tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124294072011-11-25T18:35:26.033-05:00A blog from one librarian in Vermont.jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.comBlogger1001100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-40137186962716523882011-11-15T17:23:00.002-05:002011-11-15T17:29:42.479-05:00

The Library Board of Trustees would like your input as we gather information in 2011 and begin to write the plan in 2012, revising our current strategic plan, Brooks Memorial Library 2007-2011: Continuing the Collections, Connections, and CollaborationsSo far let me tell you what we've done. The Trustees created a Strategic Planning Committee comprised of myself, Sandra King, Children's

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Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro is offering its card holders museum passes to selected local area museums. “This service just seemed to be something we needed to do for Brattleboro, which is an arts and cultural community,” says Library Director, Jerry Carbone. In addition, Carbone added, the economic recession is forcing people to take stay-vacations, and this service will help

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Wednesday, March 30, 7 PM, Library Meeting Room(Co-sponsored with the Brattleboro Historical Society)Historian Marilyn Blackwell, author of Frontier Feminist: Clarina Howard Nichols and the Politics of Motherhood, will talk about this well-known social reformer from Brattleboro, her move to "Bleeding Kansas" in the 1850s, and how her campaign for women's rights converged with the movement to stop

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Brattleboro ~ The Brooks Memorial Library, in conjunction with the University of Vermont Libraries’ Center for Digital Initiatives and with funding from the Windham Foundation, is undergoing a project to scan and catalog the almost 1,300 photographic images made by local early 20th century photographer Porter Thayer. Porter Thayer was a photographer, born in Williamsville, Vermont, who took

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Ele-Phantom: Twenty Films/Twenty Questions Wednesday, July 21, 7:00 PM, Library Meeting Room Please join multi-media artist and filmmaker Miranda Loud on her Work in Progress Tour and screening of The Elephant Project. Ms. Loud will show 6 of her planned 20 films. The Elephant Project will interest a wide range of people curious not only about elephants, but how artists are making a

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Dear Readers: Memorial Day has come and gone, and with it our regular summer Saturday schedule goes into effect, which will run from 10 AM to 2 PM this year. In addition, this "summer" schedule will continue throughout the year, and after July 1 there will be yet another schedule change. I am sorry to report that as a result of the March 2010 Town Meeting vote on

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Sunday, May 23, 2 PM, Library Main Room Gordon Crandall has been practicing archaeology since he was a boy growing up in Northern Vermont.He calls himself an avocational archeologist and in the past several years has completed several digs in Windham County with students from the Brattleboro schools including homeschooled students in the area.On Sunday, May 23, at 2 PM in the library's

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Wednesdays at 7 PMLibrary Meeting RoomWednesday, March 10, 7 PM, Cat's Eyewith Drew Barrymore and James WoodsRated PG-13; 92 minutes; 1985Stephen King, author of such frightening horror tales as The Shining, Creepshow, Carrie, and Cujo, uses the adventures of a stray cat to adapt three of his classic short stories for this exciting thriller.Wednesday, March 17, 7 PM Hearts In Atlantiswith Anthony

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On behalf of the staff, library volunteers, and Board of Trustees, we wish you a happy, healthy, and book-filled New Year. If your resolution is to read more good books, the library can help you meet your goal. Below are some of the events you can attend at the Library during the month of January. See you there! <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0

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The Brooks Memorial Library Trustees and the Friends of the Library invite you to The River Garden on Friday, November 13, 7 PM, to hear jazz pianist/composer Chris Bakriges and son, David, who will present a benefit concert for the Library based their just released CD--Teaching the Eye to Hear: Musical Reflections on Matisse's Jazz.The proceeds will match a challenge from the Bill and Melinda

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When Grace Greene of the Vermont Department Libraries asked me to do something for public librarians on Web 2.0 this summer I told myself, "well, now you have to really learn some of this stuff." So, here it is:Social Networking: A Workshop on Flickr, Twitter, Blogs, and WikisView more presentations from jjocarbone.

