581 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543

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	LOCATION: The Library is located at 581 Woods Hole Road at the edge of the village of Woods Hole. LIBRARY SCHEDULE: Mon: Noon – 5:30 p.m. and 7 – 9 p.m. Wed: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and 7 – 9 p.m. Sat: Noon - 5:30 p.m. Tues, Thurs & Fri: 3 - 5:30 p.m. CONTACT US: Mailing address: P. O. Box 185 Woods Hole, MA 02543 Telephone: (508) 548-8961 Fax: (508) 540-1969 E-mail: info@woodsholepubliclibrary.org
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Winter 2008 Calendar of Events

For a printable version of the Calendar of Events, please click here.
For a list of the latest Winter 2008 library acquisitions, please click here.
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Winter Travel Talks    [7:30 PM]
Monday, Feb. 4	Looking for Kiwis in New Zealand with Martha Tarafa
Saturday, Feb. 9	Umbria: The Unknown Italy with Ellie Armstrong
Wednesday, Feb. 13	Dublin to Doolin to Dingle with Mark Chester
Wednesday, Mar. 5	Denali and down the Inside Passage, Sitka to Seattle with Red and Mary Wright
Wednesday, Mar. 12	Nicaragua with Andy Beet
Monday, Mar. 17	Walking in lreland: the Burren and Dingle with Betsy Gladfelter
Wednesday, Apr. 16	Biking from Falmouth to South Carolina: Sam Densmore and Zach Kirwin
Wednesday, May 7	Romania: Talk by Elise Hugus, Photographs by Daniel Cojanu What comes to mind when you think, "Romania"? Dracula, dark creepy castles and gypsies? Come to Woods Hole Library's travel series on Wednesday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. to discover a world beyond the stereotypes. Woods Hole writer Elise Hugus will present Romania: Inside & Out, detailing the country's diverse ethnic heritage, with visuals from Romanian photographer Daniel Cojanu. Traditional music & historical tidbits will impress this Eastern European country into your heart & onto your must-see list.
Benefit Performance of Chekhovís The Marriage Proposal
Saturday, May 10	Performance by Phyllis Goldstein, Lydia Sargent, and Michael Toner. Reception with wine and cheese to follow. $ 15.
Annual Plant Sale   [9:00 AM - NOON]
Saturday, May 17	Annual Plant Sale The Woods Hole Public Library will hold its annual Plant Sale on Saturday, May 17, from 9a.m. to Noon. This eagerly awaited event happens just once a year. Many of Woods Hole’s avid gardeners dig up and divide their successful perennials for this sale, so the buyer is guaranteed to get plants that grow well in this micro-climate. Many of them come with fascinating stories. There are always interesting shrubs, herbs, and vegetables donated, as well as a good mix of useful annuals ready to put into flower beds for instant color. For best selection, come early in the day. For questions or donations, call the Library at 508-548-8961. The usual companion to this sale, the Spring Book Sale, will not occur this year because of renovations to the main downstairs room.
Young Adult literature: Book discussion series   [7:00 - 8:00 PM]
Tuesday, Feb. 26 (at West Falmouth Library) Tuesday, Mar. 25 (at Woods Hole Public Library) Tuesday, Apr. 22 (at West Falmouth Library) Tuesday, May 27 (at Woods Hole Public Library) Note: The West Falmouth Library is located on West Falmouth Highway, Route 28A, near the corner of Blacksmith Shop Road across from the Quaker Meeting House.	The Woods Hole Public Library and the West Falmouth Library will collaborate in the spring of 2008 in a book discussion series focusing on Young Adult literature. Both adults and teens from age 12 and up are welcome to join in any of the discussions. This series will be held on the fourth Tuesday of the next four months: February 26, March 25, April 22, and May 27, and will last from 7 PM to 8:00 PM. The site will alternate between the two libraries, the first to be held in West Falmouth. Each evening will focus on a different genre of literature. For each session there will be a list of three books to be discussed, but participants are expected to read only one book. They should come ready to share one particularly notable passage. The first genre to be discussed on February 26 will be historical fiction, including these titles: Sign of the Star, Ashes of Roses, and Ask Me No Questions. In March realistic fiction will be featured. The titles are Speak, by Laurie Anderson; Freak, by Marcella Pixley, and Burn Journals by Brent Runyon. Brent Runyon will be the guest speaker. In April humor will be the subject and the book will be Holes by Louis Sacher. The last session, held at Woods Hole in May, will be fantasy and science fiction. The only book selected so far is Beauty, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, by Robin McKinley. For more information, call either the Woods Hole Public Library at 508-548-8961 or the West Falmouth Library at 508-548-4709 or check the website woodsholepubliclibrary.org.
Thornton Burgess Stories: Animal and Art Project (for children aged 5 and up)    [4:30 - 5:15 PM]
