Veterans Day Tribute Online

Welcome to Wood Library's special Web Event -- Veterans Day Tribute Online. Hi, I'm Barbara Henry, Adult Services Librarian. Thank you for dropping by to honor and remember our veterans. Please. take the time to say "thank you" to a veteran this month. If you are a veteran, thank you for your service.

We are pleased to present two films online that you can watch anytime and anywhere you want during the month. The Vietnam Mailbag video was recorded at Wood Library on October 14, 2009. The Medal of Honor documentary is provided by PBS and Hulu.com. We live in a marvelous age of technology that allows us to share these films with you in your home.

After you watch the films, you may share your thoughts with others by clicking "the comments" link at the bottom of this post. Did you like the program? Take the poll in the upper right corner.

Author Nancy E. Lynch Talks about her book Vietnam Mailbag: Voices from the War, 1968-1972. (Wood Library Video|2009|45:54)



Medal of Honor (PBS Specials|2008|1:25:50)
The story of the Medal of Honor - the highest U.S. award for valor in combat - is told through personal accounts of bravery and daring.

Online Videos for Organizations

Videos are everywhere on the web. Many people upload and watch videos on YouTube. It's a way for organizations to reach out to their communities. For example, Wood Library has several easy to use Flip video camcorders and a YouTube Channel. We've been using videos to show our community what we are doing.

Is your organization using video? Would you like to? Adult Services Librarian, Barbara Henry, recommends this video series to get you started.

This 7-part introduction from See3Communications is designed to get you thinking about online video, and to get you started on the path toward using it more to accomplish your organization's goals.

Take a look at the first video in the series. For the entire seven episodes go to Online Video Guide.

1. The World We Live In from See3 Communications on Vimeo.

The Place to Be

Here is the Matt Lauer piece everyone in Library Land is buzzing about. Library use is up during bad economic times, but financial support for libraries is in trouble. Watch it.

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Job Club Videos: Resume Summary

Job Club Videos continues with the 10-week series on Resumes. This week Brian Krueger provides tips for creating the summary section of your resume. This is where you get to tell what makes you unique in just a few memorable bullet points.

Episode 5: Your Resume Summary Section
CollegeGrad.com|The Job Search Minute|Brian Krueger|:59

Early American Music on May 12

Linda Russell, balladeer, will be performing at Wood Library on Tuesday, May 12 at 7pm. She will bring 18th century America alive by using early American instruments and songs from the colonial and revolutionary periods. The event is cosponsored by Wood Library and the Ontario County Hisorical Society with funding from the New York Council on the Humanities. If you would like more details call the library at 585-394-1381.

Adult Services Librarian Barbara Henry recently visited the Ontario County Historical Society and Museum to take a look at some of the early American musical instruments they have on display in the exhibit "In Tune: Musical Instruments from the Collection." If you would like to view the exhibit, call OCHS at 585-394-4975.

Did you get the call? Basket Raffle Ends

Here's some raw footage from last night's Friends of Wood Library Basket Raffle finale--Stuff the Boxes Party. Winners were drawn and calls were made to winners for pickup on Saturday, May 25. Thank you to all who donated baskets and purchased tickets. Congratulations to the winners. Thank you to the Friends of Wood Library. What a marvelous support group they are, helping to make Wood Library a great library. Click here for more info about the Friends group.

Local Writer Discusses Book

Check out this new Wood Library YouTube video. Linda M. Holbrook, former Canandaigua resident, talks about her first novel, "You Wanna Go to Willard?-- a young girl's coming-of-age story set in the rural Finger Lakes. Laura's struggles and triumphs provide a message of inspiration for us all. Linda will be returning to Canandaigua to present a book talk and signing on April 29 at 7pm. Wood Library is a proud supporter of local writers. The Wood Library YouTube Channel features Read Locally -- video talks with five local authors including Kevin Andrew Cotter, Mason Winfield, Aaron Lazar, Writers for Literacy and Linda Holbrook. Click here to go there. Authors books are available for purchase at the Wood Library aStore, our special Amazon store that promotes books and DVDs featured at library programs.

