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               6 Green Street, Kingston Massachusetts 02364         781-585-0517

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to see your responses to our first survey (open-ended answers not included).

 

Library Hours

Monday:          1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday:        10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday:   10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Thursday:       10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Friday:           Closed
Saturday:       10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Closed Sundays and holidays.

For best service and your own protection, please carry your library card. Using your library card reduces the possibility of mistakes at checkout and when placing holds.

As of July 1, 2008, you must present your library card in order to borrow materials. For your convenience, you can choose between a traditional library card or a key-ring card.


 
 

The Library continues to need your help


In Fiscal Year 2008, the Library budget was reduced by $20,900. Thanks to your generosity, we are within $500 of our goal of raising $20,000 to make up for the cuts to our book budget.

Thank you for showing such strong support and appreciation for your library!

The Fiscal Year 2009 budget will be almost as tight. There are many ways to show your support, through volunteering, donations of books, and financial contributions. We thank you deeply, for all of it.

 

Calling All Massachusetts Artists

Artists Survey

STAND UP AND BE COUNTED

The Artists Foundation has collaborated to create on-line tool, Stand Up and Be Counted, to better determine how many artists of all disciplines are living and working in Massachusetts. Your answers will also help us and others to better advocate for our population.

Go to the OnLine Questionnaire. Help us make the invisible - VISIBLE!

What's New at the Kingston Public Library

Library Services for the homebound

We bring the Kingston Public Library to you!

We deliver books and other library materials (audio books, magazines, videos and DVDs) to residents who are not able to come to the library in person.

Click here for more information.

Book Displays

Summer Picnics

All through August, cookbooks to help with the perfect summer feast are on display under the program calendar at the Circulation Desk. Check them out!

New at the Reference Desk


World Book Online Reference Center: Contains every article from the 22 volume print set plus thousands more. With state-of-the-art multimedia, editor-reviewed web sites, special reports, "back in time" chronicle of events and much more. Funded by the Kingston Public Library.

At the Library or From Home


To explore other online reference databases offered by the Kingston Public Library click here!

 

New on the Readers Page

Wondering what the staff at the Kingston Public Library are reading, watching and listening to?
Click here to see our recommendations for books, movies, and music we think you might like!

Try these new Readers Advisory web sites:

Pearl’s Picks provides monthly reading suggestions from Nancy Pearl, the most widely known librarian of our time. These richly diverse book suggestions provide great reading experiences for readers of all ages and interests.

FictionFinder: FictionFinder is a project of OCLC Research that provides access to 2.8 million works of fiction found in the OCLC WorldCat database. With FictionFinder, you can search for books, eBooks, and audiobooks by titles, authors, ISBNs, and other information such as literary awards and book summaries. You can also browse the FictionFinder database by genre, fictional character, imaginary place or setting, and subject. When you discover an item you are interested in, FictionFinder can help you find a copy.

LibraryThing: Enter what you're reading or your whole library—it's an easy, library-quality catalog. LibraryThing also connects you with people who read the same things.
To sign up for bookletters click on the link below.

Check out these two new features from Bookletters!

book letters daily logo        book page logo

 

New in Children's Services




Summer is here! Stop by the Children's Room or click here to find out more about the summer reading program.

Don't forget to visit the Kid's Page to see what other fun events are happening in the Children's Room!



Check out our gallery page to see if you are a star!

 

New in the Teen Zone


Seashell Bracelet Class
Monday, August 18
6:00

Make your own island creation.
This class is 45 minutes long and the cost is $9.00 per person.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Please sign up at the Circulation Desk or call 781-585-0517.

Light refreshments will be served. Class instructor is Pamela Boutin.


Teen Movie Night
Friday, August 29
6:00

You pick the movie; the Friends of the Library provide the food.

Sign up now at the Circulation Desk!
   

Teens!
When you join the Teen Advisory Board,
you can be a part of shaping Library services to teens now and into the future!

What does the Teen Advisory Board (T.A.B.) do?
· Meets once a month for about an hour (Pizza is always on hand!)
· Selects movies, music and books for the Library’s Teen collection
· Plans programs, field trips and fundraiser's

What are the perks of serving on T.A.B?
· Fulfill your community service hour requirement for school
· Make new friends
· Have first choice at enrolling in TAB sponsored programs and field trips, often at no charge
· Choose new DVDs, CDs and books for the Library

How do I join T.A.B.?
· Email Hannele Minsk, Teen Advisor, at hminsk@kingstonpubliclibrary.org.
· Stop by the Library to fill out an application

The next T.A.B. meeting will be Saturday, August 16th at 3:30 in the Meeting Room. For more information, or to let us know that you'll be attending call 781-585-0518 or email Hannele at: hminsk@kingstonpubliclibrary.org.
Check out the teen programs on our Teen Page!

 

New in Local History

Ada Brewster's Wild West


This month’s exhibit features sketches of the wild west from the 1860’s to the 1880’s, drawn by Kingston native, artist and adventurer Ada Brewster.

Born in Kingston in 1842, Ada Brewster began sketching as a child, then used her talent to document the people and places she encountered as she traveled extensively around the country. At different times, she lived in Kansas, California, Florida, New York and Georgia. She worked as a nurse in Rhode Island during the Civil War and at the mint in Carson City, Nevada, in the 1870s, but she always returned to art, either teaching or producing. Ada returned to Kingston in 1919 and lived in her family home “Woodside” until her death in 1929.

Ada criss-crossed the continent during a time of tremendous change, when territories became states, settlers populated the plains and railroads replaced wagon trains. As her drawings show, she saw cowboys, Native Americans and Chinese, exotic individuals doing extraordinary things in amazing landscapes. Her pencil captured the wildness and her drawings convey the wonders of her journey to us more than a century later.

For more information, contact the Archivist, Susan Aprill, at 781-585-0517 or by email.
 

 
 
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