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June 98 LIBRARY NEWS Book Sale! June is the month of the Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale. This year the dates are June 20 and 21, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. In addition, members of the Friends are invited to attend the preview sale on Friday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Memberships may be purchased at the door that evening. The book sale is a wonderful place to pick up interesting older books. Many of the items are books which have been donated. Others are books which the Library has discarded. Libraries discard books for a number of reasons. There may be a new edition or a newer book on the topic, the book may be worn or it may be an item which has not circulated in some time. But all of us who love books know that beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder when it comes to books. One of the book sale treasures which now has a place on my shelves at home is a beautiful Time-Life series of cook- books which / can remember pouring over with my mother many years ago. Her set has long since disappeared. When I spotted those distinctive tall orange and red volumes at a book sale several years ago, / remembered the fun we had together years ago and instantly purchased them. Come to the book sale and find your own personal trea- sures! [Ann Goodhart] WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC,V7V 1J8 Tel: (604) 925-7400 Library Hours: (604) 925-7401 Fax: (604) 925-5933 Modem Acc.: 925-7409 URL; www.wvml.jeslacs.bc.ca K F. F E K E N C E S E It 1 C E S Two unusual books have founid their way into the Refer- ence collection. Bridges: a history of the worWs most famous and important spans, and Skyscrapers: a history of the world*s most famous and important skyscrapers, both written by Judith Dupre, may not sound like anything exceptional. However, it is their formats that are noncon- forming. Bridges is 18 inches wide by 7 inches high to accommodate photographs that show spans of some of the world’s longest bridges; Skyscrapers is 7 inches wide by 18 inches high to accommodate photographs of the world tallest buildings. In 1935, in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg, Charles Francis Richter, an American seismologist, developed a scale bearing his name to measure the strength of earth- quakes. It is a logarithmic scale that me^ures the amount of energy released, or amplitude of waves, at the subterra- nean origin of the earthquake. Richter defined the magni- tude of an earthquake as the log of the maximum ampli- tude, measured in microns. A magnitude 0 corresponds to 10" ergs (10^ joules), while a magnitude 9 equals 10^* ergs (10” joules) â€" therefore, one unit increase corresponds to 30 times more energy being released. What this means for the layperson: 2.0- 2.9 perceived only by sensitive seismographic machines 3.0- 3.9 slight vibration; hanging objects swing 4.0- 4.9 vibration; crockery rattles; small objects displaced 5.0- 5.9 furniture moves; masonry cracks and falls; waves on ponds 6.0- 6.9 difficulty standing; walls and chimneys begin to collapse 7.0- 7.9 buildings collapse; cracks in ground; landslides 8.0- 8.0 damage to underground structures; masses of rocks displaced The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that shook San Fran- cisco was magnitude 7.1. In 1906, San Francisco experi- enced an 8.3 quake. In May of 1960, southern Chile had a 9.5, the largest recorded. Measurements other than Richter’s have been developed, the main competitor being the Mercalli Scale. Another is by Kanamori (California Institute of Technology) called the seismic moment. A 1) U E I S E R I C E S IN THE GALLERY... “Water Stains” by West Vancouver artist Mary Baker will be on display in the Library June 1 - 27,1998. Mary majored in fine arts and creative writing at UBC and graduated in Fabric Arts from Capilano College. She has had numerous exhibitions and private commissions in fabric arts and watercolours and has created and hung banners in the West Vancouver United Church. Reception, artist in attendance, June 1, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Most paintings are for sale. JUNE... in all her beauty and fine bright days... the month of brides and graduates and expectations of summer to come. Whatever your longing or passion in this lighthearted month your library has the book for you. (395 BRY) BRYAN, DAWN The Art And Etiquette Of Gift Giving Whatever the occasion make gift giving imagi- native and memorable ... the right gift at the appropriate time. (392.5 SMI) SMITH, LAUREN Colors For Brides: How To Use Your Seasonal Colors To Plan Your Wedding. Your Trousseau And Your First Home (745.926 MCB) MCBRIDGE-MELLINGER, MARIA Bridal Flowers: Arrangements For A Perfect Wedding Plus many new titles in fiction and non-fiction for your reading pleasure. Internet Basics for Beginners - You are invited to attend an information session in the Peters Room on Tliesday, June 2, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Please call the Fiction Desk at 925- 7402 to register.