Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Horticulture Hotline

- Growing increasingly anxious over a withering plant in your home or apartment?
- Is a part of your garden giving you serious grief?
- Are you desperately wishing you had an expert gardener you could speak with but don't know anyone with a green thumb?

Horticulture Hotline

Good news! Tower Hill Botanic Garden, located in Boylston MA, has a Horticulture Hotline! Staffed by the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, the hotline operates Wednesdays from 12:00pm to 4:00pm. Call and discuss all your planting issues with expert gardeners, or leave a voicemail and they will call you back during HortLine hours. You can also send your questions by e-mail.

MA Master Gardeners Help Line

If Wednesdays don't work with your schedule, you can also get help on other days by contacting the Massachusetts Master Gardeners directly. If you aren't able to call during open hours, you can leave a message and they will call you back. Or, you can e-mail your question on their website. (You can even submit a picture!)
Hours: 10am-2pm
April through October: M, W, F
March and November: W, F
December through February: W


Visit Tower Hill Botanic Garden

Never been to Tower Hill? Considering visiting this spring or summer? Don't forget that you can check-out a museum pass at the library and receive half-price admission. Book here: Museum Passes.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

TED Talks

If you can't get enough of TED talks, you are in luck. New in our collection is Carmine Gallo's recently released Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds, a detailed look at what makes for effective communication in public speaking.

Gallo, author of The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs (2009), has analyzed countless TED presentations, and concludes that the best ones have nine elements in common. Read what these shared aspects are, and also get a behind-the-scenes look at how the most successful TED speakers wrote and prepared their speeches.

Whether you need to present on a project at school, communicate a new idea in a meeting at work, or give the speech at your best friend's wedding reception, learn how to become a successful communicator by getting help from TED and exploring the tricks behind keeping your audience expertly captivated.

Borrow Talk Like TED from the library in your choice of three formats:

More public speaking books available at FPL:


WATCHING TED TALKS

If you're looking to watch inspirational or informative videos, there are lots of different subjects available, whatever your tastes and interests may be.

Ways to watch TED:
Explore to your heart's content! Whether on your computer, phone, tablet, or TV, enjoy free, full-length TED talks 24/7. Happy viewing.
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    Monday, May 12, 2014

    New! Drop in eBook Help

    New!
    Drop-in eBook Help
    Mondays & Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00pm
    Main Library Reference Desk
    Learn to download eBooks and audiobooks from the library! Bring your ereader, tablet or smartphone and stop by the Reference Desk of the Main Library on a Monday or Wednesday night to learn how to use library eBooks. Or if you do not have a handheld device, we can provide an overview of library eBooks and audiobooks and how you might access them. For more information, please call the Reference Desk at 508-532-5570 x4361 or e-mail us at fplmail6@minlib.net.

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