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Families Can View Solar Eclipse At Glenview Library By DENISE FLEISCHERLifestyles Editor Journal & Topics Media Group

Families will be able to observe the total solar eclipse at the Glenview Public Library, 1930 Glenview Rd., during its Monday, Aug. 21 viewing event.

Sally Baylander, assistant head of youth services, said the drop-in event will feature both televised feeds from NASA on drop-down screens in Community Room West. Children will be able to make a pinhole viewer and step outside onto the South patio to observe the eclipse.

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PUNE: Online library platform Knimbus is going from being an e-library platform to enabling colleges and institutes create their own virtual libraries.

"Knimbus 3.0 will be a full stack platform that will allow institutes to build and customise their own online libraries using the material we have. They will have their own homepage and mobile app, which will allow students access content from anywhere," said Rahul Agarwalla, CEO, Knimbus.

Set up in 2011 as a platform to make online content more easily searchable for research students, the new version also marks a shift from catering to PhD students and researchers alone to university and college students as well.

Agarwalla likens it to a variation of the Netflix model, where all the content is curated by Knimbus onto one platform, which is then customised by users as per their preferences. Agarwalla said the SaaS platform was currently being rolled out to existing customers like Niti Aayog and the NIT, New Delhi, and undergoing final testing before opening it up to others. The company hosts content from over 500 publishers along with e-learning material from universities across the world, some of which is available for free, while some is premium content.

"We are currently working with 300 paid customers and have 750 live libraries. The aim is to get to a 1,000 paid customers by the end of 2018," said Agarwalla.

A recent survey conducted among librarians by Knimbus showed that almost 60% of them had some sort of a digital footprint. The biggest constraints according to them were the cost of doing so and the lack of infrastructure.

"All our content is on the cloud and we manage the back-end, which makes it easy for anyone to set up their online library," said Agarwalla.

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RIPLEY, Ohio A two-hour program will explore Is Higginsport School Haunted? in Ripley on Aug 19.

The program will be held at the Ripley Library Annex, located next door to the main library.

Justin Brown, founder and lead paranormal researcher for Interface Death, will explain how research into the Higginsport School was done.

According to its website, Interface Death is a paranormal research group based in Hillsboro, Ohio. Its objective is to acquire data and conduct experiments in the field to test hypotheses and develop theories that correlate paranormal phenomena with scientific principles.

Brown will have examples of equipment that is used in the groups investigations. This will be followed by a question and answer session and a short intermission.

Its low budget, Brown said, Entry level equipment. But you make sure the logistics are covered.

After intermission, there will be a viewing of the Higginsport school documentary. The video is a collaboration between Interface Death and Shadowforge Studios. The documentary is about the history and haunting at Higginsport School.

According to Brown, the Higgensport School has had several paranormal reports since around the 1960s. Some instances reported include phantom footsteps, voices, and apparitions.

An urban explorer from Cincinnati went in and got video of child-shaped apparitions in period clothing, Brown said, They were as solid as you or me. That footage will be in my video on the 19th.

The school, built in 1880, was designed to hold 250 students. The population of Higginsport at the time was just 297.

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The school was expanded in 1930 and 1932. In 1952, the school was consolidated into the Ripley Union Lewis Huntington school district. It remained an elementary school until it was closed in 1987.

Brown said getting the history correct is very important to paranormal researchers.

You want to make sure the history is right so you can see if there is a connection to the paranormal, Brown said, A janitor may have died in the boiler room [of Higginsport school] in the 1800s. You want to get the documentation of that so you can see if there is a connection to the paranormal occurrences.

DVDs of the documentary will be available at the program for a cost of $10.

The Ripley Library is located at the corner of U.S. 52 and Main Street in downtown Ripley. For further information about the program call 937-392-4871 or http://www.facebook.com/Ripleyohiolibrary.

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CUMBERLAND In a world heading increasingly toward digital media, Prince Memorial Library is keeping pace by scanning several key local texts.

