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Bermuda National Library Celebrates
Years of Service to Bermuda
HEAD’S UP
It’s more
Than Just a Card
By Joanne Brangman
Head Librarian, Bermuda National Library
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very parent wants their child to succeed, and one of the simplest ways you can ensure your child’s academic success is by making a quick trip to the library. September is Library Card Sign-up Month, a time when the Bermuda National Library joins with the American Library Association and other public libraries in the US and Canada to make sure that every student has the most important school supply of all – a free library card. Resources at the Bermuda National Library are available to anyone who has a library card. Students can turn to the library for materials, programs and services that support academic achievement. Students can use their library cards from home, too. Our library offers access to important educaNewsletter Committee
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October/November 2014 A production of the Adult Services Department
Par-La-Ville • #13 Queen Street • Hamilton HM 11
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Nikki Bowers Keith Caesar Contributors Fredrina James Ashley Stone Randy York
A library card is your child’s ticket to academic achievement tional resources, like e-books, online homework help, online research databases, etc. Our library provides all types of students a welcoming atmosphere where they can explore, discover and create. Students learn in a variety of ways, thanks to the resources available at the library we can meet the needs of all ages and types of learners. Whether that is through homework help or access print and e-books, the library has something for everyone – all with a free library card. It is for these reasons that a library card is most important school supply of all.” For more information on how to sign up for a library card, visit the Adult Library on Queen Street or the Youth Library on Church Street, in person, or visit the library online at www.bnl.bm .
295-3104 ● www.bnl.bm ● libraryinfo@gov.bm
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READ AROUND THE ROCK
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175 years on T
his year marks the 175th anniversary of the library system in Bermuda. In that time there have been a considerable number of changes both home and abroad. In the times like we have been experiencing today the Library has always been a place to come, sit and read. As we forge into a new world, where the pursuits of life have become fast paced, the needs of the library and its patronage have also evolved. We can take solace in that for almost two centuries the Bermuda Library has been here servicing the Island. The journey of the library has been about moving into new worlds The library was opened in 1839 by Governor William Reid who, after arriving on the island two months earlier, sent a recommendation to the legislative bodies that a Colonial Library be opened. They agreed. The library beginnings were humble, starting life in a room in the Cabinet Building. After three years about 300 books had been donated to the library. The library grew and grew, and with that, new space was needed to house the growing needs of the Library.
The Dewey Decimal Classification system was introduced to the Library with the arrival of Head Librarian Ms Katherine G. Seon in 1912 and has remained the method of classification and organization of the Library’s collections to this day. Seon went on to have one of the longest tenures as
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Head Librarians 1839-1853 John R. Stephens 1853-1879 Joseph Richardson 1879-1880 Joseph H. S. Frith Joseph H. S. Frith
Frederick D Ward
Florentius Frith
1880-1886 Rev. Frederick D Ward 1886-1912 Florentius Frith 1912-1940 Katherine G. Seon 1940-1962 A. Elsie Gosling (MBE) 1962-1969 Mary Gray 1969-1985 Mary Skiffington 1985-1994 Cyril O. Packwood 1994-1999 Grace Rawlins 1999-current C. Joanne Brangman
Katherine G. Seon
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Head Librarian spanning close to 30 years in the position. She also saw the move from the Customs House to the current location in 1917 when the Library moved to Par-La–Ville into what was once the home of Bermuda’s first postmaster General, William Bennett Perot. The house had been in his family since the turn of the 19th century had seen very few change since its completion in 1814. In 1954, the Colonial Legislature voted to have a new wing added to the old Perot home at Par-laVille. On 29th July, 1957 the new building was formally
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A. Elsie Gosling
Mary Gray