Friday, Feb. 1 Friday, Mar. 7 Friday, Apr. 4	Thornton Burgess Stories: Animal and Art Project (for children aged 5 and up) The Woods Hole Public Library joins local Thornton Burgess fan, Deb Coulombe, as she reads aloud tales of Johnny Chuck, Old Man Coyote and other residents of the Smiling Pool and the Dear Ol' Briar Patch and then leads a related art activity. This event is free and open to the public, for children aged 5 and up. Call the Library at 508-548-8961 for more information and to pre-register.
Story Hour for Grown Ups    [3:00 PM] - Open to the public
Sunday, Jan. 13	Phyllis Goldstein, Brian Switzer, and Michael Toner reading stories by Robert Cormier, Saki and Bailey White
Sunday Feb. 10	Megan and Dick Jones reading letters of Abigail and John Adams; Muriel Gould providing historical background
Sunday, Mar. 9	Stories by O’Henry read by Frank Child
Sunday, Apr. 13	Storyteller Lauren Carson reads Southern Stories Lauren Carson reading Southern short stories by Flannery O'Connor and Fred Chappell ("A Good Man is Hard to Find" and "Mankind Journeys through Forests of Symbols" respectively. Readings at 3, doors open at 2:30, free and open to public, final presentation in this year's Story Hour series.
Movie Nights    [7:15 PM]      *** Check notices in the Library for titles ***
Monday, Jan. 28
Wednesday, Feb. 25
Monday, Mar. 31
Monday, Apr. 28
Discussion
Sunday, Jan. 20, 7:30 PM	Discussion of E.O. Wilson’s The Creation with Prosser Gifford, Rev. Deborah Warner, and Dr. Gary Borisy. In an effort to bring together theologians and scientists, E.O. Wilson, world famous ecologist, has written the little book The Creation. His goal is nothing short of saving the world. This book has caught the attention of Woods Hole locals, from  both the religious and scientific communities. On Sunday evening Jan. 20 at 7:30 at the Woods Hole Public library there will be a discussion of the book led by Gary Borisy, director of the Marine Biological Laboratory, the Rev’d Deborah Warner of the Church of the Messiah, and Prosser Gifford, retired academic and Board member of the Library. As Gifford says “We welcome all scientists, believers, inquirers and readers who wish to probe Wilson’s goals of learning from and preserving the earth’s bio-diversity.” He wishes to question how to mitigate the destructive practices of humans and hopes that the discussion group can begin to shape a strategy to further Wilson’s vision. The  event is free and open to the public. It will be held in the lower meeting room of the Library, which is handicapped accessible. For more information, call the Woods Hole Public Library at 508-548-8961.
Monday, Jan. 28, 12:00 PM	WHHM Conversation with Michael Moore, WHOI Whale Researcher and Transatlantic Sailor at Candle House.
Monday, Feb. 25, 12:00 PM	WHHM Conversation with Jennifer Gaines and John Valois at WHPL
Craft Workshops    [7:30 PM   *** Except Knitting: 7:00 PM***]
Presented by the Woods Hole Historical Museum. All workshops are held in the Library’s Ratcliffe Room. Call the Museum at 508-548-7270 to register or to learn more about workshops added after this calendar went to print.
Thursday, Feb. 7 & 14	Chair Caning
Thursday, February 21	Recycled Wool Project
Thursday, Feb. 28 & Mar. 6	Basket Making
Thursday Mar. 20	Ladies Lamp Repair
1st & 3rd Thursdays each month	Knitting
Valentine Workshop    [1:00-2:30 PM]
Saturday, Feb. 9	Swedish Hearts!
Young Adult Literature Book Group: adults and ages 12 and up    [7:30 PM]
Tuesday, Feb. 26
Tuesday, Mar. 25
Tuesday, Apr. 22
Thursday, May 27
Preserving Our Wooden Boat building Heritage
Monday, Mar. 31 12:00 PM *Location: MBL Candle House, Water Street, Woods	A Woods Hole Historical Museum "Conversations"with Falmouth HighSchool woodworking teacher, Bob Leary, about the Woods Hole Historial Museum Boat Outreach program, boat building for the beginner, and Falmouth High School's boat building programs. Falmouth High School woodworking teacher, Bob Leary, has had a love affair with wooden boats since he was in the sixth grade in Winthrop when he salvaged an Asa Thompson skiff and essentially rebuilt her. As a high school senior, Leary and a friend built a "Gloucester Gull". Leary's passion for wooden boats led him to his career, a successful pairing of hobby and profession. Currently, he owns about ten boats in various stages of restoration. "When I was transferred back to the high school in 2002 to take over the woodworking program I saw my chance to start building boats with kids during the day and adults in night school", says Leary. He is one of the mainstays in the Boat Outreach Program held every Saturday morning at the Woods Hole Historical Museum where a Thompson skiff is now underway. In July, Leary will conduct a three day workshop on Family Boat building (July 24, 25 26) at the Museum. The event is free and open to the public. All are welcome.
To learn more about borrowing, or to reserve the Library passes, please call the Library at 508-548-8961.

