Winter break hours

Meet the Author!

Meet author Cornelia Read on Thursday, January 6th at 11 -- she's coming to talk with the library's book discussion group.

We'll be talking about her second book, The Crazy School, as well as about writing in general.

Copies of the book (including audio books) are available in the library. Bring your lunch!

Finals Week

For that last-minute cramming, the WMCC Fortier Library will be open until 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, December 6-9.

Good luck!

Thanksgiving Holiday

For the Thanksgiving holiday, White Mountains Community College and the Fortier Library will be closed on Thursday through Sunday (November 25-28).

If you're in need of creative recipes, we have a variety of cookbooks and magazines to offer you inspiration!

The Help

Set in the years of the American civil rights movement, the lives of three women, of very different backgrounds, come together and risk everything.

Join the WMCC lunchtime book discussion group as we meet to compare notes on Kathryn Stockett's The Help.

The group will meet on Thursday, December 2, at lunchtime. Copies of the book and audio are available in the library.

Sanibel Flats

Island life with great neighbors, food, and beer was too good to be true for Doc Ford. Just as he got comfortable, his past found him.

Another modern "hardboiled detective" mystery, Sanibel Flats is the last in our Tough Guys series. Please join us at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at the White Mountains Community College Fortier Library for a discussion led by local author, Craig Doherty. The series is funded in part by the New Hampshire Humanities Council. Copies of the book are available at the White Mountains Community College Fortier Library and the Berlin Public Library.

Kill a what?

Thanks to a generous donation from the NHSaves and the New Hampshire State Library, patrons of the WMCC Fortier Library can borrow a Kill A Watt Energy Detector.

Simply plug the device into an outlet, and plug the appliance into the detector for one hour. This little device shows how much energy an appliance uses, even when not in use (the clock on a DVD player, for instance).

Ask a member of the library staff if you can check out the Kill A Watt Energy Detector and Cut the Carbon in your home.

For other energy savings ideas, visit nhsaves.com.

The Godwulf Manuscript

Meet Spenser, a Boston private detective. In Robert B. Parker's novel, The Godwulf Manuscript, Spenser is hired to track down a stolen manuscript, hopefully without getting himself killed in the process.

This title is the first in the Spenser series, which was the basis for the popular TV series, Spenser For Hire.

Please join us for the third in our Tough Guys series on Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at 7 p.m. at the White Mountains Community College Fortier Library with Dartmouth scholar Suzanne Brown leading the discussion. The series is funded in part by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

Copies of the books are available at the WMCC Fortier Library and the Berlin Public Library.

Welcome back!

Welcome to the new academic year at White Mountains Community College!

What's new?

Thanks to the Student Senate, we now have three shiny new computers with Windows 7. They've got Microsoft Office 2007, Open Office 3.2, dvd/cd readers/burners, as well as some specialty software, and are very fast! Look for the lilac desktop images for these new additions.

Our Friday hours have expanded! We are opening at 7 a.m. on Fridays now (and are still staying open until 7 p.m).

EBSCOhost has changed its look, just a bit. If you want help with this fantastic database, please see a member of the library staff.

Don't be strangers -- please ask for assistance any time--in person, via email (berlinlibrary@ccsnh.edu) or by phone: 603-752-1113 x 3087.

The Guernsey Literary what?

"Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters, this novel is a celebration of the written word in all its guises, and of finding connection in the most surprising ways."

from BookBrowse

Copies of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows, are available in the library. The WMCC lunchtime discussion group will meet to discuss this popular book on Thursday, September 23, around noon. Bring your lunch!

The Deep Blue Goodbye

The Deep Blue Goodbye is the first in author John D. Macdonald's series of mysteries with "beach bum" hero Travis McGee at the helm of his boat based in Ft. Lauderdale.

The second session in the Tough Guys evening book discussion series will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday September 15, 2010 led by Dartmouth scholar, Suzanne Brown, at the White Mountains Community College Fortier Library. The series is funded in part by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

Copies of the book are available at the Fortier Library and at the Berlin Public Library.

Just like magic!

Go back to the beginning, when a boy named Harry learned that he was a wizard and had a very special destiny.

Spend your lunch time in the library on Tuesday, August 17,
discussing the first book in the Harry Potter series: the Sorcerer's Stone. Copies of the book are available in the library.

Take a hike!

To better enjoy the flora and fauna that surrounds the White Mountains, you might want to check out some of the Fortier Library's sections on hiking, geology, bird watching, tree and plant identification, and other books on native biology.

Ask a member of the library staff for assistance.

The Maltese Falcon

The first title in our Fall 2010 Tough Guys evening book discussion series is Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon.

In The Maltese Falcon, we are introduced to tough guy and private eye Sam Spade, and the classic storyline is born: intriguing beauty walks into a detective's office, and murder, mystery, and mayhem follow.

