MORE DATABASES AVAILABLE
FOR YOUR USE. STOP BY THE REFERENCE DEPARTMENT AT ANY TIME, AND WE WILL BE GLAD
TO SHOW YOU THE FULL SLATE OF RESEARCH TOOLS.
INFORMATION IS POWER!
Circulation Chat…
By Elisha Chandler,
Head of Circulation Services, echandler@ocln.org
If you’re a teen or
adult fan of young adult literature, you might have noticed that we did some
some serious work to expand our collection and bring our readers an
amazing selection of new and popular titles. We finally had a chance to give
the graphic novels a little bit of the same love, beefing up our existing
collection and adding 40+ new titles, with more to come monthly. Catch up on
the most recent titles from DC and Marvel, the titans of the comic book
industry. Check out Marvel’s “Black Widow,” “Hawkeye,” “Ms. Marvel,” or
DC’s breakout hits “Aquaman,” “Batgirl,” “Batwoman,” and the New York Times
bestseller, “Harley Quinn volume. 1: Hot in the City.” Mature readers might
want to try some of the buzz-worthy and acclaimed independent titles being
published by Image, including “Rat Queens,” “Saga,” “The Wicked + the Divine,”
“Alex + Ada,” “Shutter,” and “Pretty Deadly.” Are you a fan of amazing graphic
literature? Try Farel Dalrymple’s “The Wrenchies” and NYT bestsellers
“Seconds,” by Bryan Lee O'Malley, and “The Sculptor,” by Scott McCloud.
Ventress Memorial Library, 15
Library Plaza, Marshfield, MA 02050 781-834-5535
Library hours: Mon-Th 9-8, Fri/Sat 9-4:30 closed Sunday visit
www.ventresslibrary.org
Newsletter staff: Chris Woods/Editor Jaclyn Robinson/Illustrator
