Norma Logan is the Literacy Coordinator at the Morrill Memorial Library. Read Norma Logan's column in the May 28, 2015 edition of the Norwood Transcript and Bulletin.
Most people think of volunteerism in conjunction with hospitals, the Red Cross, animal shelters, or overseas agencies. There are many more volunteer opportunities than these and varied reasons for people who seek them out. I am interested in volunteerism because I train and work with literacy volunteers in the Literacy Volunteer Program at the Norwood Library, and I, myself, was once a volunteer tutor.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Thursday, May 21, 2015
It's All in the News
Charlotte Canelli is the library director of the Morrill Memorial Library in Norwood, Massachusetts. Read Charlotte's column in the May 21, 2015 edition of the Norwood Transcript and Bulletin.
Most weekdays, I wake up to local, national and international news on the radio, specifically NPR. It doesn’t take long to get an assessment of the state of the world if it’s changed overnight. I don’t get a morning newspaper anymore. To be honest, I get most of my news from logging onto my tablet or phone. From there, social media, blogs, posts and alerts update me throughout the day. The occasional times I am unplugged or out of range, it only takes an instant to figure out the state of things when I tune back in.
Most weekdays, I wake up to local, national and international news on the radio, specifically NPR. It doesn’t take long to get an assessment of the state of the world if it’s changed overnight. I don’t get a morning newspaper anymore. To be honest, I get most of my news from logging onto my tablet or phone. From there, social media, blogs, posts and alerts update me throughout the day. The occasional times I am unplugged or out of range, it only takes an instant to figure out the state of things when I tune back in.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
You Are My Sunshine
Margot Sullivan is a part-time reader's advisory and reference librarian at the Morrill Memorial Library. Read her column as published in the May 14, 2015 edition of the Norwood Transcript and Bulletin.
My three and a third year old granddaughter is a joy. She has an infectious laugh but when she is telling a joke and thinks she is pretty funny – the laughter changes and her Dad says “oh boy here we go again”! There are not enough words to describe her – loving, independent, curious, stubborn, imaginative, bossy, caring, exuberant, fearless, and more. Never did I think how wonderful it would be to watch this child grow ever so quickly.
My three and a third year old granddaughter is a joy. She has an infectious laugh but when she is telling a joke and thinks she is pretty funny – the laughter changes and her Dad says “oh boy here we go again”! There are not enough words to describe her – loving, independent, curious, stubborn, imaginative, bossy, caring, exuberant, fearless, and more. Never did I think how wonderful it would be to watch this child grow ever so quickly.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
The Library Needs YOU!
Charlotte Canelli is the library director of the Morrill Memorial Library in Norwood, Massachusetts. Read Charlotte's column in the May 7, 2015 edition of the Norwood Transcript and Bulletin.
How are we doing? What could we do better? Those are the simple questions that the Morrill Memorial Library needs answers to and there are several ways you can let us know. A quick and painless method is by completing the online survey. It's available on our website at this easy URL: www.norwoodlibrary.org/survey. (You'll also be receiving this link to the survey in your Norwood Light bill this month.) Another way is to fill out a paper survey that is available at the library and several other places in Norwood. This month, we hope to get answers from over a thousand library users.
How are we doing? What could we do better? Those are the simple questions that the Morrill Memorial Library needs answers to and there are several ways you can let us know. A quick and painless method is by completing the online survey. It's available on our website at this easy URL: www.norwoodlibrary.org/survey. (You'll also be receiving this link to the survey in your Norwood Light bill this month.) Another way is to fill out a paper survey that is available at the library and several other places in Norwood. This month, we hope to get answers from over a thousand library users.
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