Library News
December 11, 2010
PUBLIC ART FINALISTS' PRESENTATION MATERIALS ON VIEW IN BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY'S NORTH AND CLAREMONT BRANCHES DECEMBER 20, 2010 - JANUARY 4, 2011
Final presentation materials for the public art projects of the Berkeley Public Library's North and Claremont Branch Construction Projects will be on public view inside the North and Claremont Branch Libraries during normal branch library hours from Monday, December 20, 2010, through Tuesday, January 4, 2011 (please note that all library locations will be closed Friday, December 24, 2010, and Saturday, December 25, 2010, for Christmas holiday and Friday, December 31, 2010, and Saturday, January 1, 2011 for New Year's holiday). These presentation materials will include material samples that accurately represent the finished work that each artist is proposing; a color sample board; a scale model / maquette or rendered drawing with appropriate details; a detailed project budget; and, written statements or comments that will help to clarify the artist's proposal.
This is the opportunity for the public to comment on the individual proposals during the period that they are displayed. These comments will be collated and delivered to the Selection Panel. These informal comments may help to raise new perspectives and open issues for discussion by the Panel, and they may help the decision process in some way.
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Berkeley Public Library's Local Places...Sacred Spaces... presents Edwin Bernbaum on SACRED MOUNTAINS and PACES preview of TERRACES
Saturday, January 8, 2011, 2 pm
Central Library 3rd floor Community Meeting Room
2090 Kittredge (at Shattuck)
Free program supported by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library
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Berkeley Public Library's Series
Local Places...Sacred Spaces... presents
Edwin Bernbaum's
THE HEIGHTS OF INSPIRATION:
Sacred Mountains of the World
& a Preview of TERRACES,
a dance/poetry collaboration presented by PACES
Alan Bern, Poet & Storyteller
Lucinda Weaver, Dancer & Choreographer
Questions?
Contact: Alan Bern, Community Relations Librarian (510-981-6107)
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October 20, 2010
Berkeley Public Library's Local Places...Sacred Spaces... presents Fearless Books, a Daring New Spirit in Publishing
Saturday, November 20, from 2 - 4 pm
Central Library 3rd floor Community Meeting Room
2090 Kittredge (at Shattuck)
Free program supported by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library
Fearless Books, a daring and independent Berkeley literary publisher founded in 1997, publishes fiction, poetry (including a new venture, the Fearless Poetry Series). Come hear and meet our local authors, and please join us for a spirited Q & A and free refreshments after the reading.
Questions?
Contact: Alan Bern, Community Relations Librarian (510-981-6107) or Sari Friedman, Fearless Books (510-849-4028)
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October 8, 2010
Digital Stories and Panel Discussion on the 1960's Desegregation of the Berkeley Schools
Digital Stories and Panel Discussion on the
1960's Desegregation of the Berkeley Schools
Saturday, November 6, 2010, 2-4pm
Berkeley Public Central Library
3rd floor Community Meeting Room
- Come see the movies!
- Come meet the movie-makers!
- Panel discussion:
Chuck Wollenberg, Berkeley City College, Moderator
Loreeta Earl, LR Altman, and Fundisha Adero, movie-makers
John Selawsky, Director, Berkeley Unified School District
Andrea Spagat, Center for Digital Storytelling
Part of a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
TRANSFORMING LIFE AFTER 50 Grant from the California State Library
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October 5, 2010
BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY TAKING PART IN "SNAPSHOT: ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARIES"
Berkeley Public Library will compile statistics, users' comments, photographs, and other data chronicling a typical library day. The results collected at Berkeley Public Library will be added to those of other libraries across California, by the California Library Association (CLA), to show how libraries provide invaluable services to California citizens. For more info on statewide Snapshot Day, go to cla-net.org.
Berkeley Public Library is also planning programs that day for patrons of all ages. We will take photos & collect comments. For more info, call 510-981-6107.
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September 27, 2010
October 2010 Newsletter
BERKELEY PUBLIC TAKING PART IN
"SNAPSHOT: ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARIES"
The Berkeley Public Library is joining libraries across the state in participating in "Snapshot: One Day in the Life of California Libraries" on October 5, 2010, to show how important academic, public, school, and special libraries and library systems are to the state of California. This Snapshot Day has been developed by the California Library Association (CLA), http://cla-net.org/snapshotday/.
Berkeley Public Library & 21st Century Literacy
During the past year over 1.1 million visits were logged at berkeleypubliclibrary.org -- an average of over 3000 people every day of the year. Over 210,500 of these web visitors to the Library made use of the abundant resources accessible among the many subscription databases and e-books the Library provides free to cardholders, such as full-text journal articles, online career research, online test practice, computing & legal e-textbooks, and much more.
Book Into Film: Brokeback Mountain
Discussion Group at Berkeley Public Library
Berkeley Public Library invites you to participate in an examination of Brokeback Mountain, an Oscar-award winning film based on Annie Proulx's short story of the same name. Discussion group participants will read the short story and screenplay by Larry McMurtry at home and then gather at 1:30pm on Sunday, October 17, 2010 in the 3rd floor Community Meeting Room at Berkeley's Central Library, 2090 Kittredge Street to view the film together. After viewing the film, participants will discuss the book, the movie and the adaptation process.
Berkeley Staff Art & Craft Show 2010
Employees of the BPL again show off their artistic and creativity in the Fifth Annual Berkeley Public Library Staff Art Show. The show runs from September 28 through October 25, 2010 at Central Library, 2090 Kittredge Street in downtown Berkeley.
OPERA IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
Berkeley Public Library presents a free noontime concert featuring Berkeley West Edge Opera (formerly Berkeley Opera) on Thursday, October 21 at 12:15pm. Artistic Director Mark Streshinsky and cast members will preview highlights from the company's upcoming production of Xerxes by George Frideric Handel. The concert takes place at the Central Berkeley Public Library, 5th Floor, 2090 Kittredge Street, which is wheelchair accessible. This free event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
Berkeley Public Library's 4th annual Banned Bookmobile is on display September 26 through October 31st in the entrance lobby of the Central Library.
Digital Stories and Panel Discussion on the
1960's Desegregation of the Berkeley Schools
Saturday, November 6, 2010, 2-4pm
Berkeley Public Central Library
3rd floor Community Meeting Room
September 1, 2010
September 2010 Newsletter
BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY TAKING PART IN "SNAPSHOT:
ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARIES"
Berkeley Public Library will compile statistics, users' comments, photographs, and other data chronicling a typical library day. The results collected at Berkeley Public Library will be added to those of other libraries across California, by the California Library Association (CLA), to show how libraries provide invaluable services to California citizens. For more info on statewide Snapshot Day, go to cla-net.org.
Berkeley Public Library is also planning programs that day for patrons of all ages. We will take photos & collect comments. For more info, call 510-981-6107.
Old Time Music and Story Songs with Caroline Oakley and Maggie Lind in Central Library's 3rd Floor Community Meeting Room
Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 10:15am
Book Into Film: Rear Window
Discussion Group at Berkeley Public Library
Berkeley Public Library invites you to participate in an examination of Rear Window, a critically acclaimed film based on Cornell Woolrich's short story of the same name. Discussion group participants will read the book at home and then gather at 1:30 on Sunday, September 12, 2010 in the 3rd floor Community Meeting Room at Berkeley's Central Library, 2090 Kittredge Street to view the film together.