Winter Break Schedule

Library hours interruption

The Hungry Ocean

For our next lunchtime meeting on Thursday, Jan. 17th at noon in the WMCC Library, the book group will discuss Linda Greenlaw's The Hungry Ocean.

"...Greenlaw tells her own riveting story of a thirty-day swordfishing voyage aboard one of the best-outfitted boats on the East Coast, complete with danger, humor, and characters so colorful they seem to have been ripped from the pages of Moby Dick." 
             From the author's website

Copies of the book in print and on audio are available in the library.  Bring a lunch and join us on January 17th at noon in the library. 

Date change

Please note the discussion for The Perfect Husband has been changed to Thursday, November 29th.

Copies of the book are available in the library.

Highlighting: Culinary and Baking Programs

Holidays and the arrival of colder temperatures are the perfect time to start cooking and baking.  That's why Culinary Arts and Baking and Pastry Arts are the programs that the WMCC library is highlighting this November and December.

The New Hampshire Culinary Institute is the oldest culinary arts program in the state and offers degree programs in Culinary Arts and Baking and Pastry Arts and a certificate in Food Service Production.  Contact the College Admissions Office for more information.

The Fortier Library has a wide variety of books on baking, pastries, wines, napkin folding, and just about every kind of cooking you can imagine to help you prepare a stellar dinner.

Giving Thanks

A Marriage Not Quite Made in Heaven

 New Hampshire author, Lisa Gardner's first suspense novel,
The Perfect Husband has been called:

"A dark, powerful tale of nerve-shattering suspense.” – Tami Hoag

“An unforgettably evil villain and a throat-gripping climax make THE PERFECT HUSBAND a real page-turner!” – Tess Gerritsen
 
Join the lunchtime discussion group on Thursday, November 29th, around noon, in room 122 to discuss this page-turning thriller.  Bring your lunch!  Copies of the book and audio are available in the WMCC library.

Domesticity

Historic New England's Jennifer Pustz will discuss the history of domestic servants in New England on
Wednesday, November 28 at 7 p.m. at White Mountains Community College Fortier Library. This event is open to the public and refreshments will be served.


This event is funded, in part, by the NH Humanities Council.

Closing for Hurricane Sandy

Due to Hurricane Sandy, Governor Lynch has issued a state of emergency in New Hampshire. 

As a result, White Mountains Community College and the Fortier Library will close at 3 p.m. on Monday, October 29th and will reopen on Wednesday, October 31. at 7 a.m. 

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit

The Smithsonian Institution's traveling exhibit, The Way We Worked will be on display in the White Mountains Community College Fortier Library from October 27th through  December 7th.  Featuring photos and artifacts from 1857-1987, the exhibit chronicles the jobs and the people that built 19th century America.

Closed for Veteran's Day

Working in the North Country

 
November 14:  WMCC Fortier Library and Berlin Public Library will co-sponsor a panel discussion on how we worked in the North Country on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 7 p.m. in the WMCC Bistro. Craig Doherty will moderate the panel with Bill Thomas talking about working in the woods, Linda Upham-Bornstein on the history of women working in Berlin, Jim Wagner on working at the mill, and Barry Kelly on being an entrepreneur in Berlin.

This event is funded, in part, by the NH Humanities Council. It is open to the public free of charge and refreshments will be served.

Nickel and Dimed Again

The lunchtime book discussion group is taking a page from the evening discussion group, and will be discussing Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenrich on Thursday, October 25th at noon in Room 122.

Nickel and Dimed is about the author's project to see how low-wage Americans, the "working poor," survive, and hopefully, make a better life.

Copies of the book and audio cds are available in the library.  Bring your lunch!

Highlighting Early Childhood Education

 During the month of October, the Fortier Library's Program of the Month is: Early Childhood Education.

Degrees and certificates are available from WMCC for this essential field.  Here's a brief description from the Early Childhood Education catalog program description: 
"The field of early childhood education is growing and changing rapidly, and we are responding to the educational and programmatic needs of New Hampshire's youngest citizens. With the increasing demand for family child care providers, lead teachers in preschools, educational assistants in classrooms, early intervention specialists and directors of child care centers, there has never been a greater need for well-qualified early childhood professionals. 

Our early childhood programs provide many avenues for growth, challenge and foster a joy for learning. The curriculum is performance-based. Students build a teaching and learning portfolio based on standards set by the National Association for the Education of Young Children and NH ECE Professional Development System. Students have the opportunity to gain a wide range of experiences, such as student teaching in our on-campus, nationally-accredited childcare center or interning in our on-site Child Care Resource and Referral agency."