The discussion will be on Wednesday, August 18, at 7 p.m. led by local author, Craig Doherty. The series is funded in part by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

Copies of the book are available at the WMCC Fortier Library and the Berlin Public Library.

Discover the past

The area surrounding White Mountains Community College is rich in local history.

A few of the books available for checkout:

Berlin by Renney E. Morneau
A History of Coos County compiled by Georgia Merrill
The Berlin dictionary ed. and illustrated by Rachelle Beaudoin

Once upon a Berlin time researched and compiled by Paul "Poof" Tardiff ; compiled by Shawn Murphy

Traditions and recollections of Berlin by Bailey K. David ; with a foreword by Faye Memolo

Visual media:

At the river's edge : an oral history of Berlin, New Hampshire (2010)
The trees still grow: a history of Berlin, NH. (1994)

If the search for the past brings you to the present, we have books and maps of trails for hiking and exploring. If you're into our natural splendor, we have maps for geology buffs, books for tree huggers, and information on the local fur, feather, and fin populations too.

Tough Guys and Good Books

Join us as we take a look at the whys and wherefores of the "hardboiled detective" genre.

All discussions will be at the White Mountains Community College Fortier Library. Admission is free. Light refreshments will be served.

Read a Good Movie

Can't wait to watch the upcoming summer blockbusters? The Fortier Library has some of them in book form:



And if you'd like to watch and read (or in some cases, listen to) some old favorites and compare them to the film adaptation, we've got them too. Here are a few:

Life of Pi

Don't miss the last evening book discussion for the Spring 2010 series! Frumie Selchen will lead the discussion of Life of Pi by Yann Martel, on June 16, at 7 p.m. in the WMCC Library. Light refreshments will be served.

The bear facts

On Friday, May 14, White Mountains Community College was proud to host noted wildlife biologist Ben Kilham as our 2010 commencement keynote speaker.

Mr. Kilham has worked with wild NH black bears for 14 years and has overcome a major learning disability to become a man of many talents, including gunsmithing, maple syrup production, and wildlife rehabilitation.

To learn more about Mr. Kilham's work with bears, check out the book Among the Bears and the dvds Bear Man and Papa Bear from the Fortier Library.

Summer Hours

Great web resources are just a click away

Check out the library's updated Web Resources page at:

www.wmcc.edu/services/lib/webresources.html

This page lists recommended websites, including Dictionaries, Directories, Electronic Books, Encyclopedias, Health/Medical Information, Other Libraries, Newspapers and News Sources, Search Engines, Using Sources, and Videos.

Late hours for Finals Week

Back by popular demand!

During finals week(April 26-28), the library will be open until 10 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for your studying pleasure.

Lark and Termite

For our next lunchtime book discussion, we will be reading a work by Appalachian writer, Jayne Anne Phillips. Here's a description from readinggroupguides.com:

"Lark and Termite is set during the 1950s in West Virginia and Korea. It is a story of the power of loss and love, the echoing ramifications of war, family secrets, dreams and ghosts, and the unseen, almost magical bonds that unite and sustain us."

Join us on May 13th around noon. Bring your lunch!

Copies of the book, including audios, are available in the library.

Bell, Book and Candle

This play by John Van Druten which was adapted to become a movie features "a modern-day witch [who] likes her neighbor but despises his fiancee, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real" (IMDb.com).

The book discussion will be on Wednesday, April 7th around noon in the WMCC Library Study Room 1. Please join us!

Spring Break!

Run with it!

Awakening the armchair athlete in us all, Born to Run: a Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen , takes us around the world in search of people passionate about running. Author Christopher McDougall's search for answers leads to some amazing discoveries about human strength.

The book discussion will be on Wednesday, March 10th around noon in the WMCC Library Study Room 1. Please join us!

February is Black History Month

In celebration of Black History Month, White Mountains Community College is proud to host master storyteller Abigail Ifatola Jefferson and drummer Abdul Mateen on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010, at noon, in the WMCC Bistro.

Through story, song, and rhythm, join this duo to celebrate African heritage and culture in an entertaining and informative program.

New photo exhibit on display

When you have a minute, stop by the WMCC library to see some great photographs.

Phil Slocum's Fall Semester Photography class did an amazing job taking photographs of animals, nature, architecture, and people and the results of their hard work are hung in the WMCC library for the next month for your enjoyment. The exhibit is sponsored by the Student Senate.

Here are a few of the photographs:

Against All Odds

This spring, WMCC Fortier Library and Berlin Public Library are hosting a four part book discussion series entitled
Against All Odds: Survival of the Human Spirit:



Each session will take place on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Copies of the books will be available before each discussion.