Even something that seems straightforward can be confusing. Don't hesitate to ask us what may appear to be something very simple. There is no such thing as a stupid question!
Watch this video to learn how to operate the newfangled technology called a "book."
Posted on Fri, March 02, 2007, 09:43 AM
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Celebrate the life and work of Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel b. March 2, 1904)
One fish, two fish, red fish -- blue
Have I got something to share with you
From Grinches and Sneetches to
Cats with strange looks
Dr. Seuss in his lifetime wrote lots of great books.
There's the Lorax, Horton, and Yertle the Turtle
From paper to pen .... It was never a "hurtle".
It's Dr. Seuss's birthday today
So get out your zower and whistle hurray!
"What's that zelf up on that shelf?" Pick your favourite Dr. Seuss or try one of these:
Your favourite Seuss. 13 stories written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss.
There's a wocket in my pocket.
The Seuss, the whole Seuss, and nothing but the Seuss : a visual biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel !
Posted on Fri, March 02, 2007, 01:30 PM
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Eternal Egypt (www.eternalegypt.org) is a multimedia gateway to 5000 years of Egyptian culture and civilization. The site is an encyclopedia and digital archive in one, full of photos and video of art, pottery, statutes, archeological sites and more. See virtual recreations of ancient Giza or the Luxor Temples or watch a webcam of present-day Karnak.
From the site: “The ba is one of the elements of the human personality in Ancient Egypt. It could be identified as the soul or spiritual element of an individual. It is characteristic of the deceased so the ka can recognize it and join the ba in the afterlife. The ba is depicted on tomb walls as a human-headed bird.” (From “Mummification and the Afterlife” www.eternalegypt.org)
Some features require a Quicktime video plugin (available for free download at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html).
Posted on Mon, March 05, 2007, 06:59 PM
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The 2007 Food for Fines campaign raised approximently 5,850 pounds of food for the Kingston Food Bank. This is about 2,000 pounds more than last year.
We are still awaiting numbers from our rural branches. Thanks to everyone who donated.
Posted on Thu, March 08, 2007, 09:07 AM
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Go green and get yourself in the mood for everything Irish with some recent books, movies and music.
Fiction
A master at capturing Irish-Catholic American suburban life, McDermott returns for this sixth novel with the Keane family of Long Island, who get swept up in the wake of the Vietnam War.
In this sequel to Dead I Well May Be, mercenary bad boy Michael Forsythe is forced to infiltrate an Irish terrorist cell on behalf of the FBI, and thus confront murder, mayhem, and the prospect of his own execution.
Death in Dublin. Bartholomew Gill
Bartholomew Gill's Peter McGarr mystery is as full of twists and turns as a Celtic knotwork border from the priceless Book of Kells that's stolen in its first chapter.
If you could see me now. Cecilia Ahern
A buttoned-up Irish woman finds her life transformed when she meets a soulful man who may not exist. Ahern sets her third novel in a sleepy and picturesque Irish burg well-suited to magical happenings.
Irish girls about town: an anthology of short stories
Maeve Binchy and Marian Keyes top an impressive roster of the Emerald Isle's most popular women writers as they celebrate the joys and perils of love and the adventure and constancy of female friendships.
The perils of wartime add special urgency to latest mystery being investigated by Nuala Anne McGrail and her adoring husband, Dermot Coyne.
Mothers & sons: stories. Colm Toibin
Each of the nine stories in this beautifully written, intensely intimate collection centers on a transformative moment that alters the delicate balance of power between mother and son, or changes the way they perceive one another.
In the fifth Molly Murphy mystery, the feisty Irish lass, who has immigrated to New York City and become a PI, comes to the rescue of someone very near and dear to her, NYPD cop Daniel Sullivan.
The heroine of Doyle's 1996 bestseller, The Woman Who Walked into Doors, returns long widowed (abusive husband Charlo having been killed fleeing the Irish police) and four months sober.
Whitethorn Woods. Maeve Binchy
The tiny hamlet of Rossmore seems to be a village that progress passed by. But that changes when a new highway project threatens to destroy St. Ann's Well, a religious shrine and the Irish town's only tourist attraction.
Movies
Breakfast on Pluto
The boys & girls from County Clare
Evelyn
A fond kiss
In America
The Magdalene Sisters
Music
Across the water. The Irish Descendants
The Celtic circle. Loreena McKennitt
Earthsongs. Secret Garden
The essential Chieftains
If I should fall from grace with God. The Pogues
The original Irish tenors
Pay the devil. Van Morrison
Posted on Tue, March 13, 2007, 04:18 PM
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Everyone is invited to a Local History Evening sponsored by the Clarendon-Miller Community Archives on Tuesday March 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the Clar-Mill Hall, Plevna.
Colonel St. Pierre of Mississippi will speak on the K&P railroad, with questions and comments from the audience following. The Clarendon-Miller Community Archives is a joint project of the Township of North Frontenac and the Kingston Frontenac Public Library. We welcome donations of books, papers, photos etc. from the public.
