Monroeville attracts literary buffs May 30, 2009
Meander along South Alabama Avenue and its charming old homes; stop in the Monroe County Library, which, in the early 1960s, was the hotel where actor Gregory Peck stayed when he came to town. Capote s mother and Lee s father are buried in the Methodist and Baptist cemeteries along the stroll. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Amazing Size And Abundance Of Past Ocean Life May 25, 2009
(Credit: HMAP / CoML / Monroe County Library). Related Stories. (Science Daily)
Albany public library has new director May 13, 2009
Nersinger currently serves as director of the East Brunswick Public Library in central New Jersey and, before that, was director of the Rochester Public Library and Monroe County Library System and led the library development bureau at the New Jersey State Library. "Im very excited, and I'm looking forward to meeting the community because that's what libraries are about," said Nersinger, who grew up in Yokohama, Japan, attended Nazareth College outside of Rochester and received her master's... (Albany Times Union)
New at the Library: Twitter and Facebook Mar 14, 2009
The Monroe County Library System now has its own page on Twitter, the popular microblogging website. Followers of the page can get e-mail or text message updates about library programs. (R News)
Historical Photographs Expose Decline In Florida's Reef Fish, Study Finds Mar 3, 2009
While conducting research for her doctoral thesis on coral reef ecosystems of the Florida Keys, McClenachan came across what she describes as a gold mine of photographic data at the Monroe County Library in Key West. Hundreds of archived photographs, snapped by professional photographer Charles Anderson and others, depict sport fishing passengers posing next to a hanging board used to determine the largest "trophy fish" catches of the day. (Science Daily)