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On Wednesday, July 15, and Wednesday, August 19, at 7 PM, the Vermont Citizens Campaign for Health and Brooks Memorial Library will co-sponsor a discussion series on the state of U.S. health care. The discussions will take place in the meeting room of the Brooks Memorial Library, in Brattleboro, VT. Join fellow citizens for a viewing and discussion of two DVD's relating to the current

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Wednesday, May 6, 7 PM, The Appalachian Huts. Dartmouth professor Allen Koop explains how the history of the huts reflects the larger issues of American history, but also how the huts and their people have formed a society with its own history, traditions, and legends. Professor Allen koop earned his Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania. He lectures in the History Department at

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There is no National Library Month, but only National Library Week, April 12 to 18. But at Brooks we are planning a month-long series of activities at your library. From Ginsberg to a wildlife biologist who writes fantasy novels, there should be something for everyone @ Your Library.Here is a convenient list of events to watch for this month at Brooks:Wednesday, April 1, 7 PM,Author and

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Thursday, March 12, 7 PM, American social anthropologist Ann Armbrecht, PhD, will discuss her recent book, Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home, in the library's Main Reading Room. A "thin place" is a place where two worlds meet,usually the mundane and the spiritual worlds. During the 1990s, Dr. Armbrecht made several trips to northeastern Nepal to research the relationship between Yamphu Rai

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Today, February 12, 2009, is Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday. We celebrated it, as others did across the State of Vermont, by ringing bells for 10 minutes beginning at 2:12 PM.At the end of our virtual bell ringing, Abraham Lincoln (Michael Fox Kennedy) stood in the Main Room and presented the 2nd Inaugural address.Thanks to Michael for reading. He performs for the last time at the Hooker-Dunham

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We all know now the gloomy news: the American economy is in a downturn of historic proportions which may not recover until late in 2010. Even with the anticipated stimulus package, we are in for a long haul.At a recent staff meeting I asked my staff how the library could really assist people during this time. We know that libraries can save people money by just borrowing rather than buying your

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For those readers who are interested in the social website, Twitter. A nice introductionWhat Are You Doing Now?: The Twitterfication of the WebView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: il2008 socialweb)

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The winter chill is setting in. What better reason to either curl up with a book or attend a learning program at the Brooks Memorial Library.There are a couple of ways to keep up with the activities here at the Main St. Library. You can become a member of the Friends of the Brooks Memorial Library and receive the Brooks Reader Newsletter. Or setup an automatic email reminder for the event you

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The Brattleboro Literary Festival kicks off tomorrow (Saturday) and again for the 7th year we in Brattleboro are happy to host some 34 authors and panelists this weekend.Check out all of the offerings at the web site. But, pay particular attention to these events:Discuss Restless Spirit, the award winning young adult biography of Robert Frost, which takes place at 2:15 in the Centre Church's

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Life-Long Learning Is Alive And Very Well At the LibraryThe beautiful fall panorama will soon be upon us but don't let that distract you from the interesting talks and presentations at Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro. There are nearly 20 events posted on the Library's online calendar at www.brooks.lib.vt.us starting as early as September 10 and continuing to a few weeks before the

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It was a good turnout on a beautiful summer's eve tonight at the library to hear. Lily Koppel, author of The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal, read exquisitely from her work. Lily tells the story of the discovery of a red leather diary written by a 15 year old Florence Wolfson in 1929. 2,000 entries and five years later the diary ends but within its

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Family, friends, workers, and volunteers found themselves swarming like a bees in Brattleboro's July 4th parade on a warm, humid, cloudy FridaySee all photos here.Twenty marchers gathered at the BUHS parking lot for the Chamber of Commerce sponsored parade.Board of Trustees President, John Ogorzalek, and volunteer, Steven Waskevitch, hoisted the "Smartest Card" banner to lead the pack of library

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The Windham World Affairs Council of Vermont held its 2008 annual meeting tonight, Friday, June 20, at the Library.Ambassador Adrian Basora, of the Foreign Policy Institute, gave a talk after the business meeting and coffee. Basora spoke on the retreat of democracy in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet union and dismantling of their economic political governments, various forms of

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Jerold Goldberg was honored at a backyard get together of Library Board of Trustees at vice-president Sara Warner-Phillips' home on Friday night, June 11.Jerry was presented with a Vermont slate memento inscribed with the Spirit of Life logos and his term as Trustee, a full 9 years, 3-3 year terms, 1999-2008.A nice writeup about the Daniel Chester French Spirit of Life sculptures can be found

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I kind of dread this annual booksale thing, because it's alot of hard work. Sorting, schleping, retrieving the shelves, erecting the shelves, scheduling the workers, getting the shelves stocked with inventory, etc. It seems to never end. Then, you got worry about the weather.And it always does get done. But only with the help from a roomful of people. Let me start with the Friends of the Library

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Martha Reid, the Burnham (Colchester, VT.) Library director for the past 8 years, has been appointed State Librarian of Vermont, succeeding Sybil McShane, who has been in the office since 1997. Sybil retires this month after nearly 30 years at the State Library. She was primarily responsible for bringing technology to Vermont public libraries with the automation of the State Library and the

