UMASS AMHERST LIBRARIES AWARDED $48,000 TO INVESTIGATE DISCIPLINARY REPOSITORY DEVELOPMENT Amherst, Massachusetts – The UMass Amherst Libraries have received a $48,000 National Leadership Planning Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to investigate the development of…
The Boston Bruin’s mascot Blades and some of the crew visited Southbridge, on Monday, August 20th, 2012 to present a Reading Rink to the community. The rink consists of a cool table and chairs and a set of book cases,…
Nanci Milone Hill, Director of the Boxford Town Library, recently published her first book, Reading Women: A Book Club Guide for Women’s Fiction. The book was published by Libraries Unlimited and is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Baker…
The Board of Trustees presented Circulation Supervisor, Corinna Tiberii with a bouquet of flowers and a gift certificate on March 20, 2012, in celebration of Corinna’s dedication and loyalty to Jacob Edwards Library over 25 years. Congratulations to Corinna for…
The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield’s Public Library, hosted its first mini golf event last Saturday, February 25, bringing an 18 hole course to the library’s three floors for the enjoyment of the young and young at heart. A fundraiser for Literacy…
The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield’s Public Library, has been designated a Book Pick-Up Library by World Book Night. World Book Night is a celebration designed to spread a love of reading and of books. Successfully launched in the U.K. in 2011,…