For over 20 years Professor Pat Finnigan Allen has been guiding the program at WMCC and brings a wealth of experience to the curriculum.  She can be reached by email at pfinnigan@ccsnh.edu, and by phone at 752-1113 x 3016, or contact the College Admissions Office for more information.

In the Fortier Library, you can find materials on all facets of childhood education.  Parents, teachers, and daycare providers are welcome to stop by and browse our materials, or to find something specific.

New Library Hours

Fall 2012 Library Hours

Take a Hike in the Whites

On Thursday, September 27 at noon in Room 122 the WMCC Lunchtime Book Discussion group will be taking a “hike” through the book Following Atticus by Jackson N.H. author  

Tom Ryan. 


Copies of the book are available in the library.

Join the group on September 27th at noon in Room 122. Bring your lunch!  

Nickel and Dimed

On Wednesday, September 26, at 7 p.m., at WMCC Fortier Library the Berlin Public Library and WMCC Fortier Library  will cosponsor a book discussion led by scholar Craig Doherty who will explore life in a rough economy with a discussion of Barbara Ehrenrich's Nickel and Dimed.

This event is funded, in part, by the NH Humanities Council. It is open to the public free of charge and refreshments will be served.

Check out: Information Technology

For the month of September, the Fortier Library is highlighting the Information Technology program at White Mountains Community College.

About the IT program from the College's homepage:  "Computer equipment is essential to the success of business and industry. Personal computers facilitate communications, information processing and the recording of business transactions. Keeping these increasingly sophisticated systems working properly is the responsibility of computer technicians and computer support specialists". For more information see their page, http://www.wmcc.edu/courses/cethome.html.

The Library is keeping up with this constantly-changing field with new books on programming, networking, software, etc.  Here are a few new titles:

Title	Author	Library call number
CCNA ICND2 640-816 official cert guide	Odom, Wendell	QA 76.3 .O3618 2012
Working with Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint	Svenson, Mikael	QA 76.625 .S84 2012
Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2010	Petroutsos, Evangelos	QA 76.73 .B3 P487 2010
Building mobile applications with Java	Marinacci, Joshua	QA 76.73 .J38 .M3484 2012
JavaScript	Flanagan, David	QA 76.73 .J39 F53 2011
JavaScript Web applications	MacCaw, Alex	QA 76.73 .J39 M34 2011
PHP & MySQL	Yank, Kevin	QA 76.73 .P224 Y365 2012
Applied Microsoft SQL server 2012 analysis services	Lachev, Teo	QA 76.73 .S67 L32 2012
Android cookbook	Darwin, Ian F.	QA 76.76 .A65 D295 2012
Beginning Microsoft SQL server 2012 programming	Atkinson, Paul	QA 76.9 .D3 A892 2012
Professional Microsoft SQL server 2012 integration services		QA 76.9 .D3 P76623 2012
SharePoint server 2010 administration	Crider, Bill	TK 5105.875 .I6 C75 2012
Pro SharePoint with jQuery	Duffy, Phill	TK 5105.875 .I6 D84 2011
Professional SharePoint 2010 enterprise architect’s guidebook		TK 5105.875 .I6 P765 2012
Sams teach yourself Microsoft Expression web 4 in 24 hours	Rand-Hendriksen, Morten	TK 5105.8885 .M525 R36 2012
Programming with mobile applications	Duffy, Thomas J.	TK 6570 .M6 D844 2013

Stop by the library to see the new books, and contact Professor Jeff Schall for more information about degree and certificate programs at WMCC:  jschall@ccsnh.edu.

Who is Pudd'nhead Wilson?

Next on the list in the WMCC lunchtime book discussion group meetings is Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain.  Originally written in 1894, this short novel weaves mystery, comedy, courtroom drama, and slavery, with classic Twain irony, all set in antebellum South. 

Copies of the book are available in the library.

Join the group on August 30th at noon in the library.  Bring your lunch!

Death of a Salesman

On Wednesday, August 29th, at 7 p.m., at WMCC Fortier Library the Berlin Public Library and WMCC Fortier Library will cosponsor a book discussion led by scholar Suzanne Brown of Arthur Miller's classic play, Death of a Salesman. The discussion is the first event in our Fall  2012 The Way We Worked series. Copies of the book will be available for loan at the Berlin Public Library and WMCC Fortier Library.

