Monthly Archives: March 2021

03 26, 2021

All Booked Up with Cailey & Meg: New YA Titles

By |2021-03-26T12:00:39-04:00March 26, 2021|

Cailey and Meg discuss four of their favorite new YA titles on the library’s shelves, including:

  1. These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
  2. Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
  3. The Wide Starlight by Nicole Lesperance
  4. The Outlands by Tyler Edwards

Most of the books they discuss can also be borrowed as ebooks using OverDrive or Libby. All you need is your Mentor Public Library card

03 16, 2021

Revisit the History of the Vietnam Wars with Lecture Series from Mentor Library

By |2021-03-16T19:00:45-04:00March 16, 2021|

Our resident historian Dr. John Foster began his year-long examination of the Vietnam Wars with a lecture last week on the long history of European colonialism in Vietnam. The talk can be viewed here.

Foster describes the story of French involvement in Vietnam from the arrival of the first Catholic missionaries until the defeat of French colonial forces by the Japanese in 1940. This history provides the backdrop for what would follow.

The next talk in his series will be Thursday, May 6. It will examine the war between France and Vietnamese anti-colonial forces.

For those interested in the subject, Foster has compiled a list of recommendations for further reading:

In addition to being a reference librarian, Foster has a doctorate degree in history. He has taught history at both high school and college levels. Previously, he has led series on the Battles of World War IIthe Cold Warthe American Revolution and US Presidents of the 20th Century at the library.

03 13, 2021

US Civil War: Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address

By |2021-03-13T12:00:43-05:00March 13, 2021|

Our Civil War series with James A. Garfield National Historic Site continues with a look at Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address.

Has any president in US history been inaugurated under such fraught circumstances as Lincoln? States had already begun seceding from the Union. With his first inaugural address, he hoped to avoid a war. So what exactly did he say and what did he mean?

This session of our Civil War series is led by Todd Arrington, the site director at Garfield National Historic Site.

Our Civil War series continues next month at noon on Wednesday, April 14. Arrington will return to discuss the history of the Grand Army of the Republic, the predecessor to the American Legion, VFW, and other veterans groups. The talk will be hosted via Zoom. Registration is required, and you can sign up on our website.

Finally, if you’re interested in Civil War history, several talks in our Civil War series can be viewed online in their entirety, including:

03 12, 2021

Go Anywhere with Immersive Reality Books

By |2021-03-12T10:50:15-05:00March 12, 2021|

Get INTO the book with new Immersive Reality books at Mentor Public Library.

Get INTO the story with new Immersive Reality books at Mentor Public Library.

You can travel back to the Big Bang, dive next to a Great White Shark, soar the solar system and more with Mentor Public Library’s new Immersive Reality books.

These books use augmented and virtual reality to teach kids about sea life, our planet, and so much more. For example, when families borrow our immersive reality book on the moon, they can use the AR to watch the formation of the moon!

You’ll need a smartphone or tablet with the free IR Books app – here’s the link for the Apple and Google Play stores – to enjoy the virtual and augmented reality extras. You’ll also need a headset (like Google Cardboard.) It’s OK if you don’t already have one. You can borrow that from the library too!

Check out the Immersive Reality books the next time you’re at our Main Branch. (They’re shelved by the reference books in our Children’s Department.) Holds cannot be placed on the books or the glasses to make sure as many patrons as possible can enjoy them. (Also, please don’t put the glasses in the book drop when you return them. We don’t want them to get crunched.

So start exploring with our Immersive Reality books. You’ll see the worlds in a whole new way.

03 10, 2021

A Tale of Two Cities: The History of Structural Racism in Ohio

By |2021-03-10T19:00:43-05:00March 10, 2021|

Perhaps, you’ve heard the term “structural racism” in the last few years but are not certain what it means or how it may have affected you or your region’s history.

Dr. Jason Reece — an associate professor at Ohio State University — offers this free lecture on the topic. He explains how the federal government, local government, realtors, and local neighborhood groups had practices and policies that segregated and stratified neighborhoods throughout Ohio.

He also shows how disparities between communities and suburbs created nearly a century ago continue to persist today. Due to a technical glitch, we did not record the first few minutes of the talk. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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