Central Regional Advisory Council CRAC NEWS Tour of the Month
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- Central Regional Advisory Council CRAC NEWS Tour of the Month
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Central Massachusetts Regional Library System
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1972
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Ephemera
Periodicals
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- Shrewsbury Public Library
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Archive Collection
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Shrewsbury Public Library (Shrewsbury, Mass)
Shrewsbury (Mass.)--History
Central Massachusetts Regional Library System
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Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Shrewsbury
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English
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Part of archive collection at the Shrewsbury Public Library www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/library
The monthly newsletter is from October-November 1972 and features the Shrewsbury Free Public Library as the Tour of the Month. The newsletter contains the history of the library as well as current happenings at the library in pages 2-3. A photo of the Regional Administrator and general announcements are also described in pages 4-6.
In 1792 the Shrewsbury Social Library was formed by a group of "Proprietors" who shared their books and literary interests. In 1872 the town voted to provide funds for the establishment of a Free Public Library in a room in the Town House. Trustees were elected and the Proprietors of the Social Library presented their collection to them. Several gifts of books were received and a librarian was chosen to keep the library open every Saturday from 1-5 p.m. and from 6-9 p.m. except in the winter, when it closed at 8 p.m. During 1972 the library is celebrating its 100th anniversary with banners and bunting, with posters and publicity. The Centennial Committee of the Board of Trustees invited the participation of all local and state officials, organizations and friends. A flag which had flown over the Capitol in Washington was presented by Congressman Donahue to the library director while photographs were taken which included the Trustee's Committee, the Selectmen, the Town Manager and the Town Clerk. This was publicized in the local papers .The Committee organized a poster contest among the school children. The posters were shown in town business establishments and a distinguished panel of judges selected the winners. An open house and tea was held on Sunday, April 30th from 3-5 p.m. Trustees and staff were hosts and hostesses. Lady Trustees poured. Girl Scouts acted as guides. Historic scenes of the town were shown on a slide projector. There were exhibits and a display of the citations and proclamations sent by the Governor, the Secretary of State and the Town Selectmen. Flowers were arranged by the Garden Club and friends. Many interested women cooperated to provide a delightful tea. The program was presented by the Chairman of the Trustee's Committee, who accepted gifts from local organizations and introduced the many officials and prominent citizens who attended. Prizes were presented the winners of the poster contest by Miss Worcester County. The decorations have been red, white and blue and the centennial brochure planned and arranged by the staff is also in these colors. The brochure gives the history of the library: Social Library - 1792, Free Public Library - 1872, Howe Memorial Library erected in 1903, Artemas Ward Annex erected in 1923; and the hours: Adult Department, Monday through Friday - 10 a.m. to 9 p .mo; Saturday - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Children's Room, Monday through Saturday - 10 a.m. to 6 p. m. except Thursday - 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Bookmobile is in service every week day afternoon, one evening and two mornings. The services include: framed art prints which may be borrowed for three months, the Artemas Ward Collection of historical interest, an extensive circulating collection of college catalogs, a coin operated copier, regional films which are programmed through our library, the back issues of over one hundred magazines and newspapers, which may be borrowed; microfilm and newspapers to be read in the library, and records - a collection of classical, jazz, folk and spoken records in the Music Room, with its own card catalog. These are borrowed for two weeks with one renewal possible, just as the books are. There are two reference rooms and there is a library hall which is available for cultural meetings without charge during library hours.
One of the recent services is the loaning of framed art prints. The original collection of 21 prints was purchased with money given the library in 1968 by the Shrewsbury Expressway Committee from their unexpended funds. In 1969 the library applied for and received a federal grant, Title I, through the Library Bureau of Extension for the purchase of art prints. These have been enthusiastically borrowed by the patrons. The popularity of the program was such that the Trustees authorized the use of some of the interest of the Sarah Flint Brown Fund for the purchase of several prints in 1970-71. Original prints have been loaned by local artists to augment the program. The programs include: Story Time for ages 4 and 5 on Wednesday at 10:l5 a.m., October-May, except for school vacations; Saturday Program, which is year round at 2 p.m. and consists of stories and films for grades 1-4; Bookmobile Story Time, which runs from Tuesday through Friday mornings during July and August; an Adult Book Chat, which is planned for October through May at 10:l5 a.m. on Wednesdays; the film program of selected regional films, which is shown on Thursdays at 1 p.m. As part of the outreach program, the bookmobile visits the town's two nursing homes, with librarians giving individual reader's assistance to the patients; paperback racks have been placed in beauty parlors and laundromats. Posters from the Regional Center as well as those of our own staff have been used extensively in local markets and we have had frequent publicity in the local paper. Staff members have talked outside the library whenever the opportunity presented and Trustees have been generous with their support. The most effective assistance given to the public is in the library itself where friendly staff members attempt to find all the answers for their patronage. The Shrewsbury Free Public Library is presenting a vital program to the community and is constantly attempting to widen its area of service.
