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Teen Book Give-Away:
Monday - Saturday,
February 8 - 13 
Teens may choose a free book from the giveaway table in the Young Adults Department: paperbacks; popular titles; new and next to new. Limit 1 free book per teen. Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum.
Mother of Freedom: Mum Bett,
Thursday, February 25, 7 pm 
Author Ben Z Rose reads from his book, Mother of Freedom: Mum Bett & the Roots of Abolition telling the story of one of the first slaves to gain her freedom through the courts. Thursday, February 25, at 7 pm in the Library Auditorium. Free & open to the public. Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum.
The Literary Legacy of Herman Melville: A full day celebration;
Saturday, February 27
The Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum & The Berkshire County Historical Society invite you to join us for all or any part of this day's events. Tours, a film, and a lecture are scheduled. Come learn more about this literary giant from our own backyard!
Downloadable audiobooks, videos and ebooks 
Do you love to be read to? Do you have a long commute, a planned vacation drive, or a household task that would go faster if you could listen to an engaging book? Browse our collection of downloadable audiobooks. You'll find audiobooks for Children, Young Adults and Adults; fiction and nonfiction titles; biographies, business, history, romance, foreign language study, classics, mystery, science fiction and self-improvement titles. Over 100 titles are iPod compatible. Many can be burned to a CD. Also available are downloadable videos and ebooks. All you need to begin is a library card and a high-speed Internet connection. Browse the digital catalog and choose some titles today |
Computer Lab Classes:
January & February 2010
The schedule of Computer Lab classes for January & February is now available. Sessions are available on Business Websites; College Funding Resources; Email; Excel 2007; Google Docs; Homework Resources; Job Search Resources; Library Catalog; Librarything; and Word 2007. All sessions are one hour and taught evening or Saturday morning. Preregistration is required: sign up by stopping by or contacting the Reference Dept at 499-9480 ext 202 during regular library hours or at pittsref@cwmars.org
Microfilm gift documents grave information for
pre-WW II Massachusetts veterans 
Steve Twining of the Massachusetts Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War presents 20 rolls of microfilm to Local History Department Supervisor Kathleen Reilly. The film contains grave information about Massachusetts veterans of the Revolutionary War, as well as veterans of the War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish American War, and WW I. This valuable collection is available to researchers in our Local History Department using digital microfilm reader/printers capable of producing prints, scans to a flash drive, or saving files to a CD.
Pay your fines & Make library donations online! 
The Athenaeum offers the convenience of paying fines and other library fees online with a major credit card. To pay library fines and fees,login to your account. click the link displaying the amount of money owed, and enter the information requested.
Tax deductible donations targeted to the Berkshire Athenaeum can also be made online. A Donation link
is available from the library online catalog (PAC) to accept donations from a secure site.
No payment information from online transactions is stored. Online transactions can only be processed for a minimum of $5.
For more information on this new service, visit the help screen or ask at the Reference Desk.
Grant Research 
The Berkshire Funding Resource Center, a cooperating collection of the Foundation Center, is located in the Athenaeum's Reference Department and offers access to print and online sources of information for those researching sources of grant funding. Professional assistance in using the databases is available; access to Internet computers, word processing workstations, and a wireless internet connection are provided. |
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