Friday, February 26, 2010

Author Jennifer Baszile Returns to the Library

“One Book, One Stratford” continues on Tuesday, March 2, at 6:30pm, in the Lovell Room of the Stratford Library. Author Jennifer Baszile will be part of the intergenerational discussion about her book "The Black Girl Next Door". The memoir is the true story of Baszile’s growing up black in a white section of Los Angeles in the 1970s and ‘80s. Professor Baszile commented to the Post that although her particular story is set in previous decades, her theme of how families struggle to achieve the American dream and become part of the cultural landscape of the US is still vitally relevent today. Jennifer Baszile received her B.A. from Columbia and her Ph.D. in American history from Princeton. She was the first black female professor to join Yale University's history department and has been named one of the "Thirty Leaders of the Future" by Ebony magazine. She currently lives in Connecticut.

Friday, February 5, 2010

SNAPSHOT: ONE DAY in the LIFE of CONNECTICUT LIBRARIES

Don't miss this-Thursday, February 18, 2010 Libraries all over Connecticut will be taking a “snapshot”—collecting information to capture the impact that Connecticut libraries have on their communities on a typical day
Please stop in and tell us what you love about Stratford Library and why it’s important.
We’ll take your answers and let you know what other people all around the state think of their libraries and how they use them.
Results and pictures will be posted online at http://snapshotctlib.wordpress.com/ after March 10th
Snapshot: One Day in the Life of Connecticut Libraries is a project of the Connecticut Library Association, the Connecticut State Library and the Connecticut Library Consortium.