A link on the 266 Main St librarys website, princememorial.lib.me.us/researcher, is a gateway to the online repository of information.

Digital collections of books and maps scanned in by the Cumberland library town meeting records from the 1821 incorporation through 1952, as well as vital records, town census compilations, school yearbooks, planning documents and municipal meeting minutes are among the many offerings that can be accessed from anywhere around the world, at no charge, through the link.

The service is available through the Maine State Librarys Digital Maine network.

The project was conceived when library Director Thomas Bennett attended a workshop hosted by the Maine State Library in 2014.

The Maine State Library is responsible for retaining government documents, he said in an interview July 19. They had an idea that, instead of trying to keep 20 paper copies of every government document that came out they would do a digital initiative, have the different departments publish digitally and it goes up on Digital Maine.

Doing so makes such documents much more accessible to the public, and easier to maintain in libraries growing increasingly cramped for space, Bennett said.

The state library opened the initiative to public libraries and historical societies around the state, and Prince Memorial has been scanning and posting items in the three years since.

Along with historic documents, Cumberlands online offerings include self-published books on various aspects of town history, such as Early Days of the Cumberland Fire Department by Kenneth Chase and History of the Town of Cumberland, Maine by Mary Sweetser.

(For) anybody interested in Cumberland history, its great stuff, Bennett said.

Another resource is the towns online collection of planning documents, which can aid developers in learning the history of a given parcel.

We now have like 500 engineering plans and other documents, Bennett said.

Everything is searchable by keyword through the website, and through Google. Thanks to the library transcribing the texts of its historic documents, the contents as well as the titles and subjects can be found via search engine, saving researchers significant time in perusing page after page for what they need.

And with the state librarys recent partnering with Digital Public Library of America, all the records are showing up there as well, and pointing back to Cumberlands repository.

For us its great, because we have some documents, some books that are fragile, we dont want them going out of the building, Bennett said. We can put them up here (online), and people can find them, make copies.

The librarys outreach efforts have paid off. According to a top 10 downloads listing at digitalmaine.com/topdownloads.html, Vital Records of Cumberland Maine, 1701-1892), compiled by Bennett, was in third place as of Monday with about 3,000 downloads, while minutes of the Town Council meeting of April 12, 1999, ranked 10th.

Its really nice that we can do this, that we can get stuff out there, Bennett said. It takes the stress off of our collection, and gets our information out to a wider public.

And if the original documents are ever destroyed, they would remain preserved digitally for perpetuity.

Cumberland records have been downloaded all over the world, including South Africa and Australia, according to Bennetts data.

Looking to the future, he said he wants to scan and post more self-published works by local authors, to get them back into public consumption, without the cost of going back to a publisher.

Lets get those up on (the web), so that their work can get out there, Bennett said.

Thomas Bennett, director of Prince Memorial Library in Cumberland, shows a searchable catalog of local offerings available online, such as historic documents and books by town authors.

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Not long ago, it seemed to Melissa Larson that solar eclipse glasses were everywhere at the Walmart, the Best Buy and all over the internet. Surely she could take her time before she and her husband left for Southern Illinois to catch a prime view of this rare cosmic phenomenon.

But a few weeks later, her confidence vanished. Store after store was sold out, and websites were demanding a pirate's ransom for the glasses if they had them at all.

So Larson, of Inverness, put a notice on Craigslist on Monday offering to buy two pairs for $20. As of late afternoon, she had no takers.

"The only thing I can find online are 10-packs," she said. "That's ridiculous. Who needs 10 of them?"

Like fidget spinners or flu shots, solar eclipse glasses have become scarce just as demand has reached a frenzy less than a week from the Aug. 21 event. The Chicago Public Library announced it would give away 15,000 pairs, only to be greeted with lines Monday that stretched out the door at some branches.

"If they're not out already, they won't be around much longer," spokesman Patrick Molloy said. "We knew it would be popular, but we didn't know the demand would be that heavy."