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Yes. students have graduated, teachers are out for summer break, and for the rest of us the living is easy.Diversity is the key to good library programming, and so we try to make them as ecletic as possible: There are environmental films; presidental biography reading/discussion; a research class on Jewish genealogy; and two programs on Cuba--one about contemporary agrarian reform and another

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I will be traveling to Burlington tomorrow, Tuesday, for the annual 114th Vermont Library Conference. These yearly events are attended by hundreds of Vermont and other New England librarians. The conference is there to renew your professional batteries, attend programs, and catchup with colleagues.Each conference is unique, but there are some programs that one can count on from year to year. My

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The River Garden was rock'n and roll'n on Saturday with "The Low Down Blues Band" --I think this name was attached to the trio +1 for the evening-- in celebration of our 40+ volunteers. The members of the group are: Stephen Frankel (Library trustee); Steve Vorhees; Lou Erlander; and the plus one is Danny Brooks, an incredible harmonical player who dropped in for the evening. Check out his web

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Catherine Tudish, author of the acclaimed Tenny's Landing, will be at the Library on Wednesday, April 30, at 7:00 PM, to read and discuss her first novel, American Cream.The book has been reviewed widely and well received. Here is a review from Joni Cole, the author of Toxic Feedback: Helping Writers Survive and Thrive, and the creator of the “This Day” book series, including the newest volume

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Hey Library aficionados it's NLW and Brooks has a steady stream of programming for just about every taste one could imagine, and it's coming your way this month.Click here for the full, exciting schedule!First, let's start with the Friends of the Library's Annual Meeting on Sunday, April 13, with Martin Bryan talking the 1920's and Fox Trot.Then next week we have a proclamation going to the

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Being present through the final days, and then through the moment of death of a beloved friend, spouse, or child is possibly the most profound journey we ever take. Marjorie Ryerson, author of Companions for the Passage: Stories of the Intimate Privilege of Accompanying the Dying, will share stories she collected for her book in a talk at Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro on April 2 at 7:00

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Shakespeare comes to Brooks Memorial Library on Friday, March 14, at 7 PM, with New Hampshire's Hourglass Readers.The production is directed by Catherine Behrens and Ben Wise. In the cast are Wendy Almeida, Catherine & Frank Behrens, Peter Eisenstadter, Sarah Ellsworth, Ariana Ellsworth-Heller, Perin Ellsworth-Heller, Martin Hanft, PeggyRae Johnson, Hank Parkhurst, Peter Schofield, Ruth

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Brooks Memorial Library presents Vermont blogger Philip Baruth , on Friday, March 7, at 7 p.m. Baruth is a novelist, and a regular commentator for Vermont Public Radio. His award-winning commentary series, "Notes from the New Vermont," has focused since 1998 on both the national and the local, the deeply political and the undeniably absurd. His political blog, Vermont Daily

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March comes in as a lion at Brooks Memorial Library with three programs in the first week:Wednesday, March 5, 7 PMRemembering angelica: The Life and Times of an 18th-Century Artist Dartmouth College Professor and author Angela Rosenthal will consider the life of 18th-century artist angelica Kauffman in a talk at Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro on March 5. The talk, “Remembering

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NB: This program has been rescheduled to Sunday, March 9, at 2:00 PM.Brooks is the site of another incredible lecture on history, and its about a courageous African American couple who lived a few miles south of us in the mid-18th century. Author Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina will tell the story of Lucy Terry and Abijah Prince, an accomplished African American couple in pre-Civil War New England,

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Brooks Memorial Library's friend, Castle Freeman, Jr., of Newfane, will read from his highly acclaimed novel, Go With Me, on Sunday, January 27, 2008, at 2:00 PM in the Library’s main reading room. Read Deborah Luskin's review here. Howard Frank Mosher says, “Go with Me is the most suspenseful, frightening, memorable and best-written novel about backwoods America since Deliverance. It’s

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Today I am at the Dover Free Library talking with WindhamCounty Librarians about blogs.

