Category: Library News

“Les Miserables:  The Nuclear Bombs Remaining in the Back Yard,” a presentation by John Isaacs, Executive Director of the Council for a Livable World, co-sponsored by the Vermont Council on World Affairs and the Pierson Library.  If you are concerned about the nuclear threat posed by Korea and potentially by Iran, come to this presentation… Read More

Learn a new language this summer! Did you know that you can learn a new language – or refresh your memory about one you used to be able to speak – from the comfort of your own home by simply going to the Pierson Library website, www.PiersonLibrary.org? Look at the menu options on the right… Read More

 eReading Made Easy: It’s not too late to join a workshop on Thursday night, May 2 at 6:30 pm to learn how to download eMaterials of all types: eBooks, eAudiobooks, and videos available for free. Learn how to use Listen Up! Vermont, Freading, and IndieFlix. The program is free. Bring your own iPad, Nook, Kindle,… Read More

The Library has several special events coming up for your enjoyment as we all wait for Spring to finally arrive in Shelburne! First, come hear Allan Strong, an Associate Professor in the Rubenstein School of Natural Resources at UVM talk about “Not Quite Endangered: Species of Special Concern in Vermont.”  He will focus on four… Read More

A  good read recommended and reviewed by Gene Schinto: “Glass Boys” by Nicole Lundrigan “Glass Boys” is a vivid, often astonishing, saga about life in rural Newfoundland. Nicole Lundrigan’s style is all her own. For one thing, the reader is often meant to discover events after the fact rather than being directly informed as they… Read More

National Library Week:  April 14-20: Celebrate National Library Week in one – or more – of the following ways: (1) Go to the Pierson Library page on Facebook and “like” us.  As one of our friends, you will receive announcements of upcoming events so that you are always in the know; (2) Help the library… Read More

Join the Daytime Book Club at Pierson Library: Eight patrons of the library form the core group of the Daytime Book Club which meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the Month at 10:30 am. You are cordially invited to join them!  The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 17 at 10:30 am to… Read More

Tuesday Afternoon Storytime: Join local teen Sebastian Lissarraque for Tuesday afternoon story time at 3:30 pm weekly. Come hear some favorite stories read aloud, hand-picked by a storyteller who grew up reading them in this very library! No need to register for this free program. eMaterials Workshop: Call the library at 985-5124 to reserve a… Read More

Life in Armenia: Building upon the interest in Armenia generated by Vermont-based author Chris Bohjalian’s recent presentation and by his book The Sandcastle Girls, the Pierson Library is sponsoring a special event on Life in Armenia on Saturday, March 23 at 1 pm in the Town Hall. Philip Hagopian, an American of Armenian descent, and… Read More

Daytime Book Club formed:  A core group of five Pierson patrons met recently to organize a daytime Book Club. You are cordially invited to join! The Club will meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month in the Pierson Library Conference Room. The Library will provide beverages free of charge. The first official meeting will… Read More