opened by His Excellency, Governor Major-General Sir John Woodall, K.B.E., C.B., M.C. The Library also used to have two satelite branches which were located at Springfield in Sandys and Stuart Hall in St. Georges. The Bermuda National Library’s circulating and reference collections are now located in the ‘new wing’ of Par-la-Ville with the staff processing area located in the space formerly occupied by the Library before 1957. The collections have grown to an approximate 115,300 volumes. Youth Services has been at its present location at 74 Church Street, Hamilton since July 1982. As of January 2002, Youth Services See 175TH, Page 16
Mary Skiffington
Grace Rawlins
Cyril O. Packwood
C. Joanne Brangman
Read Around The Rock
Summer Reading Programme
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id you take part in our Read around the rock challenge? This year as part of our Summer Reading Programme 2014 we challenged our patrons to Read Around the Rock. The challenge is that within a given amount of weeks. Patrons must read from the various genres the library has to offer and then comment on the book read. This time there were seven categories to read through in nine weeks, so roughly that equated to about a book a week. In total there were 68 participants who took up the
challenge with 35 finishing the grueling reading tasks. There were also seven weekly winners. A reception was held on August 21st to honor those who completed the programme. Participants feasted on traditional Bermudian cuisine as they enjoyed the company of other fellow readers. Our lucky winners, by way of a random draw, include Betty Ann Rego, Sheila Henderickson and Zina Edwards. The ladies won a night’s stay at Grotto Bay. A Paw Paw massage from
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FIRST PLACE WINNER: Betty -Ann Rego with Head Librarian Joanne Brangman
SECOND PLACE WINNER: Sheila Hendrickson with Head Librarian Joanne Brangman
THIRD PLACE WINNER: Zina Edwards with Head Librarian Joanne Brangman
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Senses Rosewood Spa at Tucker’s Point and a two ticket tour on the glass bottom boat from Island Tour Centre. Other winners of the night included Valarie Darrell, Sara Westhead and Sheila Dempster who each one books donated by the National Museaum of Bermuda. Participants exclaimed that they felt “spoiled” on the evening and many shared with staff how much they enjoyed themselves. Don’t fret, our Winter Reading Programme will begin in January. We hope you will join us on the next reading adventure!!!
LET THEM EAT CAKE: Participants even had time for desert.
PLACE YOUR BETS: Partons paretake in a little crown and anchor library style. Each participant recieved a library flashlight. key chain for playing.
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JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE LIBRARY: This awesome decorated display by one of our staff members yeilding two of the nights top winners.
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By Richard Bausch
By ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Before, During, After
What’s Done in the Dark
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By Amy Bloom
By Cristina Garcia
alling passionately in love with an Episcopalian priest who is struggling with his faith, Natasha plans an autumn 2001 wedding that is shattered by the September 11 attacks before she endures private trauma at the hands of a
Luck Us
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orging a life together after being abandoned by their parents, half sisters Eva and Iris share decades in and out of the spotlight in golden-era Hollywood and mid-twentieth-century Long Island.
elise cheats on her husband with her best friend’s man. After their passionate night together Felise discovers that her lover has died of a heart attack overnight!
King of Cuba
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tale told from the alternating viewpoints of an aging Castro-like dictator and a Miami exile obsessed with avenging himself against the dictator for personal betrayals. Traces the impact of a six-decade revolution on their lives and a homeland that has paid the price of constant violence. SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
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By Larry McMurtry
By Sue Miller
The Last Kind Words Saloon
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yatt Earp and Doc Holliday move across the frontier from Long Grass, Texas, to Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in Denver in the latest novel by the acclaimed author of The Last Picture Show and Lonesome Dove.
series of summer house fires exposes deep social faults in the hometown of Frankie Rowley, who makes unsettling discoveries about her aging parents while engaging in an affair with a local journalist.
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By Peter Mayle
By Ted Dekker
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By Stephanie Evanovich
By Julie Garwood
The Corsican Caper
hen a billionaire is violently targeted by an unscrupulous Russian tycoon who would buy his coastal estate, master detective Sam Levitt heads negotiations with an underworld of mercenaries and hit men as well as the Corsican mafia to prevent the billionaire’s demise.
