Wednesday, June 7th, 7pm – 8:30pm Join Reference Librarian Jeff Klapes, ‘The Traveling Librarian,’ for another of his popular armchair travel presentations via Zoom. This series highlights travel photography and stories and travel tips about destinations around the world. This month we’ll be going to the next great up-and-coming destination in Eastern Europe, Bosnia! Inexpensive, full of history, and splendidly scenic, we’ll focus on the historic town of Mostar with its famous stone bridge and see some of the lovely mountain scenery and traditional villages in this sunny Mediterranean part of the country. Click HERE to register. Jeff Klapes is the Head of Reference Services at the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library in Wakefield, Massachusetts. ***This is an online presentation. Registered participants will be sent a link to the Zoom meeting prior to the program..*** This program is made possible by a grant from the Coburn Charitable Society.
Ipswich’s copy of the Declaration of Independence on view!
Come see some history! Ipswich’s copy of the Declaration of Independence Broadside is on view at the Library through September 2021. We are excited to present this unique object in an intimate exhibition. Learn more about the July 4th holiday and the complexity of Independence Day in the US and right here in Ipswich. The Ipswich town clerk has served as steward for 245 years of a nationally significant object of American history, the town’s original copy of the Declaration of Independence Broadside. To celebrate the July 4th holiday and share this document with the community and beyond, we have mounted a special exhibition highlighting this object and its history in the context of the foundation of the United States government. The show highlights Ipswich’s role in the fight for independence from Great Britain and the experience of indigenous and enslaved people during this time of great turmoil. Both original documents and reproductions from the Library’s local history and special collections are included. “We often think of the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War as national history removed from our local experience in small towns and cities. These documents reconnect us to the individuals living during this tumultuous time in the history of this continent. Ipswich residents learned of the declaration from this very document printed in Salem and read aloud to the community. Alongside the broadside we are presenting contemporaneous documents to help contextualize this time in Ipswich for viewers. A bill of sale for an enslaved teenage boy helps us to understand the range of experience during a time we have historically referred to as our fight for independence. It is critical for us to consider who was and was not gaining independence. This is a unique opportunity to see these objects in person.” – Meghan Fahey Petersen, Library Archivist.
Join us for Summer Reading!
Imagine your story with the library this summer, from June 18th through August 20th! Tracking for our our summer reading program is still virtual this year! Register now on our Beanstack site or download the Beanstack tracker app from the Google Play store or Apple App store. Kids and teens are invited to read books and participate in activities to earn virtual badges. For information about events for kids and teens this summer, hop on over to our library event calendar! Beanstack is the online tracker we use for reading and learning programs here at the Ipswich Public Library! You can visit our Beanstack page here: https://ipswichlibrary.beanstack.org/ GETTING STARTED WITH BEANSTACK Go to ipswichlibrary.beanstack.org Scroll down the page and click on the “Register an Individual or Family” button. Follow the prompts to create an account. Multiple readers may be registered within the same account so each child’s activities can be tracked separately. To add readers to an account, click the reader’s name on the left and select “Add a Reader” from the drop down menu. When entering information, be sure to include the grade each child will be entering in the fall. Not in school? There is an “adult” option in the grade level drop down menu. If you need to register multiple children, the program will ask if you wish to register another child. Click yes until each child has a profile in Beanstack. REGISTERING FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM Go to ipswichlibrary.beanstack.org Scroll down, click on “Sign in Here”, and sign in. In the upper left corner of the page, you’ll see which account you are currently viewing. To change to a different reader, click on the reader’s name and select “Change Readers”. Choose the reader you wish to register. You will see a list of programs for which you or your child may be eligible. Choose the appropriate program(s) and click the “Register” button. Repeat for any additional children. LOGGING ACTIVITIES Sign into your account at ipswichlibrary.beanstack.org In the upper left corner of the page, you’ll see which account you are currently viewing. To change to a different reader, click on the reader’s name and select “Change Readers”. You will see the program(s) for which you or your child is registered. Click “Return to this Program” Click the “Activity Badges” tab to see the available badges. Click each badge to see its suggested activities. For each activity completed, click the […]
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