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Thursday, September 16, 7 pm:
Poetry Readings
Join us on Thursday, September 16, at 7 pm, when we will host poets from the Berkshire Writers' Room reading from their works. Light refreshments will be provided. Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum.
Chess for Kids:
Saturday, September 18, 10 - 12  After a summer hiatus, Chess for Kids returns on Saturday, September 18, from 10 am - 12 noon. Kids of all ages (up to 18) are invited to drop by the Young Adult Department for chess matches on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month. All skill levels welcome.
Sponsored by the Pittsfield Chess Club.
Film Screening: Nosey Parker
Tuesday, September 14, 6:30 pm
At 6:30 pm on Tuesday, September 14, independent film maker John O'Brien will introduce our screening of his 2003 film, Nosey Parker. This is the third film in O'Brien's Tunbridge Trilogy, which he describes as “anthropological comedies” about a vanishing small-town Vermont that feature his neighbors. (The first and second in his series were Vermont Is for Lovers and Man with a Plan, respectively.) Nosey Parker follows the relationship between a Connecticut couple newly settled in rural Vermont and one of the native tax assessors. Film & Popcorn are free!
Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum.
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
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Same Card: New Number!
For several years the Athenaeum has been phasing out library cards that carry 10-digits, beginning with D39, and replacing them with new 14-digit library cards, beginning with 28125. At this time, upon expiration, library accounts are transitioned to the new style; and 10-digit cards are no longer being ordered or issued. If you are a library patron who values access to our varied Online Database products, you will want to be certain you have a 14-digit library card: not all database vendors will support access the earlier style library account numbers.
Need your card updated? Stop by the Circulation Desk during regular library hours.
Consumer Reports online
now available to Athenaeum patrons
The Consumer Reports database is now available from the Online Databases page of the Athenaeum website. Long respected as the ultimate no-nonsense resource for consumer information, CR is published by Consumers Union, an independent, nonprofit organization. CR tests appliances, cars, electronics, baby gear, products for the home and garden. Patrons can access the database from library computers; access is also available from home computers by entering an Athenaeum library card number.
Questions? Ask at the Reference Desk at pittsref@cwmars.org or (413) 499-9480 x202 during library hours.
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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