Free Weekend Movie - We Are Wizards

The Free Weekend Movie recommendation is We Are Wizards, a feature length "indie" documentary by Josh Koury exploring the world-wide phenomenon of Harry Potter mania and the creative aftermath that follows in its wake. The film features Wizard Rock bands Harry and the Potters, Draco and the Malfoys, The Hungarian Horntails, and The Whomping Willows. Film.com named We Are Wizards as number 3 on a list of 10 top films of 2008. Read a review at Film.com. By the way, Harry and the Potters got their start performing in public libraries in and around Boston, Massachusetts. Start watching the movie below or go to Hulu.com to watch it. Parent Alert: Excessive use of the "f-word" during intercut parts of the film. Other general, minor swearing. Tech Note: you need a high speed broadband DSL or cable interent connection.

Writers for Literacy Book Launch

On Tuesday March 31, 2009 at 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM Writers for Literacy, a volunteer project at Wood Library, will celebrate the publication of Story Pot Luck, an anthology of sixteen stories written by local authors for adult literacy learners. The group hopes that the high interest, low vocabulary stories will encourage new adult readers to read for pleasure. The book launch event is open to the public as well as by invitation. Refreshments will be served. Drop by and meet the authors.

Members of Writers for Literacy are: Carmella Battaglia, Mazy Carson, Carol Creswell, Steve Donner, Karen Mount, Annette Mrozak, Jean Trost and Jewel Wink. The audio CD version is read by Michelle Caward and Kathy Morris. Steve Donner illustrated the book with cartoon style full color drawings. The anthology was funded by contributions from Wood Library Café, Bloomfield Rotary, and several anonymous donations.

Complimentary copies of the book and audio CD will be placed at Literacy Volunteer sites in Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming and Livingston counties and in eight libraries in the Pioneer Library System that provide literacy services, materials, and tutoring rooms. Libraries receiving copies are: Bloomfield (compliments of Bloomfield Rotary), Geneva, Macedon, Pioneer Library System Headquarters, Wadsworth, Warsaw, Williamson, and Wood Library. Story Pot Luck will be available to readers and tutors at other libraries by interlibrary loan. Copies of the book will be presented at book launch party.

Writers for Literacy members were recently interviewed for Read Locally, a local writers series on Wood Library's YouTube channel. You can watch it here or go to the Wood Library YouTube site.

Local Authors at Books Sandwiched In

Books Sandwiched In is held eight Mondays from Noon to 1:00 PM during February and March. Last fall we interviewed two of the BSI presenters for Read Locally, our online local author video series. Here are the videos again. Take a look, read their books and attend for live author talk. You can borrow their books at Wood Library.

February 9: Kevin Cotter discusses his book, The Lurking Devil of Murder.



March 2: Aaron Lazar talks about his LeGarde mystery series.

Watch Live History at the Library

On Tuesday, January 20 Wood Library will provide live Inauguration Day coverage for public viewing from 10am to 4pm in the 2nd floor Community Room. Watch a live Internet stream on the big screen from several sites including CNNonline and Hulu. You are welcome to bring friends, associates and lunch. Coffee will be provided. Swearing in ceremony and inaugural address starts at 12 Noon with parade following at approximately 2:30.

Libraries Provide Relief

Libraries are very popular during these economic hard times--we are a free source for borrowing books, DVDs, and magazines, plus information and programs. But the economic downturn is also costing libraries in lost funding. Watch a recent news report from MSNBC.

Free Movies for the Holidays

Get free movies from the Hulu Holiday Movie Widget in the left hand menu. Recent feature is Jack London's "Call of the Wild" starring Charleton Heston. The classic book of the same title will be the Canandaigua Big Read in February 2009. Hulu movies may be watched on your computer or laptop. You can also connect your laptop to a large flat screen TV using HDMI cables and ports.

Hulu.com offers a selection of feature films from major studios and TV series reruns. Just register and read the privacy policy. Besides high speed Internet you will need Flash 9 to enjoy the films. Hulu is free and legal through an advertising supported model--there will be brief sponsor interruptions. PCWorld named Hulu the No. 1 Product for 2008.