ALSO:

As a further service to our patrons, the Woods Hole Public Library has enrolled in the institutional pass program of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. These passes will allow Library patrons to go to the MFA at the reduced admission rate of $5.  With these passes visitors are welcomed into the world famous galleries of the MFA, allowing them to see all the regular exhibits. The ticket may be upgraded for entrance into special exhibits for an additional $8.  These passes do not entitle library borrowers to other membership discounts such as free parking, or discounts on shopping or concert tickets. Anyone wishing to borrow the passes should present a CLAMS card (borrower’s card for the Cape Libraries Automated System) to check them out.

The Woods Hole Public Library also announces membership to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Library patrons may now borrow museum passes that entitle them to a discounted general admission of $5 per person. With these passes they will be able to see the eclectic exhibits and enjoy the delightful enclosed garden full of exquisite blooms at all times of the year. (General admission does not, however, include concerts, lectures, or other ticketed events.) To learn more about the Gardner, visit their website at www.gardnermuseum.org.

THE COLLECTION

The Library’s collection of books, magazines and newspapers, videos, books on cassette, and music CDs totals nearly 27,000 items. It includes four special collections: the Thomas G. Ratcliffe Collection of plays and books on theatre and film, local history, maritime books, and non-technical books on all of the sciences. A unique collection of historic paintings by Franklin L. Gifford is also housed in the Library.

LIBRARY CATALOG

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LIBRARY

For a printable version of the list of new Winter 2008 acquisitions (books, audiotapes, DVDs), click here.
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ONLINE INFORMATION & DATABASES ACCESSIBLE FROM THE LIBRARY:

A Librarian is waiting for your question! (Every day, all day, all night!)
MassAnswers is a cooperative project of Massachusetts Regional Reference Center libraries and other cooperating libraries, who have joined with the nation-wide 24/7 Reference collaborative.