In Naperville School District 203, the high schools sagely ordered their supply more than a year ago, but other schools are still scrambling to track down the gear. Spokeswoman Michelle Fregoso said administrators are planning to livestream video images of the celestial event for children who remain unequipped.

"No one's going to miss out on the eclipse," she said. "You may miss out on being outside to view it."

Eclipse glasses block ultraviolet, visible and infrared radiation, and, according to NASA, allow people to gaze at the sun for long durations without harming their vision. Taking a peek with the naked eye is a bad idea, said Dr. Felix Chau, an ophthalmologist with the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

"With the eclipse, the danger is people are fooled, and since the sky will be much darker and part of the sun will be blocked, they'll think maybe it's safe," he said.

It's not. Chau cited a condition called solar retinopathy, in which light energy causes a permanent scar on the retina, leading to vision loss. He recommended using a pinhole camera or other indirect means to view the eclipse, concerned that the specialized glasses might not be safe.

"Who made those glasses and how protective are they really?" he said. "If there's damage to the retina, some people will have to deal with the injury for the rest of their lives."

But Mike Kentrianakis of the American Astronomical Society said glasses that have the approval of the International Organization for Standardization, or ISO, have proven to be safe and effective. The problem is that some opportunists are selling counterfeit glasses, ISO logo and all.

He said the best way to be sure that eclipse glasses work properly is to try them on and look at a bright light everything other than the light should be barely visible.

"If you can see faint florescent lights in your home or make out any details indoors, or even outdoors (in sunlight), they're no good," he said.

Researchers have gauged the toll of eye injuries from previous eclipses and reached varying conclusions. One study found that 1 in 7 people who sustained eye injuries during a 1999 eclipse claimed to have used safety glasses or welder's masks.

"No additional information about these devices was provided, so it is likely that some or all of them were homemade, not certified as safe, or otherwise deficient," the society said in a summation of the research. "In any case, all patients in this study recovered their vision after several weeks."

The demand for glasses has factories churning one manufacturer, Tennessee-based American Paper Optics, has said it wants to crank out 100 million pairs and prices spiking.

A five-pack offered last week on Amazon for $19.95 was going for $39.95 Monday. On eBay, one vendor wanted $24.95 for a single pair and within hours had sold more than 100.

One answer to the price gouging has been to buy in bulk. Rachel Hambleton of Evanston found a 25-pack that, with shipping, worked out to $6.50 a pair. She quickly rounded up other parents on Facebook who were eager to share in the haul, finding the response so great that she placed a second order.

"I'm still getting people asking me (for the glasses)," she said. "I say, 'You'll have to check with the other moms. I've already ordered 50.'"

The Adler Planetarium has served as a major distributor of eclipse glasses after ordering 200,000 from American Astronomical Society-endorsed manufacturer Rainbow Symphony. It gave the Chicago Public Library part of the supply, and also is selling them in the gift shop for $2.50 a pair.

Other libraries have secured a cache of glasses through grants by a STEM-related organization. The Oak Lawn Public Library has already given out about 200 pairs, but is holding back about 800 for people who show up on eclipse day.

"Even if they come in droves, we'll have glasses for them," said Emily Kenny, the library's youth services associate. "We feel confident in that."

In the end, supply and demand have a way of working out. By Monday evening, Larson finally got a response to her Craigslist ad: A seller offered her and her husband a five-pack of eclipse glasses for $30.

"Looks like we'll be the ones with extras," she said.

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Readers can renew their depleted book collections soon at the Friends of the Athens-Clarke County Library Summer Book Sale.

The Friends will host their semi-annual sale Aug. 23-26 in the Athens-Clarke County Librarys multipurpose rooms.

The sale will feature hundreds of gently used books, including fiction, non-fiction, childrens books, hardbacks, paperbacks, games, audio books, CDs and more.

The sale will begin with a Friends-only preview sale 2-6 p.m. Aug. 23. Shoppers can purchase a Friends membership at the door of the sale for $25 and then get first pick at the sale.