Adult Services Librarian Barbara Henry recommends this Hulu feature film: "The Madness of King George" starring Nigel Hawthorne as King George III and Helen Mirren as Queen Charlotte. It's the late 18th century... England's King George III suddenly takes ill, and shows signs of mental instability -- opening the door to court intrigue, and the usurping of the throne by his worthless son, the Prince of Wales. MGM|1994|1:50:25|PG-13.

Ghost Author Visits "Read Locally"

Ghosts and the supernatural are popular topics for books, TV shows and movies. Mason Winfield, "the supernatural historian of western New York", says that ghost stories happen wherever people live--and that's right here in our own backyard. Barbara Henry, Adult Services Librarian and host of Wood Library's series Read Locally, recently talked with Winfield about his newest book Haunted Rochester: The Supernatural History of the Lower Genesee. Watch the video below. Want to read the book? Click here to go to Haunted Rochester in the OWWL catalog and place a hold. By the way, you can see a list of contents in the details. If you missed earlier espisodes of Read Locally, watch them on the Wood Library YouTube Channel.

Read Locally with Aaron Paul Lazar

"Read Locally" is back for October. The monthly series features local authors talking about their books. Here is the second episode with Aaron Paul Lazar and his Gus LeGarde Mystery Series and the latest installment Tremolo: Cry of the Loon.

Watch for future episodes--October 31: Mason Winfield and his new book Haunted Rochester and December 1: Julie Cummins and her children's book Women Daredevils. Wood Library videos are posted on the Wood Library YouTube Channel.

Michael Moore Film Free Download

Michael Moore's new film "Slacker Uprising" from Brave New Films will not be coming to a theater near you. Instead, it is premiering online at BlipTV. This will be the first major feature-length film by a noted director to debut for free via the internet. You will be able to download the entire movie for free on September 23rd if you sign up at SlackerUprising.com. You will be notified by email when the download is available. If you prefer DVD, Wood Library will have the DVD available for borrowing sometime after September 23. "Slacker Uprising" traces Michael Moore’s 62-city tour of the swing states during the 2004 Presidential election to convince millions of non-voters under the age of 30 to give voting a chance. See the trailer at SlackerUprising.com. Other films and books by Moore are available in the OWWL catalog.

Read Locally Author Series Begins

Wood Library has launched a new video series called "Read Locally" featuring local authors talking about their books. Here is the first episode with Kevin Andrew Cotter on his new local history The Lurking Devil of Murder. Library videos are posted on the Wood Library YouTube Channel.

Video Snapshot - Wood Walkers

This week's Video Snapshot spotlights the Wood Walkers, a fitness-social group sponsored by Wood Library. The group meets on Mondays at 9 AM in the library parking lot and decides where to walk. After the walk, they go to a local cafe for refreshment or sometimes back to the library for a program. No registration is needed--just drop by and join in. Recently, we picked up the Wood Walkers' trail down at Kershaw Park along the lake shore. Here's some video scenes.

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Computer Students Graduate

Congratulations to the sixteen students who completed the Never-Too-Late computer course at Wood Library. Some of the students are shown at the left with their instructor Louise Smith. Students graduated on June 17th and June 19th. The very popular six-week course is held each spring and fall, and is sponsored by Wood Library and the Ontario County Office for the Aging with funding from the New York State Office for the Aging. The course covers how to use the mouse and keyboard all the way up to searching for information on the Internet and doing email. The class is designed to build on the skills learned the previous week. Adult Services Librarian Barbara Henry says the whole idea of the course is to help seniors feel comfortable and confident on the computer and to give them skills they can keep on using long after the course is finished. The graduates are: Richard Appel, Norma Bay, Walter Fahnestock, Carol Gruschow, Aileen Pellow, Skippy Raines, Charlene Searles, Shirley Stephens, Carolyn Ticknor, Ronald Ticknor, Marcia Tillson, Hiram Tindall, Dee Wallace, Wally Wallace, Lucy Windsor, and Robert Windsor. Helen Sherman, Director of the Ontario County Office for the Aging, congratulated the graduates in a pre-taped video message. Watch it here.