My desire to see the inside of a library was now whetted to a razor's edge. I returned to Beverly and the big, familiar place at 32 Essex Street.

Not only was the library open, but the large parking lot was full of cars. I managed to find a spot and squeezed in.

Once inside, I sat down at the first open computer terminal and played "What do you have that might interest me?" The answers came fast and in copious amounts.

I landed on a respectibly creaky old book written in 1920 about a subject near and dear to my heart. Clipper ships. Two hours later I went home carrying information not found just anywhere. I set to work plugging it into a WWW presentation I am developing. The unpleasant episode of the closed library was gone from my mind.

• Storyhours for children began January 2nd in the Children's Room.
• The Daytime Book Discussion Group meets the first Thursday of the month at 1:00 to 2:30 PM.
• The Evening Book Discussion Group meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 to 9:00.
• The Friends of the Beverly Public Library 1996 membership drive is on! A few dollars here makes a big difference. Membership forms are available at the circulation desk.
• Contributions of bestsellers, current hardcover books, paperbacks, books-on-tape, or videos may be donated to the library. Whatever is not added to the library's collection is offered in their Friends book sales, held twice yearly.

Call 508-921-6062 for more information or check out the library's web page.

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