Gale Group Includes magazine databases on general, academic, health, and business topics, a Biography Resource Center, Contemporary Literary Criticism, K-12 Kids Edition, K-12 Junior Edition and a professional collection for teachers and school administrators.

netLibrary : An electronic book collection that includes some recently published books and public domain titles on topics such as travel, computers, consumer health, and business on the web as well as an online dictionary.

Newsbank provides the following: Boston Globe 1980-currrent, Boston Herald 8/25/95 - current (but not 2/14/96-4/6/96), Cape Cod Times 4/99 - current, Worcester Telegram 1989-current

Proquest provides: The New York Times including Book Review and Magazine from 1999-current, The Patriot Ledger 1991-current, and the Wall Street Journal 1982-current.

bigchalk eLibrary: Aimed at students and teachers, this full text database includes books, newspapers, pictures, maps and TV and radio transcripts. Information can be selected on the basis of relevance, reading level, date, etc.

ONLINE DATABASES ACCESSIBLE FROM HOME:

For access to a number of databases from home via the Massachusetts LIbrary & Information Network (MLIN) web site, click here.

LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES:

WOODS HOLE

FALMOUTH

LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SERVICES

Falmouth Public Library
www.falmouthpubliclibrary.org

*NEW* Perkins Library (offers library services to the print-disabled)
www.perkinslibrary.org

Massachusetts Library & Information Network (MLIN)
www.mlin.org
The MLIN site provides access to Massachusetts library catalogs and homepages

Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Library System (SEMLS)
www.semls.org

MBL/WHOI Library
www.mblwhoilibrary.org


HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

Falmouth Genealogical Society
www.falgen.org

Falmouth Historical Society
www.FalmouthHistoricalSociety.org

Historic Highfield
www.highfieldhall.org

Massachusetts Historical Society
www.masshistory.org

Woods Hole Historical Museum
www.woodsholemuseum.org


COASTAL AND OCEAN SCIENCE

Directory of Cape and islands Coastal Outreach Organizations
www.whoi.edu/seagrant/directory.html

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
www.waquoitbayreserve.org

The Ocean Institutes
www.whoi.edu/institutes/index.htm


MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNMENT , AGENCIES, AND SERVICES

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
www.massgov.org

Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles
www.massrmv.com

Massachusetts Department of Revenue
www.dor.state.ma.us

Massachusetts Historical Society
www.masshist.org

Massachusetts Department of Education
www.doe.mass.edu


HEALTH AND MEDICAL INFORMATION

Consumer Health Reference Center at Treadwell Library
www.mgh.harvard.edu/library/chrcindex.html

Center for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov/

MEDLINE Plus
medlineplus.gov/

Cape Cod Healthcare
www.capecodhealth.org/


LEGAL INFORMATION: MASSACHUSETTS

FEDERAL SERVICES AND AGENCIES

TRAVEL: CAPE COD

Ferry Schedules to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket
www.islandferry.com

Smart Guide: Car Free Ways…
www.smartguide.org/


SEARCH ENGINES

Library T-shirts proudly worn by Colin, left, and Jack Sargent
(grandchildren of LIbrary Board member Lydia Sargent)

FOR SALE AT THE WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY:

Items with the Joan Kanwisher drawing of the library
A Woods Hole artist who kindly donated her fine drawing to the library.

Items featuring the paintings of local artist Franklin Lewis Gifford who was born in Woods Hole in 1854 and spent all but six of his eighty two years in Woods Hole. After retiring in 1930 from his house painting business, he was able to devote more time to his hobby of oil painting. Descended from one of the first settlers of Woods Hole, he used a familiar medium, paint, to depict historical scenes. Many Gifford paintings hang on the walls of the Woods Hole Public Library.

Items with designs drawn by author/artist Molly Bang

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