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Most of you go directly to the shelves to find what you're looking for, sometimes failing to find it, as among the suggestions for titles we should acquire were a number that we already have. 24% of you would appreciate some training in use of the catalogue terminals. We're always ready to help with this - no one should hesitate to ask usl More on how you use your Library in a future newsletter. REFERENCE DEPARTMENT The recently arrived 4-volume New Grove Dictionary of Opera, is almost entirely revised. This 5,000-page monument provides bibliographical references and institutional locations of original sources for each applicable entry. The boundaries of the canon have been expanded beyond conventional notions of opera, bringing to the reader such topics as Rock Opera, Sacred Opera, Travelling Troupes, Musical Allegory, etc. A recent acquisition which made headlines is entitled Crossing the Boundaries. It was prepared for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. to examine the issue of sexual misconduct by physicians. This title can be located and used in the reference department. On a lighter note is a new book called Canada Firsts by Ralph Nader. It is interesting because an American shows that Canadians were first in doing, discovering and inventing much that Americans and the rest of the world have taken credit for, Canada Firsts is arranged by topic and includes a bibliography for those interested in delving into specific topics. ADULT SERVICES IN THE GALLERY .... art exhibit cancelled temporarily. FEBRUARY .... send a love line to your Valentine! ¥ DID YOU KNOW .... ST. VALENTINE who was martyred in Rome on the 14th of February about the year 270 A.D, was never concerned with cupids and hearts, and the connection of his name with that of love is purely accidental. It was because St. Valentine died on the 14th that his name ever since has been associated with the spring festival of Lupercalia which was celebrated on February 15th. Geoffrey Chaucer first wrote of St. Valentine in association with birds pairing. In the 18th century, love tokens, religious valentines and the advent of greeting cards hastened the evolution of the valentine. Today the custom persists. Create a card for your loved one with the help of your library (67S.2 BAR) BARRETT, TIMOTHY Japanese Papermaking A working manual, somewhat difficult for the amateur, yet an interesting study which will appeal to those who would attempt this beautiful craft .... or buy some hand-made Japanese paper. (745.594 KIT) KITAGAWA, YOSHIKO Creative Cards; Wrap a Message with a Personal Touch Send your Valentine a message tied to dried wildflowers, a nosegay or single blossom. FOR INSPIRATION .... we suggest (394.2 S77V) The Valentine and its Origins STAFF, FRANK. (821,008 FAV) Favourite Love Poems chosen by Charles Osborne; illustrations by Robert Anning Bell. (821.008 LON) The Long Embrace; Twentieth Century Irish Love Poems edited by Frank Ormsby. COMING SOON new movies on videotape Agatha Christie's MURDER MOST FOUL, directed by George Pollock, starring Margaret Rutherford. Ken Follett's ON WINGS OF EAGLES, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, starring Burt Lancaster and Richard Crenna, William Goldman's THE PRINCESS BRIDE, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin. Dashiell Hammett's ANOTHER THIN MAN, directed by W.S. Van Dyke II, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, D.H. Lawrence's WOMEN IN LOVE, starring Alan Bates and Glenda Jackson, Larry McMurtry's THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Jeff Bridges and Timothy Bottoms, "And buds of rarest green began to peer. As if impatient for a warmer sun," H. Coleridge