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June 22, 2010
July 2010 Newsletter of the Berkeley Public Library
Libraries Are Busier Than Ever:
Berkeley Public Library Checks out
2,000,000 Items in One Year!
COMING SOON @ Central Library:
Improved layouts and floor plans
Book Into Film:
The Namesake
Discussion Group at
Berkeley Public's Central Library
Summer Event Series at Berkeley Public Library's North Branch
In this Food-Focused event series, patrons are encouraged to bring a potluck item to share.
Growing Up Asian in America Exhibit
at Berkeley Public's Central Library
Teen Summer Reading runs through Saturday, August 14th at all Berkeley Public Library locations.
June 3, 2010
June 2010 Newsletter of the Berkeley Public Library
Berkeley Public Library and
Berkeley Community Media (BCM) Team Up!
YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUESTED AT SUVANTO BY MAILE CHAPMAN:
FEMALE PATIENTS AT A REMOTE HOSPITAL IN FINLAND
A BRILLIANT AND UNNERVING DEBUT NOVEL ABOUT THE MYSTERIOUSLY ILL
The meticulously researched novel that took ten years in the making (graywolfpress.org) Berkeley Public Library was thrilled to host a reading and slide presentation by Maile Chapman of her 1st novel, YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUESTED AT SUVANTO. Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library, it was held Saturday, May 22nd, 2pm, at the Central Library and was videotaped by Berkeley Community Media! If you missed the program, there are other opportunities to see it. BCM will air it on Cable Berkeley -- for more scheduling info, go to betv.org/:
Sunday June 6 -5:00pm
Monday June 7 - 7:00am
Sunday June 13 - 5:00pm
Monday June 14 - 7:00am
Sunday June 20 - 5:00pm
Monday June 21 - 7:00am
Sunday June 27 - 5:00pm
Monday June 28 - 7:00am
Sunday July 4 - 5:00pm
Also on the BCM Calendar: each week in June they will show Berkeley Public School Desegregation stories, a BPL project:
Mondays 9am
Wednesdays 5am
Thursdays 12pm
Sundays 3pm
(for more background on this project, go to berkeleypubliclibrary.org/community/berkeley_history/desegregation_stories.php)
Watch out for future Berkeley Public Library/ Berkeley Community Media collaborations!
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Berkeley Public Library Invites You to. . .
Planning Your
South Branch Library Project
June 2010
Design Development Update
at a regular Board of Library Trustees Meeting
Wednesday, June 9th, 6:30 PM
1901 Russell Street @ M. L. King Jr. Way
Join us as the design team
Field Paoli
presents more developed drawings
of the proposed design, including
materials and finishes.
We value your input!
For accessibility information or other questions, go to berkeleypubliclibrary.org
or call 510-981-6195.
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Find your ancestors! Learn a language!
The Berkeley Public Library now features two new databases through the online catalog.
Ancestry is an online site packed with genealogical reference material, available to use inside the Central Library and the Branches.
Mango Languages is a language learning system that teaches actual conversation skills for Chinese (Mandarin), French, Japanese, Italian, Spanish & English for Spanish speakers. You may choose a basic course to prepare for a short trip overseas or a more complete course to move beyond basic language skills. Available for use at home or other remote locations, as well as in the library. Find these, and many more resources, at the "Search Online Resources" link on the Library's homepage, berkeleypubliclibrary.org. Look under subject Genealogy for the Ancestry link and under Language Learning for Mango.
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Become a Student Friend Volunteer
Kids entering grades 6-8!
Puzzled about how you are going to spend all your free time this summer?
Sign up to be a Student Friend Volunteer and help out at the Berkeley Public Library.
Questions? Call 510-981-6223.