Big Girl Panties
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hen Logan Montgomery, a personal trainer to the country’s most famous pro athletes, offers to help her get back in shape, young widow Holly Brennan, deciding to make at least one positive change in her life, throws herself into exercise and into Logan’s arms.
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The House We Grew Up In By Lisa Jewell
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hen their picture-perfect Cotswold village family life with a perpetually young father and hippy mother is shattered by a tragic Easter weekend, four siblings pursue separate adult lives before a reunion reveals astonishing truths.
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The Arsonist
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Hacker
eventeen-year-old genius hacker Nyah Parks makes a living by hacking into the systems of major corporations, but when an important job goes wrong, she is forced to perform one last dangerous hack to save herself.
Fast Track
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amily secrets and a hidden past-a woman’s search to uncover the truth ignites danger and passion in the latest novel from New York Times-bestselling author Julie Garwood.
F LEV The Denouncer
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By Paul M. Levitt
n late 1930s Russia, a young man named Sasha Parsky kills two soldiers who come to arrest his parents as kulaks (affluent farmers). He escapes arrest - though not suspicion. Sasha, now under greater scrutiny, is asked by Boris Filatov, the chief of the local secret police, to take a position as the head of a small boys’ school with the condition that Sasha spy on the previous director, who was dismissed for political reasons.
F LIG
F LIN
By Frederick Lightfoot
By Michelle Lindo-Rice
The Extinction of Snow
My Steps are Ordered
he death of her son Joseph in mysterious circumstances in France has sent Louise Tennant spiraling into grief so desperate she feels she is going mad. His last cryptic email to her before he is killed plays on her mind: she must find out what happened to him.
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By Johanna Lindsey
By Danielle Steel
ostponing her London debut to join her cousin and best friend in America, Judith Malory meets deckhand Nathan Tremayne, an undercover smuggler who would escape a death sentence.
mother and daughter confront respective challenges, cope with celebrity and work through tragedy while maintaining an idyllic facade to the outside world, in an uplifting tale.
Stormy Persuasion
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The Vacationers By Emma Straub
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elebrating their thirty-fifth anniversary and their daughter’s highschool graduation during a twoweek vacation in Mallorca, Franny and Jim Post confront old secrets, hurts, and rivalries that reveal sides of themselves they try to conceal.
M GAL The Silkworm
By Robert Gilbraith
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ormoran Strike investigates the disappearance of a novelist who, in his most recent book, unflatteringly portrayed people from his life.
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A Perfect Life
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Slow Satisfaction By Cecilia Tan
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ames tries to woo Karina back into his bed by featuring her in his new musical, until they are blackmailed by someone who threatens to expose their kinky habits, in the third novel of the erotic series following Slow Seduction.
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The Second Deadly Sin By Asa Larsson
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hen a bear hunt culminates in the discovery of a brutally murdered woman in a northern Swedish village, Rebecka Martinsson delves into the victim’s tragic family history, only to be blocked from the case by an arrogant prosecutor.
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By Sarah Hilary
By Karin Slaughter
Someone Else’s Skin
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nvestigating what appears to be a self-defense stabbing at a domestic violence shelter, Detective Inspector Marnie Rome and her partner, Detective Sergeant Noah Jake, hear conflicting stories from witnesses while trying to discover how the victim got into the secure building.
tlanta, 1974. It’s Kate Murphy’s first day on the job and the Atlanta Police Department is seething after the murder of an officer. Before the day has barely begun, she already suspects she’s not cut out for the job as a cop…
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By George P. Pelecanos
By Nancy Atherton
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By Angela Benson
By Julie Kenner
Hell To Pay
.I.’s Derek Strange and Terry Quinn are hired to find a 14-year-old girl from the suburbs who has run away from home and is now working as a prostitute in Washington, D.C.