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FRIENDS OF FREEDOM: VERMONT AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD On Wednesday January 23, 2008, at 7:00 PM, Brooks Memorial Library will host Norwich University history professor Ray Zirblis who will speak on FRIENDS OF FREEDOM: VERMONT AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. The talk will take place in the library’s meeting room. The Underground Railroad is a shadowy direct-action movement that

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On January 16, at 7:00 PM, Brooks Memorial Library will host a discussion on Advanced Directive planning with Dr. Ray Walker of Guilford and Dr. Maggie Newton. In 2005, as a result of leadership from an Attorney General’s Task Force on End of Life Care, the statutes in Vermont relating to Advance Directives were dramatically expanded and updated to provide Vermonters with a greater voice

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-85274085902057047852008-01-05T19:26:00.000-05:002008-12-08T20:11:40.269-05:00

The History of Libraries --click for a printable schedule--lecture series by Dr. Christina Gibbons should attract bibliophiles from the area. To begin on Wednesday at noon in the Library's meeting room, the series will begin with the talk, IMPERIAL AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD. According to the series description, In the five thousand years that humans have been reading and

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-702731188806049322007-12-28T07:24:00.000-05:002008-12-08T20:11:40.403-05:00

Although not at the Library, Ken Burns is definitely the First Wednesdays January 2 presentor. Here is the information sent to the Brattleboro Reformer: December 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vermont Humanities Council Presents First Wednesdays Lecture **** PBS Filmmaker Ken Burns Discusses the Human Dimensions of World War II at The Latchis Theatre, hosted by Brooks Memorial

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-81008199659860080062007-12-03T22:53:00.000-05:002008-12-08T20:11:40.583-05:00

Brattleboro Historical Society and Brooks Memorial Library will join in sponsoring a talk by Tom Slayton of Montpelier on his new book Searching for Thoreau:On the Trails and Shores of Wild New England to be held in the library Main Reading Room, 224 Main Street, at 2pm on Sunday, December 9th. The speaker Tom Slayton is well known as former editor-in-chief of Vermont Life Magazine from 1986

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-60480414110694378712007-11-15T21:34:00.000-05:002008-12-08T20:11:40.753-05:00

The Friends of the Library publishes the library's newsletter, The Brooks Reader, 3 times per year. The Winter 2007 issue hits the newsstands on Friday, November 16. If you are a Friend of the Library, the Reader comes to you in the mail. If you are not a member, then please join by completing this membership form.As a member your dues goes to publishing The Brooks Reader, which will keep you

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-49884360486340800402007-10-17T14:10:00.000-04:002008-12-08T20:11:40.895-05:00

As a department head with the Town of Brattleboro I find myself at least one time each year in the Emergency Operations Center, located in the basement of the Municipal Center. Usually this has to do with a Vermont Yankee drill where I and Annette Cappy, the Town Clerk, participate as "Human Service Officers." Our role, as part of the Town's Emergency Plan, is to contact and inform all registered

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-83155612073027311802007-09-28T21:35:00.000-04:002008-12-08T20:11:41.548-05:00

The 2007 Brattleboro Literary Festival began today at 1:00 p.m. in the Latchis Theatre where over 750 Windham County kids and some adults heard two -time Newbery Award winner Lois Lowry tell her captivating personal story of becoming a writer. The kids yelled and whooped when she arrived on stage, treating Ms. Lowry as a rock star. Viewing more than 50 images of her family, books, and text, via a

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-41123291453169824222007-08-19T12:22:00.000-04:002008-12-08T20:11:42.835-05:00

To misquote Ezra Pound, "Summer isagoin out, Lhude sing Goddamm,!"But don't despair because we have a some new FICTION book titles; library programs; and physical changes at Brooks to entice you indoors again. And remember to checkout the website and new Library calendar to keep abreast of activities.Brooks Reader Newsletter--First, watch your mail, if you're a Friends of the Library member, for

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Yes, we did it. Marched in Brattleboro's 4th of July parade. Our first assault on the macadam since the early 1980's and under former library director Meris Morrison's reign. (Meris came out of retirement to run the Moore Free Library in Newfane several years ago.)The weather was perfect for the festivities and assistant children's librarian Lindsay Bellville, her husband Jim, library employees,

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-16163899413254659782007-06-06T13:56:00.000-04:002008-12-08T20:11:43.161-05:00

This is why my job is never dull. Mr. Tom Clynes is a contributing editor to National Geographic’s Adventure Magazine and lives in Brookline, VT. He returned his book today with the "excuse" that “the grizzly bear ate it.”Tom was hiking in Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park when he decided to bury a cache of clothing; camera lens; and the Brooks Memorial Library book he was reading. The

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com155tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-76065483358158168682007-05-29T22:00:00.000-04:002008-12-08T20:11:43.308-05:00

Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song is a new book at Brooks. But it is more than just another bird identification book. It is one that you can listen to the songs of the birds too. It comes with a small built in digital audio device that plays the bird songs of the birds described in the book. The wonderful volume is published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, NY. It is

