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Published by the Wethersfield Library Volume V Issue 7 July 2008
Food for Fines
During the months of July and August your Library fines can be paid for with donations to the Wethersfield Food Bank. Fines for overdue items returned in good condition may be paid with: tuna fish, cereal, juice, peanut butter, canned fruit or vegetables, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, soap, toilet paper, Kleenex or cleaning supplies which are particularly needed at this time.
Questions and Answers
Q. Can I ‘pay’ fines from other libraries with a food donation? Yes. State regulations let libraries collect and keep fines for other libraries. It doesn’t say anything about the currency of the payment.
Q. Can I still pay you money, if I want to? Yes, that is fine.
Q. Can I pay for a lost or damaged item with a donation? No. Lost and damaged items need to be replaced.
Q. Does the item I bring have to cost the same as the fine I owe? No. Some items will cost more, some less and it will all even out.
- Can I pay unpaid fines for things I already returned? Yes. A fine, is a fine, is a fine.
Wondering what that old toy might sell for?
Go online @ Wethersfield Library and check
Price It! Antiques and Collectibles
What is Price It! Antiques and Collectibles?
Price It! Antiques and Collectibles is a comprehensive antiques and collectibles pricing tool. It has over 10 million images and 125 searchable categories that can be easily searched for up-to-date pricing information on antiques and collectibles. Pricing information is obtained from online auction databases, online retail databases and select auction houses. The "Info Center" has interesting articles on a wide variety of subjects related to antiques and collectibles. Learn about repair, conservation, and identification of many types of antiques and collectibles.
What can I find using Price It! Antiques and Collectibles?
Using Price It! Antiques and Collectibles, you can find information on:
- the most recent sale price for a signed Wallace Nutting hand-tinted “Larkspur” framed photograph
- a summary of antique furniture style periods
- identification marks for Belleek Irish porcelain
- an article on Duncan Phyfe
- a chart of U.S. patent dates and much more!
How do I find and use Price It! Antiques and Collectibles?
Search Price It! Antiques and Collectibles from home with your Wethersfield Library card or at Wethersfield Library.
- Go to www.wethersfieldlibrary.org and click on “Internet Resources.”
- Locate the box that says Price It! Antiques and Collectibles. Click on “Access from Home” if you are anywhere except at one of the Library’s computers (then click on “Access from Library”).
- Enter your Wethersfield Library card barcode on the next screen.
- Enter important words about your item, describing it (“highboy,” “American,” etc.).
- Enter other selection criteria to expand or limit your results.
- Click on “Search” to get your results, and then “View Item Detail” to get more information.
Questions? Problems?
Call the Adult Services Information desk at 257-2811.
Teens Help Library Go Green
Wethersfield Library’s Playaways make listening easy. Now the ‘Green Eagles’, Wethersfield High School’s Environmental Club, has donated rechargeable batteries for the collection and a recharger to make the listening green.
A Playaway is an entire recorded book on a self contained unit about the size of a deck of cards. Especially in the summer they are a very popular part of the collection for both adults and children. All you need is a set of earbuds, headphones or a plug in to your car audio; no changing CDs or tapes in order to hear the whole book. It runs on a single AAA battery.
Many thanks to the ‘Green Eagles’ and their faculty advisor Tom Brown for this practical gift that will help the Library and the environment.
Thank You
This month we thank:
The Civitan Club for their donation to the fundraising campaign.
The Charles Wright PTO for their contribution to the fundraising campaign.
Carolyn Vallieres for her donation to the Smithsonian’s Adopt-a-Library Program in the name of Wethersfield Library. Wethersfield Library will receive a 12
issue subscription to the Smithsonian magazine.
Children’s Department
‘Catch the Reading Bug @ Your Library’ Summer Reading Program
Summer Reading Program Registration
Registration for ‘Catch the Reading Bug @ Your Library’ continues this month. Wethersfield Library’s summer reading program is designed to encourage children to read for pleasure and to retain their reading skills over the summer months.
Children’s Summer Programs - Registration Required
Tuesday Movie Night Bring the whole family for popcorn and a movie.
July 1st - Spiderwick Chronicles (rated PG)
July 8th - Curious George (rated G)
July 15th - Enchanted (rated PG)
July 22nd - Snow Buddies (rated G)
July 29th - High School Musical (rated G)
August 5th - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971 rated G)
August 12th - Charlotte’s Web (2006 rated G)
(all movies are subject to change)
Meets: Tuesdays 6:30 p.m. Children’s Program Room
To allow a greater number of people to participate please register for only two movies, however you may call the week of the program to see if space is available.
Thursday Craft for ages 3 – 12.
July 3rd - Bug Flinger
July 10th - Summer Fun Photo Frame
July 17th - Frog Catch Game
July 24th - Sammy the Spider Pin
July 31st - Monkey Pirate Photo Frame
August 7th - Mini Sunflower Windsock
August 14th - Bug Magnifying Glass
(subject to change)
Meets: Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. in the Children’s Program Room.
To allow a greater number of people to participate please register for only two crafts, however you may call the week of the program to see if space is available.
Summer Programs - No Registration Required
Drop-In Playtime/Storytime for all ages. A librarian will be on hand
at each session to share a story and a song at 11:00 a.m.