Delilah’s Daughters
Aunt Dimity & the Wishing Well
hen a strapping young Australian named Jack MacBride arrives in Finch to wrap up his late uncle’s affairs, heads turn in the sleepy English village. But when Lori volunteers to help Jack clear out his uncle’s overgrown garden, they discover something even more shocking than a stranger turning up in Finch.
Heated: a most wanted novel
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hen Delilah’s three daughters--Roxanne, a cruise line entertainer; Alisha, a singer; and Veronica, a dancer--follow their own paths in show business, they soon discover that the high price of fame might be more than they’re willing to pay.
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Cop Town
elieving that she is strong enough to resist Tyler Sharp, who always gets what, and who, he wants, a beautiful woman surrenders her heart and soul to this man whose desire and passion rival her own.
Lick
Last to Know
By Kylie Scott
By Elizabeth Adler
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aking up in Vegas was never meant to be like this. Evelyn Thomas’s plans for celebrating her twenty-first birthday in Las Vegas were big. Huge. But she sure never meant to wake up on the bathroom floor with a hangover to rival the black plague, a very attractive half-naked tattooed man in her room, and a diamond on her finger large enough to scare King Kong. Now if she could just
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hen the lakeside getaway where Detective Harry Jordan escapes his stressful job is rocked by an explosion targeting an enigmatic newcomer’s house, Harry discovers that a victim did not die in the explosion and that the son of a famous local author may have seen the killer.
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Something Worth Learning
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ave you ever wanted to learn a new language. But maybe didn’t know where
to start? Maybe there’s an album you like but don’t really want to spend the money to buy a CD or download it. Maybe we can help you out with that! Our website www.bnl.bm, has links to interEsting features that are free of charge to updated card holders. And all you need is your library card.
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ango Languages gives you the opportunity to learn up to 63 languages. It can be done at your own pace. You literally need to just pick one and you can start conquering the
world! Mango Library Edition is our subscription-based product that is available for libraries. It includes a variety of resources to help patrons learn practical conversation skills for languages spoken all around the world. We offer Mango Basic and Mango Complete Courses, offering more than 63 language learning experiences. Mango utilizes our proprietary methodology, engaging interface, and easy, intuitive interactive tools to deliver practical conversational skills and valuable cultural insight for a foreign language. Lessons include strategically placed memory-building exercises to help users remember what they are learning in addition to critical thinking exercises, which help them to intuitively understand the language and adapt it to similar conversations. What works for Mango the best is that it is not just words on a screen. It is an attractive interface which makes you feel motivated as you make your way through the various language modules. You can create an account to keep track your progress.
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Rocket Languages
ike Mango, Rocket Languages is another platform for you to learn a new language, Rocket Languages was formed in early 2004 by two friends, Jason Oxenham and Mark Ling. Jason, a dedicated Francophile, and Mark, who was studying Spanish at university, were both familiar with the language learning material provided by universities and bookshops. They both agreed there should be a more effective way to learn a language, and embarked on a mission to create a learn-Spanish system that helps you: Speak Spanish right from the first lesson Understand Spanish when it’s spoken to you Reduce your study time by up to 50% The core component of the Rocket Express Learning System was (and due to its popularity, still is) the fully downloadable, iPod/MP3 compatible, Interactive Audio Lessons, which feature conversations between Spanish speakers. Each conversation is broken down so the learner can follow along and say the Spanish words and phrases aloud as though they’re taking part in a real life situation. The 32 tracks average 25 minutes in length, and become more challenging as the learner works through the course.