The sale will be open to the public 6-8 p.m. Aug. 23, then 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 24; and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 25, and on Aug. 26.

Saturday is Bag Day, when shoppers can fill a large grocery bag for just $10. The Friends provide the bags.

All proceeds from the Book Sale benefit the Athens-Clarke County Library.

For more information, call (706) 613-3650 or visit http://www.athenslibrary.org/athens and click on Friends of Athens-Clarke County Library.

The Athens-Clarke County Library is located at 2025 Baxter Street in Athens.

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I attended Tuesdays (August 8th) meeting of the Finance Audit Committee which met to discuss financing options for $20 million to rebuild the Menlo Park Library. The expected cost is $45 million, and John Arrillaga has generously offered to fund the balance after the City contributes $20 million.

When I first heard of this potential project to rebuild the library several alarms went off.

The Space Needs Study says, Because of time constraints, staff recommends that public input on the siting options be gathered through a design charrette process facilitated by staff and qualified consultants. However the report doesnt enumerate any time constraints, so whats the rush?

Duringthe initial public comments I addressed the panel on these topics:

A)There should be an accounting of projects that were accomplished through Measure T parcel tax. That there may be funds available in the third tranche of that parcel tax.

B)Menlo Park residents may have more pressing issues, like pension deficits, housing and traffic, and loads of construction already. I suggested that they punt this back to council to get a reality check.

C)I know a lot about libraries, and am a expert in library automation and cataloging; have designed, developed and marketed three library circulation, cataloging systems and full text indexing for NOAA, Tacoma Public Library, a third for a company for whom I was VP, and developed and licensed network software for library automation vendors. Two years ago I testified in a patent case on the nuances of Library of Congress cataloging details (i.e., the date when was a book publicly available).

D)From my experience in Internet trends, materials and queries, and public libraries that I visit, libraries are shrinking a victim of o- line technology cutting out the middle man. I cited recent visits to main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, which was bore little resemblance to its prior bustling stacks, but now had immigration services offices.

E)I failed to see any statistical data that the common metrics of a library operation and trends: circulation (borrowing) counts, turnstile counts, size of the collections, number of active patrons. No data was provided to show that growth on any of these trend indicators has grown to where a remodel is compelling.

Our library manager attended the meeting, and as the primary stakeholder, I expected a statement to the committee and public as an advocate the project. There was none. This is driven by other forces.

$45 million for a net 11,000 square feet is $4000 sq/ft?) Thats more than the cost of Athertons new civic campus. I read the use study of the Menlo Project, which suggests that this is more about public meeting spaces than libraries.

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MAIN BRANCH: 32 Essex St.

PHONE: 978-921-6062

ONLINE: beverlypubliclibrary.org

FARMS BRANCH: 24 Vine St., Beverly Farms

PHONE: 978-921-6066

Email: ingalls@noblenet.org

Summer and Holiday Hours

Summer weekend hours are in effect for the main and Beverly Farms branch libraries. The main library is closed on Sundays, and the Farms branch is closed on Saturdays until October.

The main library and the Farms branch will be closed for the Labor Day holiday onMonday, Sept. 4. The main library will also be closed onSaturday, Sept. 2.

Main branch events

Get you solar eclipse glasses

The main library Children's Room will have a limited supply of free eclipse viewing glasses available starting on Aug. 14. There is a limit of one pair per individual, or three per family, while supplies last. There will also be an information sheet about safe viewing of the Aug. 21 solar eclipse, which is a partial eclipse in New England. For more information, email mamorgan@noblenet.org.

Save the date --Mini Golf: A FUN-draiser

For two days in September, the Beverly Public Library will be transformed into an 18-hole miniature golf course. All proceeds will benefit the library's Teen Room renovation project.

- Adult Par-Tee (18-plus): Saturday, Sept. 23, from 7 to 9 p.m.Putt your way through the library after hours while enjoying music, refreshments and a cash bar (beer and wine). Cost to participate is $30 per person. Register online at http://www.beverlypubliclibrary.org/minigolf/.