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-82077378299805649552007-05-20T23:15:00.000-04:002008-12-08T20:11:43.564-05:00

Mark Breen, who has been one of the Vermont Public Radio weathermen for many years, will be at Brooks on Wednesday, May 23, 7 PM, to give southern Vermonters a view of the stars, planets, meterors, and distant galaxies. Breen is also director of Vermont’s only public planetarium and he will be accompanied by the Eye on the Night Sky kiosk running a software program called Stellarium, "a free GPL

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-35520692958977281942007-04-25T23:36:00.000-04:002008-12-08T20:11:43.691-05:00

Jeanne Walsh and Sharon Reidt are the collection evaluators for the adult library. They look at each and every book in our collection to see if it meets our collection development guidelines for retention. Sometimes we come across overlooked treasures such as this one. While reviewing titles in the 815 section on the main floor they encountered a rebound volume of the Political debates between

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-35939193735682481952007-03-15T22:11:00.000-04:002008-12-08T20:11:43.823-05:00

The two "John Doe" librarians who were served with national security letters as part of a USA Patriot Act investigation last year will talk about their experience at UVM in Burlington, on Tuesday, March 20, at 3:30 PM. Gagged by the Government: Two Connecticut Librarians Tell How They Resisted the USA Patriot Act, comes at the appropriate time now that so much is being disclosed about the field

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-78666400498761316942007-03-12T21:35:00.000-04:002008-12-08T20:11:43.975-05:00

This Thursday begins several weeks of really interesting programs at Brooks. On March 15, 7:30 p.m., with cosponsorship with the Windham World Affairs Council of Vermont, Dr. Karen Hein,Dr. Professor of Epidemiology & Population Health and (Clinical) Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, will speak on Just call us children: The impact of armed conflict, HIV/AIDS and tsunamis on

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-84672373902930629502007-03-06T21:45:00.000-05:002007-03-06T22:00:44.554-05:00

Here we go again. As if it isn't difficult enough getting the funds to purchase books for our shelves, the censors want to take them away. The ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom, the library profession's watchdog on challenges to books, has released the ten most challenged titles of 2006. According to the March 6 press release, the book, And Tango Makes Three, about two male penguins parenting

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-56641472436148296132007-02-24T10:39:00.000-05:002007-02-25T11:42:11.219-05:00

I am a bit mortified by the hullabaloo over the "word" used in the 2007 Newbery winner, The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron. The book is in on order for our children's library and I am planning to read it.To add some perspective to this tempest in a teapot is the list of books read by thousands of teens, tweens, that are already in our libraries. No nonsense titles such as Bless The Beasts

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-21016973542211019612007-02-18T21:38:00.000-05:002007-02-18T22:08:13.417-05:00

Libraries, like all tax supported entities, are under strict budgeting constraints like no other time in their history. Brooks is facing a less than level-funded budget for FY 2008.Libraries are not just accepted any more as "public goods" that are funded automatically at the previous year's level. We need to show the value of our services and what these mean in payback for publicly funded

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-52925580744463996252007-02-11T14:05:00.000-05:002007-02-11T14:21:18.495-05:00

I am listening right now to a talk presented by Alaska mystery author, Dana Stabenow. Her talk was recorded by OPAL, the Online Programming for all Libraries, whose purpose is:OPAL is an international collaborative effort by libraries of all types to provide web-based programs and training for library users and library staff members. These live events are held in online rooms where participants

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-47918809450743851462007-02-08T22:03:00.000-05:002007-02-08T22:15:37.026-05:00

I have been wondering what life is like for an Iraqi librarian. Well, my curiosity was satisfied in the February 7th edition of the New York Times with an article about the diary kept by Saad Eskander, the director of Iraqi's National Library and Archive. The diary can be read on the British Museum's web site. It details the challenges of working in the middle of a war zone, except this one is

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1169997554477686002007-01-28T10:15:00.000-05:002007-01-28T10:21:03.953-05:00

Oh yeah, it's been awhile since my last post...a year to be exact. So, here is a New Years resolution to keep this blog somewhat up to date. My first post for 2007 is a list of books voted "Most Notable" from the American Library Association. I post the press release below so that you can get the full flavor of how the list was created. I am not sure if Brooks owns ALL of these, but I am sure we

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1137676421847879812006-01-19T08:06:00.000-05:002006-01-20T08:28:30.913-05:00

