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&
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Moving Forward
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Digital Age
PATRON SERVICES
ON-LINE
John, Nancie and Tamara are here for YOU !

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Telephone:
802-348-7488

 

 

The building is closed Sundays and Thursdays.
Go to RIGHT COLUMN for: 
ON-LINE SERVICES 24/7.
 
             

DFL eBOOKS at the "MAGIC WALL"

 
Download e-Book choices to your own e-device !
 
     
             
   

 

       
           
 
   
Call DFL for set-up information:
802-348-7488
(For staff hours, scroll to far left.)
 
 
Notice
BOARD MEETINGS
are open to the public.

Next Meeting:  Mon. May 20, 4:30 pm
 
   
 
Click on date to view minutes of previous meetings.
 
   
 
June '11  
December '11 May '11
November '11 March '11
October '11 February '11
September '11 January '11
   
     
DFL TRUSTEES:  left to right, Hillary Twining, Carol Lucas, Louise Severance, Marshall Brooks (chair) and Charles Wheeler  
           
FREE EDUCATION & ENTERTAINMENT
  Free Classes made available by Vermont Libraries:  
   
LINK to:
   
           
  E-Vermont COMMUNITY BROADBAND PROJECT: educational and entertaining Videos, Open Course Ware, Lectures, Conferences, more:  
       
           
COME TO THE LIBRARY!
  Browse our stacks of books, periodicals, videos, audiobooks and CDs. See our current Art Show. Use one of the 5 computers the library has available for public use. Take advantage of our Wi-Fi and soon to be installed FIBER OPTICS.
  USE OUR COPIER (photo at right) to make affordable COLOR COPIES.  A contribution of 25 cents per copy is requested to offset our expense for paper and ink and keep this valuable service available to the public.
  There are tables and comfy seating for working or reading. Conversation is welcome in the front room, which includes the children's area. Quiet study space is available in the back room. For more information about what’s here and how to use it, go to: OFFERINGS.
ON-LINE NEWSPAPERS
 
 
   
 
ON-LINE MOVIES & MAGAZINES
 
 
 
 
 
RESEARCH LINKS
     
     
COMMUNITY ROOM
The Library Community Room is available for public meetings sponsored by civic, educational and non-profit entities.
 
DOWNLOADS
 
 

REQUEST FOR USE FORM--  MS-Word Doc.  or  PDF

COMMUNITY ROOM POLICIES--  MS-Word Doc.  or  PDF

 

ARTISTS interested in exhibiting on the Community Room Gallery Wall, please call John Flores, head librarian, 348-7488

 
      Visit the COMMUNITY ROOM WEB PAGE

 

COMMUNITY EVENTS AT THE LIBRARY
DFL PATRONS "LEARNING TO GO"
  *Saturdays, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    An intern, sponsored by e-Vermont, assists patrons with internet and computer situations EVERY SATURDAY
 
 
 
2013 DFL DONORS
~ supporters of lifelong learning ~
The Art Mob
~ to sing again in support of the Dover Free Library~
 
  WKVT AM 1490  RADIO INTERVIEW :  June 6, 10 am
The Art Mob has been performing since 1979 in New York City. They have sung at Dover Town Hall each summer since 2010. Their alto section includes Cheryl Morrison, who is a part-time resident of East Dover and a member of Friends of the Dover Free Library.
 
   
at the Dover Town Hall on Saturday, June 8, at 7 pm
THE ART MOB ~ NY a capella chorus
  *Saturday, June 8, 7:00 pm      TOWN HALL  
   
 
TUNE-IN to WKVT AM 1490
June 6, 10-10:30 am

for a "LIVE & LOCAL" RADIO INTERVIEW
 
     
MORE DETAILS & PIC at left
 
 
   
The Dover Town Hall ART MOB Concert
is a Fundraiser of the Friends of DFL
TO BENEFIT THE LIBRARY.
A donation will be accepted at the door.
     
   

 
 
at the Library
Saturday, June 13, at 7 pm
Hungrytown
 
WKVT AM 1490  RADIO INTERVIEW & LIVE PERFORMANCE:  July 12, 11 am
Fiber Optics
will come to stay at
Dover Free Library
before the end of June.
 

MODERN
Folk Music:

Hungrytown's memorable songs weave CONTEMPORARY REAL LIFE
experiences into
traditional
song structures.