This event is funded, in part, by the NH Humanities Council.  It is open to the public free of charge and refreshments will be served.

Beyond Brown Paper

Lengthening its visit at WMCC, Plymouth State University's Beyond Brown Paper exhibit is available for viewing through mid-October at the Fortier Library.

Over 11,000 photographs were taken from the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries by Brown Company staff photographers.  They have been scanned and are available at the website:  Beyond Brown Paper.

Men with log prods

Logging with horses in 1953

Updated library hours

     White Mountains Community College Fortier Library
                         Updated Summer Hours

Please note that summer hours are subject to change

July 9 - August 17:   Mon., Weds., Fri.:  8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. 
                                   Tues. & Thurs.: 7:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.

August 18 - 31:         Mon. - Fri.: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Closed weekends and holidays until September. 4, 2012

WMCC/BPL Fall Evening Program Schedule

This fall, WMCC Fortier Library and Berlin Public Library are once again partnering with the NH Humanities Council to bring humanities programming to the North Country. An exhibit, "The Way We Worked," from the Smithsonian Institution will be on display at the WMCC Fortier Library from November 5th through December 19th, 2012.  To complement the exhibit, we will host two book discussions, a panel discussion, and a humanities program.

August 29, 2012:  Book discussion on
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Scholar: Suzanne Brown

September 26, 2012:  Book discussion on
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Scholar: Craig Doherty
 
November 14:  Panel discussion on how we worked in the North Country with panelists:  Bill Thomas, Linda Upham-Bornstein, Jim Wagner, and Barry Kelly

November 28:  Jennifer Pustz, Museum Historian at Historic New England will present a talk on the history of domestic servants

All events will be held at White Mountains Community College on Wednesdays, beginning at 7 p.m. Admission is free and refreshments will be served. Copies of the books will be available for loan at Berlin Public Library and WMCC Fortier Library.



This event is funded, in part, by the NH Humanities
Council.

Summer 2012 Library Hours

New Hampshire's Old Man

In 2003, New Hampshire citizens mourned the loss of one of its own, the Old Man of the Mountain, when, after years of assistance, the familiar profile fell from its lofty perch in Franconia Notch.

On May 23rd, at 7 p.m., White Mountains Community College (WMCC) and the Berlin Public Library will host scholar Maggie Stier as she presents her program, The Old Man of the Mountain: Substance and Symbol.

The event will be held in the WMCC's Fortier Library. Light refreshments will be served.

This event is funded, in part, by the NH Humanities
Council, with additional funding from the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation – North Country Region.

Seasonal Selections

The Fortier Library has just added to its collection  Seasonal Selections from North Country Writers' Night Out, a compilation of poetry and short stories by local talent, including WMCC's own David Moore, from the Academic Support Center, and English professor, Susan Zoino.

Copies of the book are available for sale at Savoir Flare on Main Street in Berlin.

100 and counting!

The WMCC daytime book discussion group has reached a milestone -- in May we will discuss our one hundredth book! To celebrate, we're reading an American classic that is celebrating its 100th anniversary: The Harvester, by Gene Stratton Porter.

Join us to celebrate and to discuss the book on Thursday, May 17th, in Room 122.

Copies of the book and audio are available for loan in the library.

April showers bring May flowers!

April is Autism Month

April is National Autism Awareness Month.

Autism Spectrum Disorders are a puzzle: what is autism?

To find books and other materials about this puzzling disorder, visit the Library and see our display. Books are available for check out, and articles on autism may easily be found using our online databases.

Attention WMCC Students

Spiked Boots

Craig Doherty will lead the third discussion in the Spring 2012 discussion/lecture series presented by the Berlin Public Library and the White Mountains Community College. We will be talking about Robert E. Pike's Spiked Boots, which tells of the lives of the loggers and others who worked in the woods in the early 20th century on the Connecticut and Androscoggin Rivers.

Wednesday, April 25th at 7 p.m. at the White Mountains Community College Fortier Library. Light refreshments will be served.

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


This event is funded, in part, by the NH Humanities
Council, with additional funding from the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation – North Country Region.

Got mud?

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Thirty years ago, Shel Silverstein first published what would become a classic collection of poems, Where the Sidewalk Ends.

Join the WMCC lunchtime book discussion group in Room 122 on April 12th around noon as we discuss our favorite Silverstein poems.