February isn’t over but I’m already getting excited about March. The annual model train exhibit is coming at the end of spring break to the Main Meeting Room March 30th and 31st. This event is a popular one with both adults and kids and benefits the Linn-Benton Food Share. Visitors are asked to donate cans of [...]
Last May was the fiftieth anniversary of the Freedom Riders. The Freedom Riders were civil rights activists, most of them college and university students, who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States. American Experience aired a film to tell “the story behind this courageous band who in 1961 creatively challenged segregation.”
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 – [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to show my appreciation more, so let me start by thanking all of you who read this blog, use library resources, ask us questions, and give us suggestions and inspiration. You are great! Just for fun, here are a sampling of resolutions for 2012 from library staff across [...]
Ereaders have been on our minds lately. We recently held one of our famous ebook drop-in sessions and had a “standing room only” crowd. I bet more than a few of you got an ereader this holiday season. Well, we are planning another ereader extravaganza just for you, this time on Friday January 6th.
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