MEETINGS You are cordially invited to attend a meeting of GWPLA (Greater Worcester Public Library Administrators) at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, November 30, 1972 at the Richard Sugden Public Library, Spencer, Massachusetts.ALA 1974For those preparing budgets, the Annual Conference of the American Library Association will be held in New York City, July 7-13, 1974. (American Libraries, June,1972, p.632.)The same article notes the following Midwinter Meetings (although these may be subject to change): Chicago, January 20-26, 1974; and San Francisco, January 26- February 1, 1975.The date and place of the Annual Meeting for 1975 was not listed. INTER-LIBRARY LOAN The present ILL regulations exclude titles listed in "Best Sellers" of Publishers' Weekly. For those libraries not owning P.W., a list of the titles appearing in the issue for October 30, 1972 appears below.Fiction1. JONATHAN LIVIIDSTON SEAGULL. Richard Bach.2. AUGUST 1914. Alexander Solzhenitsyn.3. SEMI-TOUGH. Dan Jenkins.4. ON THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTH MOON. Victoria Holt.5. THE WINDS OF WAR. Herman Wouk.6. DARK HORSE. Fletcher Knebel.7. CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS. Taylor Caldwell.8. MY NAME IS ASHER LEV. Chaim Potok.9. I COME AS A THEIF. Louis Auchincloss.10. TO SERVE THEM ALL MY DAYS. R. F. Delderfield.Non-Fiction1. I'M O.K., YOU'RE O.K. Thomas Harris.2. ELEANOR: THE YEARS ALONE. Joseph P. Lash.3. SUPERMONEY. Adam Smith.4. THE PETER PRESCRIPTION. Laurence J. Peter.5. OPEN MARRIAGE. Nena and George O'Neill.6. LUCE AND HIS EMPIRE. W.A. Swanberg.7. 0 JERUSALEM. Larry Collis.8. PARIS WAS YESTERDAY. Janet Flanner.9. FIRE IN THE LAKE. Frances Fitzgerald.10. A NATION OF STRANGERS. Vance Packard.
NEW REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR Mrs. Barbara Weaver Regional Administrator Living just across the state line in Thompson, Connecticut, I have for a longtime been aware of the advantages the residents of Central Massachusetts Regional Library System have through the cooperative efforts of libraries in the Region. I am so pleased now to be a part of the Region and I am looking forward to meeting and working with all of you. I hope to visit all of the libraries in the system within the next few months. I have much to learn about the Region and will need your help. I am particularly anxious to hear how you feel the system can best meet your needs. If there is a particular time you would prefer I visit your library, please call me and we will arrange it. ANNOUNCEMENTSEd win Colburn, the Head Librarian at Jacob Edwards Memorial Library, Southbridge, Massachusetts for the past six months passed away after a brief illness. Miss Paula Towle, clerk typist in the Film Library, became Mrs. Robert Perro on September 30, 1972. The wedding reception took place at the Holden House Country Club in Holden, Massachusetts. New Library Hours in Boylston - the Boylston Public Library will be open from2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday thru Thursday.
FILM BORROWING To insure the prompt return of films for pick-up by the next borrower, the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System, as of January 1, 1972, imposes a fine of $2.00 per film for each day or part of a day that a film or films is or are overdue. Fines collected from delinquent film borrowers by local regional member libraries are to be kept by them and not sent to the headquarters Film Library in Worcester, or the sub-regional Film Library in Fitchburg. Films are loaned for a 24 hour period, to be picked up on the date indicated and returned, to the extent that local library hours permit, no later than 24 hours after the program date. Please, observe dates of pick-up and return carefully. Films may be returned to the Film Library in Worcester from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday; and on Sunday from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. When the Worcester Film Library is closed, films may be returned at the Worcester Public Library's Circulation Desk from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday; and from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. In Fitchburg, films may be returned to the Film Library from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. When the Fithchburg Film Library is closed, films booked through their office may be returned at the Fitchburg Public Library's Circulation Desk from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday through. Friday; from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday; and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. We are pressed by a problem that can affect you and others as film users. Some users are returning their films beyond the date indicated in the Return Date section of the film booking form. This means (1) that the delinquent borrower is liable to a fine and, more importantly, (2) that the next person to receive the film is disappointed, for he receives the film late, or more than likely, not at all. There are problems involved in sending films to local member libraries and returning them to the dispatching library at Worcester or Fitchburg because of certain inconsistencies in mail service schedules. Returning films late compounds the problem. We inspect and clean a film before it is released to the next borrower. To help us serve the following borrower, please see that films are returned on the date due. Thank you. With respect to film damage, borrowers will be held responsible for damage or loss to a film charged to them; and must pay the cost of repair or replacement footage as determined by the Film Library Department at the Worcester Public Library. Moreover, the borrower is responsible for the cost of replacing any film or films which is or are lost while issued in his name. REMINDER FROM THE FILM LIBRARY The rapidly rising number of films being booked and circulated through the Worcester and Fitchburg film offices is causing some problems. One such problem is the tendency for requests to be made in the afternoon. From 2:00 to 4:30 the offices are at their busiest. Morning are much less busy and more time can be spent in discussing programs and advising each caller. Your cooperation is needed and we believe you will benefit from a more efficient service.
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