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Trustees’ Meeting Scheduled for Monday A Public Meeting of the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston has been scheduled for Monday, July 28, 2008 at 9 a.m., the Boston Public Library, Trustees’ Room, Johnson Building, 3rd floor, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA for the purpose of considering the selection process for the new president.

Exhibits and Programs:
	Calling All Kids, Teens and Adults Record and Review Your Summer Reading online. Whether you are spending the summer at camp, on the Cape or in your own backyard, you can participate in summer reading. Registration is ongoing. Also, check to see what wild events your local branch has planned for kids and families.

	Music for the Flute and Harp Friday, July 25 at 3:30 p.m. Courtyard, Copley Square Lucia Stavros and Anne Gregory will fill the courtyard with Baroque and classical music for flute and harp.

	Kids, Read Your Way to Fenway Just read three books this summer, fill out a form and bring it to your local branch of the BPL. Thanks to Bank of America and the Red Sox, you could see a game this summer.

	All the World's a Page July 1 through September 30 McKim Building 3rd Floor, Copley Square The Boston Public Library, in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Boston, presents All the World’s a Page: 400 Years of Shakespeare in Print, an exhibit that asks the question: Where would the Bard be without his books?

	American WWI Posters on Display Through September 4 Wiggin Gallery, Copley Square More than 50 American World War I posters from the BPL Print Department including posters of recruitment, patriotism, war bond promotions, the home front, and war relief organizations.

	Exhibit Marks Archdiocese's 200th Through Sept. 30, McKim Building Cheverus Room and Chavannes Gallery Materials from the collections of the archives of the Archdiocese of Boston and the research collection and archives of the Boston Public Library will be displayed.

	Discover John Adams's Library Online Visit the John Adams Library website to explore the personal library of 2nd President John Adams and learn more about his remarkable life and extensive 3,500-volume collection.

	Take an online voyage through the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center's website - Chart your course from Journeys of the Imagination and Faces and Places to Birds Eye Views.

Enjoy fine food and lovely views at Novel Restaurant and Sebastians Map Room Cafe.


	General/Contact Info \| Central Library \| Neighborhood Branches \| Research and Specialized Services \| BPL Catalogs \| Electronic Resources \| Guides \| News \| Questions \| Search/Site Map The Boston Public Library • 617-536-5400 • info@bpl.org Central Library -- 700 Boylston St., Boston MA 02116 For more than 150 years, the Boston Public Library has pioneered public library service in America with revolutionary ideas and famous firsts. Established in 1848, the BPL was the first publicly supported municipal library in America, the first public library to lend a book, the first to have a branch library and the first to have a children’s room. Today, the BPL boasts 27 neighborhood branches, free Internet access, two unique restaurants, an award-winning website and an online store featuring reproductions of the BPL’s priceless photographs and artwork. Each year, the BPL hosts nearly 5000 programs, answers more than one million reference questions and serves millions of people in its National Historic Landmark McKim Building in Copley Square. All of its programs and exhibits are free and open to the public. At the Boston Public Library, books are just the beginning!