Programs for Community Organizations

Each of these presentations can be customized to your group’s interests and length requirements. If you do not see a topic that interests you or fits your group’s focus, contact us and we will work with you to develop a program. Call 753-1647 for more information and to schedule a speaker.

Library Services or What Your Library Can Do For You!
Your library offers you a world of information and opportunities. This presentation attempts to sum up the many services that your library offers you.

What’s New at Your Library?
Haven’t been to the library in awhile? Always go for the same things? This presentation will tempt you back or help you expand your current use of the library. Examples of new acquisitions will be included.

Burlington Public Library History
Burlington’s public library service began over 140 years ago. Learn how it got started, where it was located over the years, and discover interesting library trivia like when women and children were first allowed in the library.

Finding a Good Book
Are you stuck in a rut? Read everything by your favorite author and not sure what to read next? This presentation introduces you to a variety of tools for choosing fiction.

Using Your Online Library
The library is not confined to a single building. With Internet access, you can use your library to read magazine articles, research your family history, find authoritative web sites on a variety of topics, find fiction recommendations, access your library account to renew books, and much more. This presentation provides a guided tour of the resources available at your online library.

Do It With Dewey
Mystified by the numbers on the books? This presentation takes you on a virtual tour of the nonfiction collection to highlight the great variety of subjects available and how to find them.

Go Beyond the Book
Libraries are known for books, but modern library collections encompass all formats –books on tape or CD, computer software, videos, DVDs, and music CDs. This presentation highlights the different formats and how to find them.

Young Adults in the Library
Retaining young adults as library users is important to their future literacy and library use as adults. How do you get your young adult to use the library? What does the library have for young adults to keep them interested? This presentation covers the collections and services that the library offers for young adults.

Early Childhood Literacy
Early exposure to books improves a child’s ability to learn to read and find success in school. Learn tips for reading to babies and small children.

Small Business Resources
The library is the small business’ information department. This presentation examines the many resources and services offered at the library that support small businesses in our community.

Researching Your Antiques and Collectibles
Do you shop e-bay? Love Antiques Roadshow? This presentation spotlights the tools available at the library for you to learn more about your treasured items and place a monetary value on them.

Explore Your Heritage
Looking for your family roots? Researching your home? Curious about Burlington’s past? This presentation introduces the family and local history resources at the library.

Other Family History and Local History Topics

Cemetery Research
Crossing the Ocean: Immigration Research
Census Records
Family History for Kids/Teens
Getting Started in Genealogy
Genealogy Research: Beyond the Basics
Genealogy Resources at the Burlington Public Library
Family Artifacts
Family Heritage Gifts
Heritage Scrapbooking
Heritage Quest Online/Ancestry Library Edition Demonstration
House History Research
Internet Resources
Map Resources
Military Records
Photographs: Identification and Preservation

Crafts Topics
These presentations can include hands-on projects for all ages. Possible topics/projects include clay pot decorating, knitting, papermaking, sewing, quilting, and many more to fit your theme

Book Talks
Want to hear about some of the new books at the library, explore books on a specific topic, or learn what is available for a certain age group? A book talk focuses on “selling” you on books by giving you a taste of a few books and tips on finding more.

Last updated 3/2008