Here in one place are the links to all of our China photos, as well as to the others in the delegation. Enjoy!Jerry and Kathy Beijing Day 1-2Jerry and Kathy Beijing Day 3Jerry and Kathy Shanghai Day 4-5Jerry and Kathy Shanghai Day 6Jerry and Kathy Shanghai Day 7Danielle BrinckoJerry WrubelDottie EvansAmy Benedict

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1136210775115535382006-01-02T09:05:00.000-05:002006-01-02T12:38:39.296-05:00

[For Kathy's earlier career development notes, please see December 16, November 28 and November 18]This is my final report on the fifth and last session examining career development initiatives in China. Delegates had the opportunity to visit the Shanghai Community Service Center For Employment.This Center, which is administered under the Social Security Department of the Ministry of Labor,

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1135609499553670842005-12-26T10:01:00.000-05:002005-12-26T10:29:51.406-05:00

Taking a break from the China postings, here are some photos of our traditional Italian Christmas Eve dinner. However, we did eat with our new Chinese chopsticks brought home from Beijing.The menu consisted of Octopus salad; stuffed squid; Sicilian cauliflower salad; and linguini with shrimp. Here are some photos.Buon natale e felice capo'danno a tutti!

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1134785069624153382005-12-16T21:02:00.000-05:002006-01-02T12:38:15.080-05:00

[For Kathy's earlier career development notes, please see November 28 and November 18][photo CBP presentation to career couneling delegation. Credit-- Amy Benedict]Our fourth meeting, examining career development initiatives in China, took place with a professional career consulting company, CBP Career Consultants. Founded in 2000, CBP is a subsidiary of Centry Business Consulting (CBC),

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1133237370433963092005-11-28T23:04:00.000-05:002006-01-02T12:37:47.383-05:00

(See entry for November 18, 2005 for earlier report.)(photo of Prof. Zhijin Hou, PhD Pschology and teaching courses in Career Development Counseling at Beijing Normal University)Throughout our travels with our national interpreter and our visits with four career development examples in China today, delegation members began to understand the importance of family as the essential unit of Chinese

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1132936849096699562005-11-25T11:28:00.000-05:002005-11-25T23:10:42.900-05:00

Photo taken from a restaurant patio on the Bund, the Shanghai commercial street, up the Huang Po river. This area looks everything like Fifth Avenue in NYC.We arrived in Oakland at 1 pm on Tuesday, having departed Hong Kong at 4 pm that same day. Weird. We were exhausted when we got to our hotel room so we ordered in and went to sleep to be rested for the 6 hour flight home the next day.I know

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1132636395825719322005-11-21T23:54:00.000-05:002006-01-19T08:27:41.376-05:00

Our final day before departure was spent at the Jade Buddha Temple. Although relatively recent at this site (1918) the main attraction are two huge white jade Buddhas. The site is full of tourists and believers dressed all in black who in fact were being welcomed to the faith in a ceremony while we were there.Our next stop was a five story bookstore that was completely crowded with everyone

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1132635245574941432005-11-21T23:04:00.000-05:002005-11-21T23:54:05.616-05:00

The final two days in Shanghai were spent in cultural and shopping tours in the city. Since the career development delegation meetings were done they joined the guests in the touring. On Saturday we made for the Shanghai Library, a truly world-class city museum of over 120,000 pieces of ancient Chinese art and artifacts from ceramics, calligraphy, to coins, sculpture, seals, and jade. The museum

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1132354893063737372005-11-21T15:43:00.000-05:002005-11-21T02:52:05.916-05:00

Well, we are sitting in the Hong Kong airport getting ready to board. This post was done several days ago but Iwas unable to upload it. The connection at the hotel was very slow. I have also discovered that the Chinese filters have been blocking access to all blogspot blogs from mainland China. Interesting.We arrived in Shanghai Thursday afternoon and made our way to our hotel through the

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1132356884332421302005-11-18T18:16:00.000-05:002006-01-02T12:37:24.423-05:00

People to People Ambassador Program has offered the Career Development Professional Delegation to the People’s Republic of China one incredible program!! I can’t say enough about how well planned this trip has been. People to People set up numerous visits with our counterparts in China, from official state offices, college campuses, to private enterprise initiatives in career development, and

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1132141645354642552005-11-16T22:01:00.000-05:002005-11-18T19:01:00.346-05:00

The career development delegation had no meetings today so they joined the "guests" for some touring. The Great Wall of China was the highlight of the day. A bus picked the delegation up at the hotel and about one hour later we were hiking the Wall. Kathy and I took the left side with two career delegates, Cathy McCormick and Dottie Evans, and found this trail steeper but with better views. We

