LIBRARY NEWS for THE TIMES OF SHREWSBURY: MARCH 2021
*The LIBRARY TRUSTEES are very happy to welcome JUDY KEANE to our
Board! Judy is one of the best neighbors ever, planting and caring for our front
garden, offering a bouquet of fresh herbs for anyone who wants them. It’s great
to have her officially on Board!
*MANY THANKS to LUKE MACKINTOSH, who volunteered to work in the Library while on a mid-winter break from Norwich University. At Donna’s direction, Luke re-shelved returns and “read the shelves,” putting books in their correct sections, and in alphabetical order: no small task! Our Library gets many requests from other Vermont libraries on Inter-Library Loan; Luke did the vital library work of helping staffers locate books that readers want. THANK YOU!
*The Library is again requesting $7,500 in Town tax support for basic operating expenses: level funding since 2005. Your approval pays our bills for heat, electricity, telephone and internet, and insurance. Please see our report in the Town Report for 2020; if you have questions, please come to the electronic Information Meeting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 27th or call Joan at 492-3550.
*We’re still OPEN for in-person visits with the appropriate masking and distancing, on MONDAYS 10-12; WEDNESDAYS 7-9 p.m. and SATURDAYS
10-12. For requests, parking lot pick-ups or home deliveries, please call
492-3410 or e-mail slibrary@vermontel.net.
COMING EVENT: SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday,August 14 @ 6 p.m. STREET DANCE with MARCOS LEVY and Friends. More details (about food, etc.) to come!
Continuing Programs (via Zoom):
Sunday March 21 @ 4 p.m. FAMOUS BOOKS BOOK CLUB: TBA
Sunday, March 21 @ 4 p.m. SCIENCE BOOK CLUB: Ghost Map by Steven Johnson: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic. Please let me know if you want an e-book; otherwise, copies of the print edition will be available in the
Library.
New Books include:
*Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May.
*Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants by
Douglas W. Tallamy.
*Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad: A moving and helpful account of illness and recovery.
*The Ratline: The Exalted life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive by Phillipe Sands: A true story of deception, double-dealing, and discovery by a veteran journalist.
*The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron by sports writer Howard Bryant: The struggles and triumphs of the baseball great.
*The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine To Women and Women to Medicine by Janice Nimura.
*Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding
by Daniel Lieberman: Surprising and helpful new insights by an expert.
*The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Anti-Slavery Constitution by James Oakes: More of what we were never taught in school.
New DVDs next time!
- Submitted by Joan Aleshire
*The LIBRARY TRUSTEES are very happy to welcome JUDY KEANE to our
Board! Judy is one of the best neighbors ever, planting and caring for our front
garden, offering a bouquet of fresh herbs for anyone who wants them. It’s great
to have her officially on Board!
*MANY THANKS to LUKE MACKINTOSH, who volunteered to work in the Library while on a mid-winter break from Norwich University. At Donna’s direction, Luke re-shelved returns and “read the shelves,” putting books in their correct sections, and in alphabetical order: no small task! Our Library gets many requests from other Vermont libraries on Inter-Library Loan; Luke did the vital library work of helping staffers locate books that readers want. THANK YOU!
*The Library is again requesting $7,500 in Town tax support for basic operating expenses: level funding since 2005. Your approval pays our bills for heat, electricity, telephone and internet, and insurance. Please see our report in the Town Report for 2020; if you have questions, please come to the electronic Information Meeting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 27th or call Joan at 492-3550.
*We’re still OPEN for in-person visits with the appropriate masking and distancing, on MONDAYS 10-12; WEDNESDAYS 7-9 p.m. and SATURDAYS
10-12. For requests, parking lot pick-ups or home deliveries, please call
492-3410 or e-mail slibrary@vermontel.net.
COMING EVENT: SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday,August 14 @ 6 p.m. STREET DANCE with MARCOS LEVY and Friends. More details (about food, etc.) to come!
Continuing Programs (via Zoom):
Sunday March 21 @ 4 p.m. FAMOUS BOOKS BOOK CLUB: TBA
Sunday, March 21 @ 4 p.m. SCIENCE BOOK CLUB: Ghost Map by Steven Johnson: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic. Please let me know if you want an e-book; otherwise, copies of the print edition will be available in the
Library.
New Books include:
*Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May.
*Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants by
Douglas W. Tallamy.
*Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad: A moving and helpful account of illness and recovery.
*The Ratline: The Exalted life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive by Phillipe Sands: A true story of deception, double-dealing, and discovery by a veteran journalist.
*The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron by sports writer Howard Bryant: The struggles and triumphs of the baseball great.
*The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine To Women and Women to Medicine by Janice Nimura.
*Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding
by Daniel Lieberman: Surprising and helpful new insights by an expert.
*The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Anti-Slavery Constitution by James Oakes: More of what we were never taught in school.
New DVDs next time!
- Submitted by Joan Aleshire
