NMRLS Newsletter - February 2006

Clare Curran-Ball is the new teen/children's librarian at Memorial Hall Library in Andover.
Lori Byman is the new Head Librarian at Shore Country Day School in Beverly as of January 17. She was most recently at Swampscott Elementary School.
The Gloucester High School summer reading list with the staff and community members leading discussions in September (See October Newsletter article) will be in an article in the February VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates). Mary Saunders, Library Teacher, reports they won a box of books plus the recognition.
Denis Rock is the Library Media Specialist for the new Stoklosa Middle School in Lowell.
Karen Twomey is the Library Media Specialist for the Bresnahan Elementary School in Newburyport.
An Evening with Doris "Granny D" Haddock
By Julie Biando Edwards, Adult Services Librarian
The Peabody Institute Library, Peabody, announced an exciting visit by Doris "Granny D" Haddock on February 7th at 7:00 pm at the Wiggin Auditorium in Peabody City Hall.
A native of New Hampshire, author and activist "Granny D" made history at age 90 when she walked across the country to raise awareness of campaign finance reform. She chronicled her journey in a book Granny D: You're Never Too Old to Raise a Little Hell, which she co-wrote with Dennis Burke. The library is distributing copies of this book as part of our "Read it Forward" community event. Community members who come across copies of her book distributed by the library are encouraged to read it, visit our website to tell us where they found it and what they think of it, and pass it on to someone they know - or leave it somewhere for a new reader!
Katie Cerasale is the Library Media Specialist for the Capt. Samuel Brown School in Peabody.
Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester and Rockport Public Library are block booking "the Magic of Science" with Michael Koski on February 11 (snow date February 18) and receiving a good discount!
Tewksbury Public Library welcomes Erin Cressy as the new Technical Services Librarian.
Capitalizing on the renewed interested in Jane Austen, Wilmington Memorial Library is sponsoring the Wilmington Jane Austen Book Club. Beginning with Austen's most famous work Pride and Prejudice in March, followed by Emma in April and Sense and Sensibility in May, the Library will be hosting a variety of discussion events and related activities. The program officially kicks off with a showing of the film Pride and Prejudice starring Kiera Knightly on Tuesday, March 7th at 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday, March 15th at 7 p.m. Ruth Perry, Professor of Literature at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (and an expert on Jane Austen) will give a presentation about Jane Austen's life and the writing of Pride and Prejudice. Tom Fowler, history professor, Northeastern University and past president of the Massachusetts Historical Society will speak on Wednesday, May 17 on "Austen in Boston." For more information on the other events included in Wilmington's Jane Austen Book Club, please visit our web site at www.wilmlibrary.org.