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reegal® is a free music service from your library. All you need is your library card. Freegal offers access to about 7 million songs, including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists. In total the collection is comprised of music from over 28,000 labels with music that originates in over 80 countries. There is no software to download, and there are no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. Access to Freegal is limited to patrons of subscribing libraries. A download usage counter is located in the upper right corner of freegalmusic.com displaying your weekly allotment. For instance, 1/3 means that you have a weekly limit of 3 downloads, and you have used 1 of those downloads. The download counter resets each week at Monday 12:01 AM (Eastern Time, USA). The site is set up to browse or search for your favorite music or artist. You will see some of the most popular music on Freegal for your country on the Home page. You can use the navigation bar toward the top of the page to view different pages, such as Most Popular in your library or country, or the
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New Releases. You can also use this bar to navigate to the Genres page where you can scroll through all of the genres and artists on the Freegal site. Additionally, you can use the search bar at the very top of the page to search for artists, albums, songs, or a combination (such as “bruce springsteen high hopes”).
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n case you didn’t know, after a certain number of years books become part of the public domain if their ownership has expired. This means that some books which are not challenged by the publishing companies can then be printed by other individuals. 45,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. We carry high quality ebooks: All our ebooks were previously published by bona fide publishers. We digitized and diligently proofread them with the help of thousands of volunteers. No fee or registration is required, but if you find Project Gutenberg useful, we kindly ask you to donate a small amount so we can buy and digitize more books. Other ways to help include digitizing more books, recording audio books, or reporting errors. Over 100,000 free ebooks are available through our Partners, Affiliates and Resources.
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arents, are you looking for homework help for your children? There is hope. Starting this September, homework help will be as near as the library or your home computer. The Bermuda National Library (BNL) will begin offering “Live Homework Help,’’ a service of the Internet-based business Tutor.com. The service will allow students to connect to current and retired teachers, graduate students and degreed professionals for help with math, science, social studies and English homework.
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Building
Bermuda’s Literary Future
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ermuda National Library is proud to present Read·Write·Bermuda — a national campaign to promote reading and writing and to celebrate and support Bermuda’s literary community. Read·Write·Bermuda is a collaborative partnership between the Bermuda National Library (BNL), CedarBridge Academy, The Reading Clinic, and the Buechner Society of Bermuda. These highly respected partners will work individually and collaboratively across organisations to improve student reading skills and increase family literacy. Combining technology, tutoring, E-book resources, professional development for teachers and librarians, writing workshops, and special events and programmes, Read·Write·Bermuda will give young people enhanced pathways to achievement and lifelong learning while nurturing current and future generations of Bermudian writers. The Read·Write·Bermuda Campaign includes three major areas of focus: Building Readers, Supporting Writers, and Expanding Libraries. Specific funded activities include:
Expanding Libraries • Expanding the Bermuda National Library Collection. • Building E-book Collections at BNL, CedarBridge Academy, and The Reading Clinic.
Building Readers • Expanding BNL’s Summer and Winter Reading Programmes. • Creating Reading Labs at BNL, CedarBridge Academy, and The Reading Clinic. Supporting Writers • Hosting Writing Workshops at the BNL. • Hosting Public Readings by Bermudian Authors.
As a capstone event, the BNL, CedarBridge Academy, The Reading Clinic, and the Buechner Society of Bermuda will co-host the Fall 2014 Bermuda Festival of Reading and Writing. To commemorate the event, Read·Write·Bermuda will publish the 2014 Festival of Reading and Writing Companion book with writings from
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
Bermudian authors and CedarBridge Academy students. About the Read·Write · Bermuda Partnership and Campaign