- Fore! Families: Sunday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.A "hole" lot of fun for your mini-family members and folks of all ages Cost is $5 per person. Register online at http://www.beverlypubliclibrary.org/minigolf/.

Early registration is encouraged for both events - see more info on the library's online event page.

Ongoing

August Art

The August exhibit, which runs through Aug. 29, features Gyotaku (Japanese , from gyo fish + taku rubbing) prints by Beverly resident Peter Concannon. The artist is a launch operator at a local yacht club and a recreational lobsterman. He uses specimens he receives from yacht club members to create respectful portrayals of magnificent sea creatures. Concannon's work has won awards in regional juried shows, and has been featured in Artscope Magazine. The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular library hours, when library programs or community meetings are not in progress.

Monday Mornings Fall Series

The Monday Mornings Lecture Series' fall season begins Monday, Sept. 11. Programs run weekly from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. until mid-December (except on federal holidays and during the library's fall book sale). Light refreshments are available starting at 9 a.m. Programs are designed for senior adults, but all adults are welcome. The series is free; signup is not required. Keep a lookout for the fall schedule on the Monday Mornings web page, http://www.beverlypubliclibrary.org/monday-mornings/. For more information, contact flynn@noblenet.org.

Summer Sounds outdoor concert series:Enjoy Summer Sounds at the library each Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. on the Winter Street Plaza (rain location will be in the Sohier Room). Summer Sounds, the library's free outdoor summer concert series featuring local musicians,is sponsored by the Friends of the Beverly Public Library. The series is free and open to all. Concerts will run throughAug. 23.Learn more on the library's website.

Childrens Room

These events are held in the main library. For more information, contact Kate Carpine, childrens librarian, at carpine@noblenet.org or visit beverlypubliclibrary.org/kids.

A Little Night Music and Rhyme: Thursdays at 6:30, through Aug. 31.Join the library for musical rhythmic fun. For families and kids under 5 (or so). Signup is not required.

Teen happenings

Teen events are open to all teens entering grades 6-12. Events are held in the Sohier Room unless otherwise noted. For more information, contact Allison Babin at 978-921-6062 or visit beverlypubliclibrary.org/teens.

Anime Club: Tuesday, Aug. 15 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Eat snacks and have fun with other fans. Note: this event is not eligible for prizes.

Adult Book Discussion Groups

New members always welcome; no sign up needed. Copies of monthly book selections are available at the circulation desk, or they may be available in alternate formats. Search the catalog at beverlypubliclibrary.org or contact our reference staff at 978-921-6062 or bev@noblenet.org to find book-discussion books. The library is handicapped accessible. For more information, visit beverlypubliclibrary.org/book-groups.

LGBTQ Book Discussion Group: 7 to 8:30 p.m. every third Monday of the month. During holidays, the group meets on the fourth Monday of the month.

The group will meet on Monday, Aug. 21, to discuss "The Angel of History" by Rabih Alameddine.

Evening Book Discussion Group: 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. every third Tuesday of the month.

the group will meet on Tuesday, Aug. 15, to discuss "The Adventures of Augie March" by Saul Bellow.

Farms Branch Discussion Group: 7 to 8:30 p.m. every third Thursday of the month.

The group will meet on Thursday, Aug. 17, to discuss "The Summer Before the War" by Helen Simonson.

Farms branch events

August Art: Painter & Photographer Exhibit

Watercolors by former concert artist Phyllis Kaplan, and travel photography (United States, the Middle East and South America) by Bruce White, will be on display in a collaborative show through Aug. 29. The exhibit and reception are free and open to all.

Upcoming programs:

Summer Concert with Dara: Thursday, Aug. 17 at 6:30 p.m. Lively music and movement for ages 18 months to 5 years.

"By the Seashore": Monday, Aug. 14, at 11 a.m. Registration is required. Kids, ages 3 1/2 to 5 years, will learn about critters that live along the shore through games, crafts and food.