     
Kyle Carey
Ken Anderson and Rebecca Hall
      http://www.kyleannecarey.com/ http://www.hungrytown.net/
HUNGRYTOWN & KYLE CAREY
 

*Saturday, July 13, 7:00 pm

 
 
See PICS at left.
 
 
Live Concert in DFL's Community Room
FREE and Open to the Public
  July 12, 11:00 am - 12:00 noon  
  Radio Interview and Live Performance
"LIVE & LOCAL"  WKVT AM 1490
     
MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE
*Most Mondays, 6:00 pm  
 

 
   FREE & open to the public
 
VOLUNTEERS
FRIENDS of DFL

Volunteer service -- family, friends and neighbors working together -- is essential to the life of the community and the operation of the Library.

Activities include serving as a trustee, assisting with crafts or reading for children, planting and maintaining the garden, preparing displays, shelving books, managing periodicals, etc.  Nancie McLean, library assistant, coordinates the Volunteering Program.

Our first website was designed and launched in 2005 by a VOLUNTEER using Quark XPress.  It was re-created in 2011 with Dreamweaver.  If you can assist in developing, updating or improving this site, please volunteer....  Speak to Nancie or John.

   

The Friends of the Dover Free Library is a non-profit organization established in 2006. 

Since 2006, the Friends have undertaken many projects and fund-raising events:  Valentine Basket raffle (February); Easter Basket raffle (April); Gardening Lecture Series (March-October); Benefit Concert (June); Book Sale at Dover Day (September); Display & Auction of decorated holiday wreaths and Christmas trees (November/December).

VIEW THE FRIENDS' BY-LAWS

MEMBERSHIP FORM (undergoing revision)

     
 

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME

  *Wednesdays, 10:30 am
 

 

Storytimes are free, open to the public, and feature a different theme and craft activity each week.
   
GRATEFUL DEAD CHORUS
  *Saturdays, once-a-month, 12:00 Noon
   

"A group of Grateful Dead fans, or 'Deadheads,' have made the back room of the library their practice space for the Grateful Dead chorus..." - Jack Deming

Whether you
love the Deador not—  come join in! 
No experience necessary;
we just sing songs and have fun.

Questions: 802-348-7488
Chorus Master:
Jill Robard 
   
The Vermont Humanities Council and Dover Free Library present four great books from the
"NEW ENGLAND UNCOVERED" SERIES
 
Richard Wizansky, Discussion Leader, four Wednesdays at 7:00 pm
 
July 10
I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away by Bill Bryson
July 24
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
 
August 7
Affliction by Russell Banks
 
August 21
A Brother's Blood by Michael C White
 
   
VHC SUMMER READING SERIES
  *Four Wednesdays, July 10&17, August 7&21, 7 pm  
 


with

   
    Come to the library for copies of the books.  Free and open to the public.  
       
GOLF TALK
*Monday, July 15, 7:00 pm  
       
   
Golf Pro
KEITH NEWELL
 
       
DESSERT SOCIAL ~ An Annual Library Fundraising Event
     
   
Thursday, August 8, 7 pm, at the Dover Town Hall
     
This year's GUEST AUTHOR FUNDRAISER will be a Community "Family Affair" — for both adults and children.

Vermont Author, Rebecca Rupp has written nonfiction articles for many national magazines on topics ranging from the history of blue jeans to the science of ice cream. She is also the author of HOW THE CARROTS WON THE TROJAN WAR. THE DRAGON OF LONELY ISLAND, THE WATERSTONE, AFTER ELI and several nonfiction books, both for children and adults.
 
More details involving children TBA

Please check back.
     
WKVT AM 1490  Radio Interview
with REBECCA RUPP, Wed., August 7, 10 am
     
 
BOOK TALK / SLIDESHOW
*Wednesday, July 31, 7:00 pm    
 
DYING & LIVING IN THE ARMS OF LOVE
One Woman's Journey Around Moutn Kailash
 

a slide-show presentation by Vermont author,

Tracey Alysson PhD
 
WKVT AM 1490, Morning Radio Interview, July 31, 10-11 am
Book Discussion and Slides in DFL's Community Room,
same day, 7 pm, FREE & open to the public
 

Guest Author DESSERT SOCIAL

  *Thursday, August 8, 7:00 pm
 

 

ANNUAL COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER
~ AT THE DOVER TOWN HALL ~
featuring author, Rebecca Rupp
   
 
     
     
SPANISH CLUB
*Tuesdays, 12:00 noon
    For more information or to join the group, contact John Flores at the Library   348-7488