CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: There are several "Geek the Library" posters at the library in Proctor, Vermont, where Lisa Miser is a librarian.
LISA MISER: "It’s always exciting when someone takes a word like geek and turns it into a verb."
One says "I Geek Mythology." Another shows the smiling face of a boy who "geeks" worms.
LISA MISER: "Growing up in the eighties, geek was kind of, you know -- we know what geek was. But for someone to say 'Hey, that word can be hip,' there's something very cool about that. The faces, the way the posters are done. And I think it’s cool to lots of different people, and that's what you want to do, is you want to hit everybody."
Rutland library director Paula Baker says she hopes the attention will get voters to write to local officials. And she knows what she wants them to say.
PAULA BAKER: "We need more hours from that library. We need more children's programs from our library, and we want you to do something about it."
Administrators at the Rutland library made posters with well-known local people. One library user, Malaina Elliott, liked a poster showing a school official who "geeks" penguins.
MALAINA ELLIOTT: "It gets your attention. You're like, 'Geek what? I'm sorry, excuse me?' It's really neat. I think it's great the library is pushing so hard to get people back."
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BARBARA KLEIN: Carnegie Hall and the Juilliard School in New York City have a training program for young musicians called the Academy. The program is designed to help classical musicians build their careers. Nathan Schram plays the viola. He was a year out of university when he joined the Academy as a fellow last October.
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