From Montpelier to Vergennes, libraries across Vermont have had to improvise and adapt to continue their work in a worldwide health emergency.
How libraries across Vermont are continuing to serve people despite a pandemic
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Libraries across Vermont to expand online services, arrange curb pickup
Librarians are making arrangements to still make books and other materials available during the coronavirus pandemic.
Burlington mayor declares city emergency
Access to non-essential services, including the library, arts center and parks, will be restricted starting Wednesday.
Fletcher Free Library to open on Thanksgiving, Christmas
This will be the second year in a row the public library will be open for the two holidays.
Appointments to the Fletcher Free Library Commission
News Release — Fletcher Free Library September 11, 2019 Contact: Mary Danko, Director 802-865-7214 [email protected] Burlington, VT — The Fletcher Free Library has appointed Mona Tolba, Malimu Chol Dhoor and Hemant T. Ghising to the Library Commission. The Library Commission has a total of ten members, including four library commissioners, four trustees, one staff commissioner […]
Author of ‘Benefits of Being an Octopus’ to speak at Fletcher Free Library
News Release — Fletcher Free Library September 17, 2019 Contact: Rebecca Goldberg, Head Youth Services Librarian 802-540-2551 Burlington, VT–AUTHOR VISIT & BOOK TALK — Ann Braden, acclaimed author of The Benefits of Being an Octopus, will speak in the Main Reading Room of the Fletcher Free Library on Monday, September 23, at 6 pm. This […]
Fletcher Free Library to host computer workshop for job-seekers
News Release — Fletcher Free Library Aug. 7, 2019 Contact: Mary Danko, 802-540-7214 Fletcher Free Library Hosts Free Computer Workshops for Jobseekers Burlington, VT–The Fletcher Free Library in Burlington, Vermont will host three upcoming classes to help participants land a new job. The new computer classes are offered free to the public and are sponsored […]
Fletcher Free Library pilots community service desk
News Release — Fletcher Free Library July 9, 2019 Contact: Gale Batsimm 802.540-0023 office The Fletcher Free Library is pleased to pilot the Community Partners Desk. Attached please find a press release and a photo of Josh Headrick, Access and Intake Navigator for the Howard Center, staffing the Library’s Community Service Desk on Tuesdays from […]
Fletcher Free Library to kick off Summer Challenge Program
News Release — Fletcher Free Library May 23, 2019 Contact: Mary Danko 802-540-7214 Rare Moon Rocks to Appear at Library Burlington, VT — The Fletcher Free Library will kick off its Summer Challenge Program, “A Universe of Stories”, with a Blast Off Party for all ages on Sunday, June 2, from 2 to 4 p.m. […]
Fletcher Free Library to host jazz brunch benefit
News Release — Fletcher Free Library March 6, 2019 Contact: Gale Batsimm 802-540-0023 [email protected] JAZZ BRUNCH BENEFIT AT LIBRARY Burlington, VT—Celebrate Women’s History Month at the Fletcher Free Library! Join the Friends of the Fletcher Free Library for its Second Annual Jazz Brunch Benefit on Sunday, March 31, from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm, in […]
Fletcher Free Library announces Bring Back Days
News Release — Fletcher Free Library October 11, 2018 Contact: Emer Feeney 802.863.3403 [email protected] Fletcher Free Library announces Bring Back Days Overdue library books weighing you down? The Fletcher Free Library announces Bring Back Days October 15th through October 29th. Bring back any library materials during this time and you will not be charged any […]
Fletcher Free Library to host 2018 National Student Poets Appointment Ceremony
News Release — Fletcher Free Library 27 August 2018 Contact: Abby Wanserski Tween/Teen Librarian 802.540.2546 Burlington, VT – Alexandra Contreras-Montesano, senior at Burlington High School, is one of five student poets nationwide who will be appointed National Student Poets in a ceremony and poetry reading at the Library of Congress. This event will be streamed […]
Fletcher Free Library hosts ‘Women Speak Resistance’ art show in March
News Release — Sarah Rosedahl March 1, 2018 Contact: Sarah Rosedahl 408-234-0037 [email protected] Fletcher Free Library Burlington, Vermont March 1 through March 30, 2018 Reception and Demos March 3, 1PM to 6PM Meta Strick, mixed media artist; India Tresselt, fiber artist; and Sarah Rosedahl, painter, illustrator and cartoonist, present their Resistance Art, art created in […]
Steve May: Symbols matter
An image can say in an instant what hundreds of words can’t.