As new Evergreen online Catalog and Circulation System is rolled out
Beebe Library will be closed on Monday, May 21 and Saturday, May 26 as a brand new Evergreen online catalog and circulation system is rolled out. The library will be closed on Monday, May 21 for staff training. On Saturday, May 26, Beebe Library and most libraries in the North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE) will be closed as the changeover from the old system to the new Evergreen Catalog and circulation system will take place over the Memorial Day weekend.
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Sharik Hasan performs at 5:30 p.m. on the plaza
As the hot summer nights approach, cool jazz will fill the warm evening air on the plaza in front to Beebe Library in downtown Wakefield.
Through September 2012, Plaza Jazz will feature free concerts on the first and third Thursday nights of each month from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The concerts will be performed by students and alumni from Boston’s Berklee College of Music who have been part of Berklee’s independent label Jazz Revelation Records.

Sponsored by the Friends of Beebe Library, the series will feature a mix of styles and an international flavor with musicians that hail from Israel, Greece, India, Brazil, Turkey, Spain, South Africa and the United States.
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The next gathering of Beebe Library’s book discussion group, Books By the Lake, is on May 16, 2012. The discussion of Owen Sheers’s Resistance begins at 7:30pm in the Lecture Hall.

Titles & Schedule for 2012-2013 will be announced at this meeting.

While reading, please consider: How does the very specific landscape and setting in this novel affect the thematic material?

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Changing to “Evergreen” system over Memorial Day weekend
Library users will soon notice big changes in Beebe Library’s online catalog. Along with the other libraries in the North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE), Beebe Library will be switching in late May to a new online catalog and circulation system called “Evergreen.”

The switchover will take place over the Memorial Day weekend and Beebe Library will be closed on Monday, May 21 (for staff training) and Saturday, May 26 to facilitate the change.
Some remote services will not be available May 25-28, including online renewal of materials and placing hold requests. Electronic resources such as EBSCO periodical databases and Overdrive for downloading ebooks and audiobooks will be available as normal during the changeover.

When the library re-opens on Tuesday, May 29, it will be with a brand new Evergreen catalog and circulation system.
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Get great vacation reading ideas at “Beebe Buzz Beach Reads”
If you’re starting to think about summer vacation and wondering what you’ll do while you’re lounging by the pool, ocean, or lake, Beebe Library staff members have some suggestions for this summer’s best reading. “Book Buzz Beach Reads” is coming on June 16 at 10:30 a.m. and June 19 at 6:30 p.m. It’s your chance to come in and hear Beebe librarians talk about the favorites on their bookshelves and ask the library staff questions about “read-alikes” for the books you just can’t get enough of.

Here’s a little taste of what you can expect.
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Alliott, Catherine. A rural affair. [ROMANCE]
Great Britain
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It’s 8 p.m. and you don’t understand your chemistry homework. You’re embarrassed to ask for help with your resume. You don’t know how to assist your child with his math. You’d love to take the GED, but study classes don’t fit into your schedule. Tutor.com may be your answer.
Beebe Library is pleased to announce free tutoring, academic and career resources and from Tutor.com.
Students and adults who are Wakefield residents may use their Beebe library card to gain online access to resources 24/7 and live tutors 2-11 pm
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Photos from Blossoms at the Beebe 2012

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