| ~ The Woods Hole Public Library ~ |
581 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543

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| CLAMS
(Cape and Islands Automated Materials Sharing Network) Catalog: LIBRARY CATALOG |
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Access
to the Gale InfoTrac‚ databases is jointly funded by the State
of Massachusetts under the Massachusetts Library and Information Network (MLIN)
program of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and the six Massachusetts
Regional Library Systems. The Board of Library Commissioners is the agency
of state government responsible for the improvement of library services throughout
the Commonwealth. The URL for MLIN is: http://www.mlin.org.
Remembering Elaine Tripp: The Woods Hole Public Library and community lost a dear friend, former director Elaine Tripp, on December 26, 2007. To honor her memory, we plan to dedicate the spring newsletter to Elaine, including photographs and recollections contributed by those who worked with her, admired her, and who miss her greatly. |
| ~ Events & Programs ~ |

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.
(Requires
Adobe Reader. Available here: http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/)
Winter
Travel Talks [7:30 PM]
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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
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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
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Saturday,
May 10
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Performance
by Phyllis Goldstein, Lydia Sargent, and Michael Toner. Reception with
wine and cheese to follow. $ 15. ![]() |
Annual
Plant Sale [9:00
AM - NOON]
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Saturday, May
17
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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]
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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]
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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
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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 ***
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Monday,
Jan. 28 |
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Wednesday,
Feb. 25 |
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Monday,
Mar. 31 |
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Monday,
Apr. 28 |
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Discussion
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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***]
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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. |
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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]
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Saturday, Feb. 9 |
Swedish
Hearts! ![]() |
Young
Adult Literature Book Group: adults and ages 12 and up [7:30
PM]
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Tuesday,
Feb. 26 |
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Tuesday,
Mar. 25 |
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Tuesday,
Apr. 22 |
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Thursday,
May 27 |
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Preserving Our Wooden Boat building Heritage
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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. |
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| ~ Library Collection, Catalog & New Books ~ |
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
Click here or on the icon above to access the CLAMS (Cape and Islands Automated Materials Sharing Network) Catalog.
LIBRARY
For a printable version
of the list of new Winter 2008 acquisitions (books, audiotapes,
DVDs), click here.
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| ~ Online Databases & Links to Resources ~ |
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.
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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.
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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
| Marine Biological
Laboratory http://www.mbl.edu NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center www.nefsc.nmfs.gov SEA Education Association www.sea.edu USGS Atlantic Marine Geology woodshole.er.usgs.gov WCAI/WNAN www.cainan.org |
Woods Hole Business Association www.woodshole.com Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution www.whoi.edu Woods Hole Historical Museum www.woodsholemuseum.org Woods Hole Research Center www.whrc.org Penikese Island School www.penikese.org |
FALMOUTH
| Falmouth Chamber
of Commerce www.falmouth-capecod.com/ Falmouth Information Page www.magnet.state.ma.us/cc/falmouth.html Falmouth Public Schools www.falmouth.k12.ma.us |
Falmouth Town Hall www.town.falmouth.ma.us Falmouth Village Association www.falmouthvillage.com The 300 Committee www.300committee.org |
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
| Massachusetts Legal
Services www.neighborhoodlaw.org |
Massachusetts Trial
Law Libraries www.lawlib.state.ma.us |
FEDERAL SERVICES AND AGENCIES
| First Gov www.firstgov.gov/ |
United States Postal
Service www.usps.gov |
Internal Revenue
Service www.irs.gov |
TRAVEL: CAPE COD
Ferry Schedules to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket
www.islandferry.com
Smart Guide: Car Free Ways
www.smartguide.org/
SEARCH ENGINES
| Google www.google.com |
Yahoo www.yahoo.com |
Hotbot www.hotbot.com |
| ~ Gift Corner ~ |

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