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As the career planning delegates made their way to Beijing Univeristy and Beijing Normal University, the guests toured the historical and cultural sites with our guide, Lucy Li. Our first stop today was the Temple of Heaven. This most notable of religious historical sites in the world starts out with a public park filled with Beijingers enjoying activities such as Tai Chi; Dancing; Singing; Maj

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1131955533448864672005-11-14T03:05:00.000-05:002005-11-14T03:25:14.106-05:00

Summer Palace, Beijing Our tour guide today was Lucy Lui from People to People in Beijing. A 26 year-old English and Chinese Folklore Studies graduate from a local university, Lucy lives on the outskirts of Beijing and knows the ancient history of the city. She filled our day with history and stories of Beijing's Summer Palace. We spent the morning walking a small portion of the 100+ acre

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1131927142310948762005-11-13T19:04:00.000-05:002005-11-14T03:09:55.410-05:00

We arrived yesterday (Sunday) a bit worse for wear. 14 hours en route in a packed flight. Kathy said she thought we were sitting in a tube. Not the entire group made it: one of the guests passed through a body temperature scan at Beijing customs and registered a fever. Although it is part of condition that he has Beijing authorities said he could not enter the country or even stay in Hong Kong.

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1131764164727418122005-11-11T21:51:00.000-05:002005-11-11T22:22:12.013-05:00

We made it to San Francisco. It was a miracle that we made our flight in Hartford since it left 30 minutes earlier than was on our tickets. Spent the day with an old friend at the newly refurbished Ferry Building. Photo of the Bay Bridge from the Ferry Building. Next stop Hong Kong.

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1131592301920251482005-11-09T22:01:00.000-05:002005-11-11T22:18:11.570-05:00

Spent my last day at work bringing to completion the tasks and projects for the hiatus. Learned yesterday that some type of budget will be due probably before I return so I am calling this a real working vacation.We are all packed, suitcases near the door, ready for our escape down I-91 to Hartford at 4:30 a.m. Purchased a portable CD player to listen to our Bach, Mozart, Credence, Eric Burden,

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1130711784751575642005-11-03T20:28:00.000-05:002005-11-03T20:31:36.156-05:00

Sunday, October 30, New York Times article on pollution in China. A high level Chinese environmental spokesperson said the pollution will quadruple in next 15 years. The statistics cited are pretty grim: China is the second largest greenhouse gas producer; more than 400,000 people die each year from diseases linked to pollution; nearly 25% of the particulate matter in the air over L.A. can be

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1130678005705597022005-10-30T07:54:00.000-05:002005-10-30T17:28:22.530-05:00

Last night Kathy and I were treated to a performance at Leland & Gray High School in Townshend, VT. Leland & Gray is the school in southern Vermont that operates the Journey East China-Vermont program about which I blogged last Spring.The performance was of ethnic Mongolian music and dance from the Inner Mongolian University Performing Arts College, and their performance, I believe, would rank

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1129772340029198602005-10-27T21:27:00.000-04:002005-10-30T22:02:32.323-05:00

Our travel hosts, People-to-People, and their in-country contacts in China were unable to help me to make contact with a library in Beijing or Shanghai. In desperation I sent an email to one of the largest libraries in China--the Shanghai Public Library. Finding its web site was quite easy and the library itself is quite impressive: nearly 50 million items; almost .25 million square feet; and

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1130262644420927692005-10-25T13:45:00.000-04:002005-10-30T22:03:38.623-05:00

There has been a lot of press lately about Avian Flu (H5N1). Today in the International Herald Tribune an article mentions that the city of Shanghai will begin the sterilizing of arriving travelers' shoe soles.

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1129897680680236752005-10-22T08:13:00.000-04:002005-10-22T15:05:19.410-04:00

Thomas Friedman in is October 21, 2005, NY Times article, notes the Chinese embracing of the new technology, especially podcasting. Podcasting is the ability for any individual to create audio or video content, upload it to a podcasting site, and distribute the content to anyone over the web. He calls it a cultural revolution from the bottom-up that will be driven by podcasting and Ipods.

