Thursday, September 04, 2008

Upcoming Events at HPL Date Description Sept 6 9:30 am Family History Workshop Local History Department, Hackley Public Library. For more information call 231-722-7276. Sept 9 10:00 am Ulysses Group Julia Hackley Room, Hackley Public Library. For more information call 231-722-7276. Sept 10 5:30 pm MS Support Group Torrent House. For more information call 231-722-7276. Sept 10 7:00 pm Yarnspinners Torrent House. For more information call 231-722-7276. Sept 11 6:00 pm Muskegon County Genealogical Society Meeting Torrent House. For more information call 231-722-7276. Sept 15 4:00 pm Friends of Hackley Public Library Board Meeting Torrent House. For more information call 231-722-7276. Sept 15 6:30 pm Cyber Safety Parents' Program Youth Services, Hackley Public Library. For more information call 231-722-7276. Sept 16 5:30 - 7:00 pm HPL Board Meeting Hackley Public Library, Julia Hackley Room. Sept 16 6:00 pm Herb Society Torrent House. For more information call 231-722-7276. Sept 20 2:00 pm Chocolate Festival Youth Services, Hackley Public Library. For more information call 231-722-7276. 12:36:49 PM     New Links on our web for the week of September 4, 2008 Arts and Humanities The Maine Music Box "Created through a collaboration between the University of Maine's Fogler Library and other Maine libraries, The Maine Music Box contains hundreds of digitized sheet music scores from five major collections. First-time visitors to the site will want to click on the "About Maine Music Box" project as a way of getting started. Here they can check out the "User Information" area, which contains helpful tips on viewing the music and how to best browse the entire database. Additionally, those with a penchant for technical details and information science in general can also learn in copious detail how the database was created for this project. From there, visitors can move straight away into the main collection. Visitors can browse the collection by music subject, sheet music cover art, or just type in their own keywords. One of the best ways to look over the collection is to browse around in such areas as "Instructional Violin", "Maine Collection" and "Parlor Salon Collection". It's also worth remarking that this site may inspire a sing-a-long, a campfire get-together, or a miniature Chautauqua." (SR) A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments "Images and descriptions of medieval and Renaissance instruments such as the bagpipe, harp, dulcimer, harpsichord, lute, viol, hurdy-gurdy, and recorder. Some sections include sound clips and related links. From the Iowa State University Department of Music." (LII) Government, Elections, and Law Michigan Administrative Codes This site actually has Administrative codes for many levels of state and local governments. To find the Michigan codes, search for "Michigan". (FGI) Teacher Resources Physclips "It's certainly not impossible to learn about Newton's laws, momentum and other key principles of physics without multimedia learning activities, but it's a bit more fun to have such resources on hand. With funding from The Australian Learning and Teaching Council, Professor Joe Wolfe of The University of New South Wales has created this rather remarkable set of physics teaching resources. Visitors can make their way through these "physclips" by clicking on sections that include "Centre of Mass", "Circular Motion", "Gravity", and eight others. Each section includes learning modules with video clips that demonstrate different principles, along with links to other relevant background materials. The organization of the entire site is quite impressive, and visitors can also download each video clip for use in their own classroom." (SR) 12:34:26 PM

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