Saturday, February 23, 2013
A selection of non-fiction literature now available at the Milton Public Library.
The following is a list of non-fiction books, which were recently added to the Milton Public Library’s collection. The descriptions are from the Old Colony Library Network’s website. Shouting won't help: why I - and 50 million other Americans - can't hear you by Katherine Bouton For twenty-two years, Katherine Bouton had a secret that grew harder to keep every day. An editor atThe New York Times, at daily editorial meetings she couldn’t hear what her colleagues were saying. She had gone profoundly deaf in her left ear; her right was getting worse. As she once put it, she was “the kind of person who might have used an ear trumpet in the nineteenth century.” Audiologists agree that we’re experiencing a national epidemic of hearing impairment…
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Monday, February 18, 2013
A selection of novels now available at the Milton Public Library.
The following is a list of three adult fiction books, which were recently added to the Milton Public Library’s collection. The descriptions are from the Old Colony Library Network’s website. A cold and lonely place by Sara J. Henry Freelance writer Troy Chance is snapping photos of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival ice palace when the ice-cutting machine falls silent. Encased in the ice is the shadowy outline of a body--a man she knows. One of her roommates falls under suspicion, and the media descends. Troy's assigned to write an in-depth feature on the dead man, who, it turns out, was the privileged son of a wealthy Connecticut family who had been playing at a blue collar life in this Adirondack village. And the deeper Troy digs into his …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
A welcome reception was held for new Milton Public Library Director Will Adamczyk on Sunday.
While Will Adamczyk took over the post as director of the Milton Public Library on January 1, the community officially welcomed him on Sunday, February 3, with a reception in the Keys Community Room. Before coming to Milton, Adamczyk served as Circulation Manager and Reader’s Advisor at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy. He is also a Trustee for the Abington Public Library. Adamczyk replaced Phil McNulty, who moved on to a position in Newton.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
The teen book club at the Milton Public Library will discuss "I Hunt Killers" next month.
The Milton Public Library’s teen book club has selected I Hunt Killers, a young adult novel about the son of a serial killer who’s trying desperately not to become his father, as its February pick. Jasper “Jazz” Dent has done everything he can to ignore what Dear Old Dad – also known as Billy Dent, one of the world’s most notorious serial killers- taught him, but when a dead body turns up in his small hometown, Jazz finds himself drawn to the investigation. Publishers Weekly called the book “a superb mystery/thriller.” Join the book club at 7 p.m. on Feb. 11 to discuss this gripping read. The teen book club is open to ages 13-18. To obtain a copy of the book or for more information, please contact Emily Calkins, Young Adult Librarian, …
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Saturday, January 19, 2013
The top 10 most popular children’s books at the Milton Public Library in 2012.
Here are the 10 most popular books at the Milton Public Library in 2012. The information was provided by the Old Colony Library Network website.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
The Friends of the Milton Public Library will host a welcome reception for new director Will Adamczyk on February 3.
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Wednesday, January 16
Meet Will Adamczyk, the Milton Public Library’s new director as of January 1. The public is invited to a welcome reception on Sunday, February 3, 2013 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Keys Community Room of the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Avenue in Milton. Refreshments will be served and the event is sponsored by The Friends of the Milton Public Library. Before his Milton directorship, Mr. Adamczyk had been with the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy since 2003 as a Reference Librarian, Circulation Manager, and Readers’ Advisor. Before that he was the Youth Services/Reference Librarian in the Somerville Public Library in Massachusetts. He began his professional career as a reference librarian in Meriden, Connecticut Public Library …
Saturday, January 12, 2013
The top 10 most popular DVDs at the Milton Public Library in 2012.
Here are the 10 most popular DVD’s borrowed from the Milton Public Library in 2012. The information was provided by the Old Colony Library Network website.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The top 10 most popular books at the Milton Public Library in 2012.
Here are the 10 most popular books at the Milton Public Library in 2012. The information was provided by the Old Colony Library Network website.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
A selection of novels now available at the Milton Public Library.
The following is a list of three adult fiction books, which were recently added to the Milton Public Library’s collection. The descriptions are from the Old Colony Library Network’s website. Private Berlin by James Patterson Chris Schneider is a superstar agent at Private Berlin, Germany headquarters for the world's most powerful investigation firm. He keeps his methods secret as he tackles Private's most high-profile cases-and when Chris suddenly disappears, he becomes Private Berlin's most dangerous investigation yet. Mattie Engel is another top agent at Private Berlin, gorgeous and ruthlessly determined-and she's also Chris's ex. Mattie throws herself headfirst into finding Chris, following leads to the three people Chris was …
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
Robin Tagliaferri will discuss her recent trip to China at the Milton Public Library on January 9.
On January 9, Robin Tagliaferri, executive director of the Forbes House Museum, will speak at the Milton Public Library about her recent trip to China. Refreshments will be served in the Keys Community Room and the presentation will begin at 7. Tagliaferri shared photos and stories from her trip with Patch when she returned. That story is available here. Below is an announcement for the January presentation. Forbes House Museum Director, Robin Tagliaferri, recently returned from a trip to China, where she visited Shanghai, Nanchang, the Fuliang County, Jingdezhen and Beijing. The ten day trip included attendance at the Second Seminar on Chinese Export Porcelain of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, sponsored by Professor Yu Chunming and Nanchang…
Michael Brennick
2:33 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
It was dismaying to read the new director's quote in the Boston Globe:"Spurring interest in the library has been one of Adamczyk’s specialties... Adamczyk pioneered a program to acquire comic books and graphic novels for the (Somerville Library) teen section. The section, which Adamczyk described as formerly containing copies of "Tom Sawyer" and "Little Women," got much more use."" This is right … more ›