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1129830837488415632005-10-21T11:34:00.000-04:002005-10-21T08:32:29.000-04:00

My New York Times tracker service just sends me an email whenever an article appears fitting the profile that I have setup. I have received two over the past week:Report Calls Communist Party Rule Essential to Democracy in China which appeared on the October 20, 2005 International page, andRumsfeld Ends Beijing Visit With Talk With Chinese Officers , also appearing on October 20. Unless you are a

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1129774037963034802005-10-14T21:57:00.000-04:002005-10-29T13:05:00.660-04:00

We have received our final itinerary. The one below is what is availaable from the People to People web site, but I believe it is pretty close to the final draft. I have left out the professional activities that the career counselors in the group will be doing each day.We are arriving in Oakland on Thursday, November 10, with Southwest Airline, flight #913, at 1:10 p.m. We have friends to look up

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1128253036026660902005-10-02T07:22:00.000-04:002005-10-02T07:40:27.186-04:00

One of my favorite library rss feeds, The Resource Shelf, announced the release of the OECD, (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Economic Survey of China on September 16. This comprehensive study of all facets of the Chinese economy is the first to be issued by this organization. There is an executive summary and 8 page policy brief. Some of the highlights I gleaned from the

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1127131763859144432005-09-19T08:09:00.000-04:002005-09-21T06:20:00.440-04:00

Good article on the relationships between Internet search engines, such as Yahoo, and the Chinese government. There are over 100 million Internet users in China. What do these users find using a search engine like Yahoo differ from those who use a Western equivalent of the search engine? Read more and find out. This link may expire due to it coming from the New York Times

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I have taken the summer off from posting, but now we are in our the final 60 days countdown for departure to China so will update any readers with some banal information. We have purchased our tickets to San Francsico--using frequent flyer miles (glad of that!)-- and have sent away for our Visas. It is recommended that we use a "visa expediter" to make sure everything goes smoothly. Unfortunately

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1120186168832338722005-06-30T22:49:00.000-04:002005-06-30T22:49:28.840-04:00

MIT Weblog Survey : Thanks: ""

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Most of my readings on current events in China come from The International Herald Tribune. Now owned by The New York Times, a reader can get comprehensive coverage of international stories without the bulk of the Times. The IHT is searcheable and access to its archives go back to 1991. A great resource. The International Herald Tribune

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Although I have been reading daily articles on China in the International Herald Tribune, my thoughts on these have not made it to the the blog. However, currently I am listening to a comprehensive lecture series on the history of China from the Teaching Company, entitled, From Yao to Mao: 5000 Years of Chinese History. The lecturer is Professor Kenneth Hammond of New Mexico State University. The

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1115567900275432762005-05-08T11:41:00.000-04:002005-05-08T13:20:32.046-04:00

Fellow travellers to China should take note of several wonderful educational programs in Vermont. At Leland & Gray High School in Townshend, Vermont. Journey East has just completed its fourth year and trip to China. Funded in part by the Freeman Foundation of Stowe Vermont and the Asian Studies Outreach Program at the University of Vermont, the group of high schoolers study Asian culture;

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1115263754084568202005-05-04T23:23:00.000-04:002005-05-04T23:52:11.186-04:00

One of the best search engines going isLibrarians' Index to the Internet : "Information You Can Trust." Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII) offers two services: a searchable, browsable collection of over 16,000 high-quality Websites, and a weekly newsletter, available by email or RSS, of high-quality Websites related to current events, holidays, and popular and important issues. LII's purpose

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1115170911805541432005-05-03T21:30:00.000-04:002005-05-03T21:41:51.813-04:00

I have just completed reading Xiaolong Qiu's When Red is Black, a mystery novel that takes place in modern day Shanghai. This author--an Edgar Award nominee and Anthony Award recipient--really gives the reader a lasting impression of regular people living in Shanghai. Foods; housing; medical practice; functioning of the police; all provide a glimpse into the society. In addtion, poems by

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1114745451183409132005-04-28T23:25:00.000-04:002005-05-04T23:33:51.246-04:00

This week we are in Denver visiting family and friends. I paid my customary visit to my favorite independent bookstore--The Tattered Cover and bought two helpful books on China. Not wanting exactly a travel guide I discovered a book by Odyssey Publishing entitled, Beijing and Shanghai: China's Hottest Cities. Looks to be interesting because it focuses on the two cities we will be visiting and is

jjocarbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010668380908735498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429407.post-1114454684060813342005-04-25T14:43:00.000-04:002005-04-25T14:53:01.806-04:00

A beginner's blog from a librarian who lives in Vermont. I am new to this technology so am just testing it out right now. My intention is to bring this to life in November 2005 when my wife and I go to China for 10 days.I plan to make this a professional vacation, visiting book stores, libraries, and just trying to get a feel for the cultural context of libraries in a society where the free flow

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