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On Thursday, February 16, at 6:30 pm in the Main Meeting Room, Willy Vlautin will present a program that combines music and literature. Vlautin will read from his Oregon Book Award-winning novel Lean on Pete as well as play songs which inspired the book.
Otherwise known as The Big Book Sale, The Friends of the Library February book sale is approaching. As always, it will be held at the Benton County Fairgrounds (map) the weekend of February 24 -26th and all profits help support the Library. Here are the times of the sale:
Friday, February 24, 5 pm – 9 pm.
Saturday, February 25 will be 10 am to 5 pm
Sunday, February 26, from 11 am to 4 pm.
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to develop more coding skills. Good thing I have a library card so I can easily access our wonderful collection of programming books! I can learn javascript, css, html5, C++, python, etc.
Would you like to participate in a community-based book giveaway to promote reading? World Book Night will be here on April 23, but you need to sign up here by Feb. 1. World Book Night is a charity dedicated to the promotion of literacy and the celebration, sharing and enjoyment of reading among teenagers and adults. This year, the Library will be a pick up site for books to be given away in our community.
Dr. Temple Grandin is a professor at Colorado State University who spearheaded new designs for the more humane slaughter of cattle in slaughterhouses. She is also a well-known autistic woman and an advocate for the better understanding and treatment of autistic people. I recently watched the HBO movie starring Claire Danes about Grandin (Temple Grandin) and it not only does a great job of portraying Grandin’s life in an honest and heartfelt way, but it also reveals much about the nature of autism itself.
Corvallis has long been on the forefront of environmental and sustainability initiatives and the library is a proud partner in that effort. As such, we are happy to share that we have a new database this year: Global Reference on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (GREENR). GREENR offers authoritative, current and expansive content focused on environment and sustainability topics.
Last fall, three professors at Stanford University tried a little experiment. They opened up their classes – Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Introduction to Databases – to the entire world, with no tuition cost. Launched and delivered between October through December 2011, they had great success (e.g., 35,000 people stuck with the Artificial Intelligence course and received certificates of completion).
All branches of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library will be closed January 16 in observance of the holiday commemorating the late Civil Rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
To learn more about Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy, check out the suggestions below. (To view additional library resources on Dr. King, view a larger list here).
Last fall the Library and Friends of the Library hosted Visions of Home: a Reading and Discussion with local authors George Estreich, Marjorie Sandor, and Charles Goodrich. It was a fabulous evening with a great discussion and a nice community turnout. Recently we found out that both Marjorie and George are 2012 Oregon Book Award Nominees for their newest books, Sandor’s The Late Interiors, and Estreich’s The Shape of the Eye! See the full list of nominees here.
Recently, Massachusetts Institute of Technology launched an online learning initiative, called MITx, aimed at enhancing the way they offer the online content of their opencourseware classes. MIT expects that MITx will continue to expand, hosting a virtual community of millions of learners around the world.
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