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Boston Public Library Press Release News and Events |
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Boston
Public Library Hosts Free Seminars
on Managing Prescription Medications February 1, 2005 With all of the drug recalls and television ads touting the latest prescription medicines, people need reliable information, so Walgreens and the Boston Public Library are working together to help people make sense of their prescriptions. Five BPL branches will host seminars on this important topic in the month of March. Local Walgreens pharmacists will offer a presentation titled “Beyond the Label” and will answer questions from the audience. Everyone who attends will be provided lunch, have a chance to win a raffle and will take home free giveaways. The seminars will be held at the following dates and locations: Adams Street Branch, 690 Adams Street, Dorchester, Faneuil Branch, 419 Faneuil Street in Brighton and the Egleston Square Branch in Roxbury on Saturday, March 12; and at the Codman Square branch, 690 Washington Street, Dorchester and the Roslindale Branch at 4238 Washington Street on Saturday, March 19. All seminars start at 11:30 a.m. Other seminars that the Boston Public Library and Walgreens will host include managing the cost of medicine, the best use of over-the-counter medication, and diabetes, asthma and heart disease. Seminars will take place at the same library branches through November. For more information on the seminar, call the branch or visit www.bpl.org. For more information on the seminar, call the branch or visit www.bpl.org. 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 books, 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 www.bpl.org and an on-line 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! -30- Prepared by the Boston Public Library's Communications Office. For more information about news, programs and events at the BPL, call 617-859-2212 or send a message to the Communications Office. |
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