Solar Scientists: Wednesday, Aug. 16. at 11 a.m. Registration is required. For ages 6 - 11. Get ready for the total solar eclipse with crafts and super solar activities.

Call the Farms branch at 978-921-6066 to inquire about other upcoming events or program details, including additional programs that require registration.

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Residents of Pella now have free access to a wealth of new online resources thanks to new a partnership among the State Library of Iowa, the Iowa Academic Library Alliance, and Gale.

Pella Library Director Wendy Street says there are now new resources that cover car repair, health information, small business resources, K12 homework and assignment help, books and reading, gardening, history, and home improvementall online. Street says the information in the databases is often more reliable than a typical online search, and allows users to find more specific information.

To start using the new resources visit the library or go to the Pella Librarys website and click on Gale databases.

Highlights of the new resources include:

Chilton Library: An online library of step-by-step repair instructions, troubleshooting guide, and more supplemented with images, illustrations, videos, and animations for most cars, trucks, and SUVs on the road today.

Books & Authors: Attention book lovers, book clubs, and summer readers your next reading adventure awaits! Find book reviews, author biographies, and recommended reading suggestions for genres, topics, authors, and more.

Kids Infobits: A visually engaging resource with K6 students in mind, it includes a wealth of age-appropriate reference content, full-text magazines and newspapers, maps, charts, graphs, and more than 13,000 searchable images and on a wide range of subjects.

Research in Context: Developed specifically for the research needs of middle school students, Research in Context includes reference, periodical, and multimedia content encompassing the middle school curriculum.

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Several residents were present at the Mason County Public Library Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday, to voice concerns on the location of a new library building.

Discussion on the location of the library has been ongoing for more than a year, as board members are looking for an ideal location that would allow for further expansion and programming, if the library should want to do so in the future.

Several ideas have been discussed for the library, including trying to find locations downtown and along U.S. 62.

Maysville resident Sally Parker asked why board members had considered moving the building to U.S. 62 instead of remaining downtown.

According to Trustee Sally Teegarden, the current location of the building, which is on East Third Street, will allow for one more expansion, but nothing afterward.

"We could expand once more in this building," she said. "But, it would be a one-and-done expansion."

Teegarden said reasons for moving the building to a site along U.S. 62 were outlined in a paper provided to those attending the meeting. The reasons include increased traffic that would support increased library use, better visibility, library services would be more available to county residents and several conditions limit the amount and type of construction in the current location.

The current facility, built about 20 years ago, is faced with significant foundation problems and there are issues with the underlying soil. The foundation and soil problems first surfaced several years ago when the library added a children's section to the present building.

Maysville Young Professional Network President Ellen Cartmell said she was speaking not only on behalf of herself, but also the MYPN and others in the community.

"There are studies that show more millenials use libraries more than any other age group," she said. "Revilitilzation is also a focus of millenials, rather than new construction. There is also a petition being circulated that has almost 1,000 signatures from people who want the library to stay downtown."

Maysville resident Sarah Winter provided the online petition that garnered 970 signatures.

"It is clearly the will of the people for the library to stay downtown," she said.

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Cartmell also said that, though it isn't the concern of the library, if there were a community center located downtown, access to the library wouldn't be as big of a concern with the public.

Trustees said they are looking at all their options, including locations downtown and will continue the discussion at the September board meeting.

During the meeting, MCPL Director Valerie Zempter also offered a suggestion for the library to begin allowing children under 18 to rent movies.

"It's always been the policy to not allow those under 18 to rent movies because we were unable to screen the restricted material and prove their age. With that changing, I think it would be a good idea to allow those under 18 to rent movies," she said.

Zempter said the new policy will begin around Sept. 1.

Also during the meeting, trustees approved the tax rates for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. The tax rates are 6.7 cents per $100 of real property, 6.7 cents per $100 of personal property and 4 cents per $100 for watercraft/motor vehicles. The rates are the same as last year.

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