Welcome to the
East Longmeadow Public Library

From the Director's Chair

  Having been a Director here for less than a year, I was interested in finding out if it was just my imagination, or did the statistics "prove" my suspicions that this is indeed a very busy library.... Click here to read more from our Director, Susan M. Peterson.

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Adult Book Discussion

The next meeting of our Adult Book Discussion Group will be on Saturday,
November 19, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. in the library's Community Room.

If you have read Leaving Mother Lake: a girlhood at the edge of the world by Yang Erche Namu and Christine Mathieu, please join Sue French, East Longmeadow resident, for a lively discussion of the book. We will also discuss what to read next so bring your list of suggestions. For more information you may contact Sue French at (413) 525-8404 or email her at french64@charter.net. In subject box please enter Re: discussion group.

Copies of Leaving Mother Lake are available from our member libraries. To request a copy click on the Request Items link on the navigational bar to the left or call the Circulation Desk at (413)525-5400 x153.

By the way, if you belong to a Book Discussion Group and are looking for a guide on a particular title, try NoveList, a Readers' Advisory database. NoveList has a growing list of book discussion guides developed for this purpose. Click on http://www.eastlongmeadow.org/Library/gooddata.html to use NoveList.

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BARNES & NOBLE
BOOKSELLERS
The Great Bay State Library Fundraiser
A Statewide Book Fair To Support
Massachusetts Libraries

Friday and Saturday December 2 & 3, 2005

Barnes&Noble is donating a percentage of all sales on Friday & Saturday, December 2 & 3, to support Massachusetts libraries. All shoppers who present a Massachusetts Library Book Fair Voucher at any Barnes & Noble in our commonwealth during these special two days will be helping to support Massachusetts libraries. To print a voucher click here, or stop by your local library to pick one up.

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Massachusetts Book Awards

Each year the Massachusetts Center for the Book recognizes significant achievements in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry and children's literature from the previous calendar year. For a complete list of current and past recipients go to Massachusetts Book Awards. For a list of award winners available at the East Longmeadow Public Library, click here.

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 "One Good Read Leads to Another"
Looking for a good book to read? Click here for a few suggestions from
our Director, Susan M. Peterson.

Staff Picks - Click here to see what our staff recommends.

 

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C/W MARS is proud to announce the arrival of digital Audio Books and eBooks for your enjoyment. Patrons from member libraries can browse and search hundreds of great titles and download them to computers, transfer them to portable devices, or burn them onto CDs for reading and listening anywhere, anytime.

Note: Audio Book files are NOT compatible with iPods or MACs.
Click here for a list of suggested devices.

 

"You must remember this..."

Many of you who listen to National Public Radio have probably heard reminiscences as part of the oral history project, StoryCorps (http://storycorps.net/). Wouldn't it be fun to do something similar here in East Longmeadow, through the Library’s web site? We would like to give you the opportunity to share your memories and to enjoy those of others. Click on our "Memories on the Web" page to begin reminiscing.

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Library/Community Calendar on the Web

The East Longmeadow Public Library has added a calendar to its web page and would like to encourage community groups (municipal, civic and other non-commercial organizations) to post their events. To look at the calendar, click on Library/Community Calendar.

Send information about your event one week in advance to:

steale@cwmars.org    or

Information Services Department
East Longmeadow Public Library
60 Center Square, Suite 2
East Longmeadow, MA 01028-2459   

or stop by the library.

Please be sure to include the date or date range, start and end times, event name, contact name, organization, phone, email, and a brief description.

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Updated 11/03/05

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