Contact the KFPL Rural Branches Librarian, Janice Coles, at 613-549-8888, ext. 1500 for more information.
Posted on Wed, March 14, 2007, 09:42 AM
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Consular Services has published an updated guide for women travelers that addresses women's travel concerns and offers tips. Advice includes how to avoid harassment, travel with a same-sex partner, while pregnant or breastfeeding, how to proceed if you meet a person you may wish to marry, and other concerns.
Her Own Way is available here
For more travel advice, check out Consular Services' other travel pamphlet Bon Voyage, But… available here.
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Posted on Thu, March 15, 2007, 04:16 PM
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The Library's spring programs for children will begin in April.
Registration opens on Saturday,March 24th at 9:00 am. All of the Library's programs are offered free of charge.
Books for Babies
(Registration required)
Newborns, pre-walkers and their caregivers will enjoy a gentle but lively blend of simple stories, rhymes and music. The program will be offered at the Central Library, as well as the Isabel Turner, Calvin Park and Pittsburgh branches.
Wonderful Ones Storytime
(Registration required)
Toddlers and their caregivers will delight in a lively blend of stories and rhymes. The program will be offered at the Central Library, as well as the Isabel Turner and Calvin Park branches.
Tales for Twos Storytime
(Registration required)
Two-year-olds and their caregivers will settle in for stories, rhymes and music, mixed with plenty of chances to wiggle! The program will be offered at the Central Library, as well as the Isabel Turner and Calvin Park branches.
Preschool Storytime
(Registration required)
This is the program for "big kids". Children between the ages of three and five years may attend independently, but their caregivers must remain in the library. A wonderful mix of stories, poetry, fingerplays and movement make up this program, which will be offered at the Central Library, as well as the Isabel Turner and Calvin Park branches.
Rise and Shine Storytime
(Registration required)
Children of all ages and their caregivers will enjoy a get-you-going mix of stories, poetry, music and movement. This program will be offered at the Kingscourt and Pittsburgh branches.
Family Storytime
(Drop in program. No registration required.) Stories, poetry, music and movement will enhance a morning spent together for parents and children. This program may also include crafts, puppet shows and films. This program is offered at the Central Library every Saturday morning at 10:30 until May 26th.
For program schedules, and to register, click here or telephone your local branch.
Posted on Mon, March 19, 2007, 08:36 AM
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Did you know….
The library has Kingston newspapers, in one form or another, all the way back to 1810? You can search them on microfilm from 1810 to the present. There is an index to the years 1810 to 1848 available through Digital Kingston. Through one of our databases, Paper of Record, there is coverage for the years 1833 – 1845 (Kingston Chronicle and Gazette), and from 1862-1864 (Kingston Daily News). The Whig Standard is available in Canadian Newsstand Major Dailies from 1985 to May 2006 and the Virtual News Library from 1993 to the present. To access these databases, and all the other online resources that the library subscirbes to, please visit our homepage and click on online resources.
If you need assistance using any of these resources, don’t hesitate to call us, visit us, or contact us via our instant messaging service at askalibrarian@kfpl.ca (MSN and Yahoo only).
Posted on Fri, March 23, 2007, 03:34 PM
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“Let us seek not wealth, nor high social position (these are external things), but true nobility of the soul.”
-John Chrysostom, homily
The Quotable Saint, p179.
“A pure and simple realization: beings of opposite natures can unite in a concord of harmony.”
-Athanasius, Against the Pagans
The Quotable Saint, p. 116
These, and other quotes are available in The Quotable Saint (Ed. Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Facts on File, 2002) from Turner and Central Branches, call# Ref 230 Quo
Posted on Mon, March 26, 2007, 07:12 PM
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The Ompah book club has partially funded a new book club set title:
The year of magical thinking – by Joan Didion
Joan Didion was already well-known as an author of novels and nonfiction when her husband died suddenly of a heart attack in 2003. At the time, the couple's only daughter was already seriously ill in hospital. The magical thinking in the title of this book refers to a state of grief in which the author felt not just crazy with loss but literally crazy--calmly expecting her husband to return from the dead and need his shoes. The book is an exploration of her mourning and recovery, and a tribute to her extraordinary 40-year marriage. It won the National Book Award in 2005.
Check our website for more new titles. The Friends of the Library are funding ten more new titles this year.
Posted on Wed, March 28, 2007, 04:50 PM
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The Kingston Area Museums, Galleries and National Historic Sites have agreed to participate in Check Out the Past @ your library once again!
Passes are now available for the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes, and the MacLachlan Woodworking Museum (valid April 4th).
Passes and discounts at our other partners will be available in late May and June.
You can place holds on any of the passes. There are no limits on the number of passes one person/family may borrow at a time.
Loan period for a museum pass will be one week, with no renewals allowed.
Posted on Thu, March 29, 2007, 01:21 PM
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