Meets: Fridays, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in the Children’s Program Room.
Wednesday Drop-In Storytime for ages 0-7 years.
July 2nd - Monsters
July 9th - Summer
July 16th - Picnics
July 23rd - Pigs
July 30th - Cows and Chickens
August 6th - Bears
August 13th - Fairytale Fun
(subject to change)
Meets: Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. in the Library Program Room.
Book Bites for ages 8 years and up. Bring along your latest read, or an old favorite to share, and tell us why you loved it! Every week a librarian will read aloud from Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford.
Meets: Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. in the Ground Floor Lounge.
For information about these programs or to register call the Children’s Department at 257-2801.
Connecticut Trolley Museum
If the price of gasoline keeps rising, we may find trolleys re-appearing on the New England landscape. Until then, enjoy the experience by borrowing our newest free pass for a trip to the Connecticut Trolley museum.
There you will find some of the world’s most accurately and lovingly restored passenger and freight street cars, interurban cars, elevated railway cars, service cars, locomotives, passenger and freight railroad cars, and other rail equipment. The highlight is a three mile ride through the woods and stations of the museum’s 17 acre home in East Windsor.
The Museum aims to establish a full scale operating street and interurban railroad system with the equipment and buildings to recreate an important phase of New England’s business and social life from 1890 to 1945. They are well on the way already. Until you visit, enjoy a virtual trip to their website at http://www.ceraonline.org.
B. J. Smith Summer Book Discussions
B.J. Smith returns to lead ‘Hidden Selves / Public Selves’ a four week book discussion series.
The dates and titles are:
July 10th – The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Great American Novel circles around who Jay Gatsby is and who people think he is. Gatsby, Tom and Daisy Buchanan as well as innocent bystanders all pay a price for what people know, and what they don’t.
July 17th – Double Bind, by Chris Bohjalian. Double Bind imagines the later years of Daisy and Tom Buchanan's marriage, all because a social worker suggests that a deceased homeless man may be Daisy's son.
July 24th – Peony in Love, by Lisa See. This novel, based on a true story, uses the magic of the Chinese afterlife to transcend death and explore the many manifestations of love. In 17th Century China the ghost of a lovesick
suicide is as real as she was when alive.
July 31st – Open Secrets, by
Alice Munro. A master of the short story reveals entire lives with a breathtaking sureness, capturing those moments in which people shrug off old truths, old selves, and what they only thought was fate.
Meets: Thursdays 7 to 9 p.m. in the Children’s Program Room.
For information or to register call the Adult Services Department at 257-2811.
& August Book Discussions &
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, by Maggie O’Farrell - 1st Tuesday Book Group. Iris Lockhart, a young Scottish woman, is informed that she has power of attorney for her great aunt, Esme Lennox—a woman Iris never knew existed. Esme has been locked away in a mental institution for over 60 years, but now it is closing. The only person alive who knew her is Kitty, Esme’s sister and Iris’s grandmother, who now has Alzheimer’s. Esme’s story and other family secrets are gradually, touchingly and haltingly revealed in a tale told through shifting viewpoints, among them Kitty’s fragmented memory.
Meets: Tuesday, August 12th at 7:00 p.m., in Conference Room 1.
Heat and Dust, by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Wethersfield Senior Book Club. A profound and powerful novel, Heat and Dust intertwines three stories of India over half a century. One story is that of an unnamed young English woman who journeys to India to reconstruct the behavior of her grandfather’s first wife, Olivia. A second story is that of Olivia, who left husband and friends in 1923 out of love for an Indian prince. Beneath them both is the third story, that of pre-independence and post- independence India, and the sea-change in the lives of Indians and their English visitors during those 50 years.
Meets: Monday, August 25th at 1:00 p.m., in the Children’s Program Room
Registration is not required for our regular monthly book discussions, and new members are always welcome. The Library has extra copies of the title available several weeks before each session.
July Computer Classes
Introduction to the Internet
Learn how to access and search the Internet.
Meets: Tuesday, July 15th at 1:30 p.m.
All You Need to Know About Email
How to open an account and how to send and receive mail.
Meets: Tuesday, July 15th at 3:00 p.m.
How to Find Information on the Internet
How to use our data bases—World Book, Novelist, EBSCO, RefUSA and implement general searches.
Meets: Wednesday, July 16th at 1:30 p.m.
Microsoft Word
How to open, save and format documents.
Meets: Wednesday, July 16th at 3:00 p.m.
Classes are free and open to the public. To register, call the Adult Services Department at 257-2811.
Classes will be held in the Children’s Program Room.
Wethersfield residents may register beginning July 1st, 2008.
Non-residents may register as space permits, beginning July 8th.
LIBRARY HOURS
Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday (October – May) 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
CONTACT THE LIBRARY
Main number: 860-529-BOOK (860-529-2665)
Hours of service: recording 860-257-2800
Borrower Services: 860-257-2821
Renewals and overdues.
borrowerservices@wethersfieldlibrary.org
Children’s Services: 860-257-2801
Children’s program
registration & information
childservices@wethersfieldlibrary.org
Information/Reference: 860-257-2811
Reserves, museum passes,
information searches.
library@wethersfieldlibrary.org
Library Fax: 860-257-2822
Laurel Goodgion, Library Director
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