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May 2000 LIBRARY NEWS mmai SERVICES r/'e - US6 ^ater . J/t akes/i eare Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, William Shakespeare is the most widely known author in all of English literature. In the year 2000, school children still study his works, filmmakers continue to create movies based on his plays and scholars write legions of books about him. Shakespeare wrote more than a million words of poetic drama of the highest quality. Quotes from his works occupy large portions of all of the Library’s many dictionaries of quotations. In fact, his words are so often repeated that a person coming out from a performance of Hamlet reportedly complained that it was “just full of cliches”! A good Internet site for fans of Shakespeare is http:// daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/ with links to a myriad of “Best Sites” and sometimes amusing “Other Sites.” The West Vancouver Memorial Library has hundreds of books, videos, cassette tapes and CD’s to immerse you in the world of Shakespeare. Drop in to visit the Bard! “He was not of an age, but for all time. ” [Ben Johnson on Shakespeare} 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 URL; www.westvanlib.org in the past, many library users have requested legal information on whether to register and how to set up and operate an organization or a club. Just released and in Reference is the newest Society Guide for British Columbia, a Community Legal Assistance Society publication. Another popular item on the Reference shelves is the Maclean's Guide to Canadian Universities 2000, obviously very popular for those planning post-secondary education this September. Lady and Lord are two syncopated terms that need some explaining. Linguistically, a syncopation is a sound shift resulting from vocalized abbreviation over time. Lady, originally pronounced (or written) around 800-1000 a.d. as hlcefdige and used with a meaning similar to “queen.” It is composed of the Old English terms hlaf meaning “loaf’ and dige, akin to dicge, meaning “kneader of bread” or “a maid.” Lord comes from a similar root, hlcefweard = hlaf, again meaning “loaf’ and weard meaning “keeper”, and from which the term “warden” is derived. Hence, one has the age-old division of labour: the female worker or maker of the bread and the male owner or the keeper of the bread. Feminists often object to the use of the word lady as being classist and condescending. This appears to be another type of shift from working class to upper class. (Sources: Webster’s Word Histories; Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins; Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage) ADULT SERVICES ENl THE GALLERY ... “Grad Show”... artwork by West Vancouver graduating classes from Sentinel and West Vancouver Secondary Schools will be on display May 9 - May 21, 2000. Reception, artists in attendance. May 9,6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Most artworks are for sale. “Je me Souviens Gordon “ ... artwork from Robert Gordon McHarg Ill’s childhood drawings. May 23 - June 17. The exhibition’s first showing was at the John Spencer Gallery in London, England and the Fuji Rock Festival’99 in Japan. These are drawings saved by the artist’s mother from his kindergarten and elementary school masterpieces. Save your children’s drawings - there may be an artist in the making. Reception, artist in attendance. May 23, 2000, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Most artworks are for sale. Upcoming Events in the Memorial Library Foundation Computer Centre Learn to use the Library’s new Web Catalogue: Thursday, May 11,10:00 • 11:00 a.m. No sign-up necessary. E-mail for Beginners: Sign-up for a Hotmail account to e-mail family and friends during vacation season. Thursday, May 25 or Friday, May 26, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Register at the Fiction Information Desk or call 925-7402. f/