In seeking to promote literacy and literature in Bermuda, novelist and theologian Frederick Buechner looked to partner with community institutions and thought leaders who were gaining traction through their own work supporting readers and writers. That journey led to the Bermuda National Library, CedarBridge Academy, and The Reading Clinic, institutions where experts and advocates have been hard at work supporting students and their families with literacy programmes and celebrating Bermudian writers for many years. It was apparent that with additional resources, these organisations could greatly expand the reach and impact of their good work. Frederick Buechner, through the society that bears his name (http://www.buechnersociety.org), has funded and helped establish the Read·Write·Bermuda Campaign to serve the readers and writers of Bermuda. The Read·Write·Bermuda Campaign supports investments in traditional books, E-books, state-of-the-art technology, professional development for teachers and literacy volunteers, scholarships for tutoring, writing workshops, and public events designed to build enthusiasm and support for reading, writing, and Bermuda’s literary community. See WORTH LEARNING, from page 12
The tutors, some of whom might be sitting at computers a continent away, will answer questions, offer help with research browsing and even edit papers that are downloaded and sent to them. They also will be able to demonstrate algebra equations on an online chalk board. And they will be able to do all those things in real time. The tutors will respond immediately to questions typed on the library computer or your home PC. The process is quite unlike electronic mail and similar to the technology used in Internet chat rooms. Although students will be able to use Tutor.com from their home computer, they will have to go through the BNL website www.bnl.bm to access the service. To reach a tutor from home, students must have a library card. The card number must be typed at the prompting of the Web page to access tutors. On your home-computer users initially will have to down-
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load a “plug-in’’ that will allow them to use the tutoring program from their computers. Tutoring sessions can be as long as 20 minutes. After that time, the student will have to make way for another student at the same library or at another library or home computer elsewhere in the country. At the end of the session, a student will be able to print a copy of the information for future reference. If a student has more questions after those 20 minutes have elapsed, he or she will be allowed to log back on later. Each tutor has received a seven-year criminal background check and reference check and has been certified through Tutor.com’s training program. Tutor.com was founded in partnership with The Princeton Review and Scholastic Inc. It already is being used in libraries throughout the United States. This service is being provided through a generous donation from the Buechner Society of Bermuda. For library members, the service is free.
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Persian Gulf – style Spicy Tamrind Fish Stew
1 ½ pounds firm, white-fleshed skinless fish fillet (such as Atlantic Cod or Halibut) 2 yellow Onions, diced ¼ cup refined coconut oil 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp. ground turmeric 2 cups Thai tamarind concentrate, strained to remove grit. ** 3 red or green Serrano chiles, seeded and thinly sliced Sea salt About 2 cups lightly packed fresh cilantro. Coarsely chopped. **If you can’t find Tamarind concentrate, a prepared tamarind chutney cooked with spices and sugar can be substituted.
The New Persian Kitchen Louisa Shafia
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Wash the fish, dry thoroughly, and cut it into 1 ½ inch pieces In a large skillet, sauté the onions in the oil over medium heat for about 15 minutes, until lightly browned. Add the garlic, turmeric, tamarind, 1 of chile and 1tsp. of salt, and let the mixture bubble gently for a few minutes. Add the fish and simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes, until the fish is just cooked through. Stir often Fold in the cilantro and add salt to taste. Garnish with a few chile slices and serve the rest on the side. Vegetarian Option: Substitute firm tofu for the fish. Before cooking, drain the tofu and press it under a heavy weight for 1 hour, to press out as much water as possible. OCTOBER/NOVEMBER
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were approximately 12,700 and youth membership to the library is over 4,700 persons. While the debate about the importance of libraries wages, we all have stories, many of us have memories of the Bermuda National Library.
With the growth of more tech savvy consumers, the technological thirst exists. It is very clear that Libraries are evolving well beyond just books. Still the need for a quiet place to sit and collect your thoughts, and maybe read a good book, has not changed. The library is here for you.
The first librarian of the Bermuda Library was John Stephens from 1839 – 1853. The library hours during this period were 11 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 2 p.m. The hours were arranged to suit the Librarian who had to catch the mail coach at 3 p.m. in the winter, and 4 p.m. in the summer. In March 1841 the first report of the library was presented, showing that 276 volumes were donated, most of them by Governor Sir William Reid, and the Hamilton Club, which gave the library its first bookcase.
During World War 1, the Library had to cut down on its budget as much as possible. Therefore the reading public was only given literature as it related to past events. During the four years of the war the library operated on ÂŁ120 per annum, exclusive of salaries.
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A free mail book service from the library was established in March 1855. An article of appreciation of this service appears in the March 6, 1855 edition of the Royal Gazette.