R.F.Burton Library Corner

[Serafina Puchkina]

Nestled in the SE corner of Babbage Canals stands our three story public library. Built by the talented Miss Canolli Capalini, this beautiful building houses 15 packed bookcases of books, a whimsical steampunk kiosk and a slightly battered stove with cookbooks inside. Please, check out the books.

To get a book, touch the shelf and a blue menu appears on your screen. Select the book you desire and it is given to you. Take as many books as you wish and they are yours forever. To read the book, rez the book and touch the book. Through the magic of the aethernet you are taken to the 19th publication. Please be a good citizen and take the rezzed book with you when you are done.

Miss Capalini has designed different reading areas in the library: you may sit nestled in a tree or in front of a fireplace.

The Burton even houses a secret room on the third floor with mysterious doings inside.

Have a hankering to discuss a book? Tell a story? Give a presentation? Send me a note or im and I'd love to help you organize it.


From Mr. Plutonian, assistant to Sir JJ:

Alexandrian Free Library: (Caledon, Winterfell, Steelhead, New Toulouse, New Babbage, Amatsu Shima, West of Ireland, Steeltopia, Deadwood, Al Andalus & Constantinople) Library Events for July 01 - 07 2009
Continuing Exhibits:
Caledon Library: Speak to Us! - Victorian Spiritualism Exhibit, curated by Mica Braun
May 1st to July 17th, 2009
The Jack and Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/59/196/23
West of Ireland Library : Leprechauns!, curated by Derry McMahon
June 10 to August 29
West of Ireland Library & Cultural Center, West of Ireland http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
Caledon Library: From Oxcarts to Gondolas: the travel albums of Isabella Stewart Gardner
June 14 to January 3, 2010
HG Wells Memorial Library, Caledon Wellsian, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Wellsian/225/236/23
Events of the Week:
WOI – Derry McMahon with Tales of Tuscany
Wednesday, 1 July, 2009
7:00pm - 8:00pm SLT
West of Ireland Library & Cultural Center, West of Ireland
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29

Come explore Tuscany with us as we read several stories of the glory of that spectacular part of Italy. Part of the “Traveler’s Tales” series of essays penned by acclaimed writers, performers, and other literati.
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WOI-Shandon Loring with the Boyhood of Fionn
Thursday, 2 July, 2009
7:00pm - 8:00pm SLT
West of Ireland Library & Cultural Center, West of Ireland
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29

He was a king, a seer and a poet. He was a lord with a manifold and great train. He was our magician, our knowledgeable one, our soothsayer. All that he did was sweet with him. And, however ye deem my testimony of Fionn excessive, and, although ye hold my praising overstrained, nevertheless, and by the King that is above me, he was three times better than all I say. {Saint PATRICK}.
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WOI- “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” continues with Lilia Quinnell
Monday, 6 July, 2009
7:00pm - 8:00pm SLT
West of Ireland Library & Cultural Center, West of Ireland
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29

Join us for the conclusion of our journey with Dorothy and her companions to meet the Wizard of Oz. Is it true that there is no place like home?
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Caledon Library Folklore lecture by Afsaneh Metaluna
Transformations and Enchanted Spouses
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
4:30pm - 5:30pm SLT
Where: Tinyville Library, Caledon Tanglewood,
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Tanglewood/23/214/23/
Folklorist Afsenah Metaluna will guide us in a new exploration each month; with illustrative stories and her own commentary she'll expose to our understanding some facet of the rich and varied folklore of the British Isles.
Her lectures and tales feature brave heroics and wonder tales from the Celtic regions, Welsh lore including the tales of Arthur and Merlin, stories of the wise and the uncanny from Scotland, and folklore from England comprised of local legends that combine references to beliefs and customs and aspects of daily life, particularly rural life (as well as the English ballads and broadsides, which have a strong tradition of their own.)
This month, she'll tell us tales of transformations and enchanted spouses. Join us to hear stories that turn princes into swans and wives into seals, as well as legends of lovers who come and go in the dark, and all manner of supernatural sweethearts.
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WOI-“The Skills of Xanadu” with Gyro Muggins
Tuesday, 7 July, 2009
7:00pm - 8:00 pm SLT
West of Ireland Library & Cultural Center, West of Ireland
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29

“The Skills of Xanadu” by Theodore Sturgeon (found in The Worlds of Theodore Sturgeon). Brill, a spy from the powerful and technologically advanced world of Kit Carson, seems to have all the advantages over the pacific natives of Xanadu. So why is Brill’s espionage confounded at every turn?