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May 2001 LIBRARY NEWS The Library Foundation The West Vancouver Memorial Library is very fortunate for many reasons. One of them is the Memorial Library Foundation. This dedicated and hardworking group raises money for the Library. Last year they raised funds for the self-checkout machine, our new website and extra copies of best sellers. They do this through the Annual Campaign and events such as the Croquet Tournament and Author’s Night. The Foundation is currently planning their 5”' Annual Ambleside Greens Croquet Tournament to be held on June 1. This wonderful event is rapidly becoming a classic in West Vancouver. This year’s tournament will, as usual, include the mouth-watering meals donated by the Four Seasons Hotel. Other sponsors include Polygon Homes Ltd., London Drugs/IGA, Contact Printing, Mission Hill Winery and the North Shore News. For more information about the event please contact Sally Zaplatynsky at 925-1548. May is launch time for the Annual Campaign. In 2001, the Foundation is again raising funds for best sellers. In addition, they will be raising funds for a partnership project with the Municipality to upgrade shelving in portions of the Library to meet current seismic codes. This support, coupled with that of Council, will allow us to make this more than just a bare nuts and bolts project. The results will be safe, functional and attractive. Of course, the real heroes are not just the members of the Foundation Board. Our heroes include all of you who give so generously to the campaign and come out to their events. Thank you. REFERENCE SERVICES Often we are asked to spell words borrowed from or in other languages containing specific grammatical graphic marks, or diacrictics. How do we describe them? The following are the most common to the Latin-based alphabets: The Common Diacritical Marks AND Unique Letters E, e....... ACUTE ACCENT (found in Latin-& Slavic-bascd, Hungarian, Basque & many other languages) E, e....... GRAVE ACCENT (found in Latin- & Slavic-based, & other languages) O, 6....... CIRCUMFLEX or CARET (found in French and Romanian) S, s.......WEDGE or HACEK or INVERTED ciRCUM-FLEX (found in Slavic languages, Lithuanian) A, a; E, e.umlaut or dueresis (found in German, French, Swedish, Hungarian, Finnish, Albanian, Turkish & English) kj, 9...... CEDILLA (found in French, Romanian, Turkish, etc.). This was a medieval form of “z”, derived from the Latin zeta. N, n....... TILDE or TIL (found in Spanish and Portuguese) A, k....... ANGSTROM or RING (replacing the double “aa” in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) O, 0....... viRGULE or SOLIDUS (the Norwegian arid Danish “0” or the Polish “-T) AE,, ac.... ASH (Danish & Norwegian, and earlier written English instead of the diagraph or ligature written separately as “ae”) B.......... Ess-ZETT (German double “ss”, currently being abandoned due to language reform) D, d....... ETH (“th”, sound, as in the word thing, found in Old English and earlier texts. Also found in Icelandic) P.......... INGEYRAR (“th”, sound, as in the word the, found in Old English and earlier texts) There are many other diacritics, alphabets & languages in the world, and the sources for these are in various encyclopedias, linguistic texts, unabridged dictionaries, etc. Sources used here: Americana; Collier's; Encyclopedic Dictionary of Language & Languages; Dictionary of Linguistics; Languages of the World. ADULT SERVICES IN THE GALLERY... “Forever Spring” by Dr. Sedigheh Nouri will continue to May 13. “Mixed Palette” in pastel, watercolour, acrylic and oils by artists Riitta A. Peirone, Ingrid Taylor, Ray Bradbury, will be on display in the Library May 14 - June 10. Riitta Peirone has worked as a graphic artist, designer and illustrator and has participated in many shows. Her works in pastel and watercolour reflect her surroundings, her home near the Capilano River, as well as her interest in portraits and figurative work. Ingrid Taylor has a Fine Arts Honours degree from York University and is a member of the West Vancouver Sketch Club. She works primarily in watercolour, mostly landscapes and still life and uses acrylic for her large canvasses “to capture the grand scale of the incredible scenery of B.C.” Ray Bradbury has worked with oil, pastel and watercolour. For the past year he has made the West Coast landscape his subject. He has exhibited at the Federation Gallery on Granville Island and this show will be his first on the North Shore. Reception, artists in attendance. May 25, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Most paintings are for sale. Internet Training Sessions Monday, May 7 - 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. - Internet Basics Thursday, May 24 - 10:00 - 12:00 noon - E-mail (Hotmail) Thursday, May 24 - 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. - Internet Basics Monday, May 28 - 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Internet Basics For more information and registration, please call 925-7402 after 10 a.m. mm WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC.V7V IJ8 Tel: (604) 925-7400 Library Hours: (604) 925-7401 Fax: (604) 925-593.1 URL: www.westvanlib.org