East Fishkill Public Library http://eflibrary.org Check us out today! Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:25:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 We Want to Know What You Think http://eflibrary.org/2011/10/26/we-want-to-know-what-you-think/ http://eflibrary.org/2011/10/26/we-want-to-know-what-you-think/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:03:16 +0000 efladmin http://eflibrary.org/?p=1943

One of the ways that the library director and board assess how we’re doing is to ask you. To that end, would you please take a few minutes of your time to answer a short survey? It’s 11 questions long (and one text box to write about anything we forgot to ask) and should only take a few minutes of your time. Just follow the link below.

East Fishkill Community Library Patron Survey

 

If you’ve never used this library and/or don’t have a library card, we have an even shorter survey for you!

East Fishkill Community Library Non-Patron Survey

All information gathered is completely anonymous.  We encourage you to take a survey and let us know what you think!

 

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Browse our newsletter and drop us a line on how the library is important to you.  And remember – you’re important to us!!

]]> http://eflibrary.org/2011/07/06/2011-newsletter/feed/ 0 Attention Kids Doing Homework (and adults preparing to appear on Jeopardy) http://eflibrary.org/2011/05/16/attention-kids-doing-homework-and-adults-preparing-to-appear-on-jeopardy/ http://eflibrary.org/2011/05/16/attention-kids-doing-homework-and-adults-preparing-to-appear-on-jeopardy/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 19:47:23 +0000 efladmin http://eflibrary.org/?p=1708 We have a new database that will make doing your school reports on states a breeze! Check out A to Z a database that pulls together all of the state information including state bird, seal, economy, crime and much more.

“Well, how much more?” you may be asking yourself right now…  A lot!  In addition to full information on each of the fifty states and four territories, there’s also a complete section with information regarding the country.  Facsimiles of important original documents as well as complete transcripts; full biographical, political and social articles on each president; a complete list of embassies located in the US including phone numbers, addresses and web pages; a travel guide which includes tipping guides!

This database has more appeal than “just” for school work – it is also helpful to the traveler, the armchair traveler, students of history and those who are intellectually curious.  (Please note that remote use of this database is only available to residents of East Fishkill.  On-site use is available to anyone by using East Fishkill’s computers.)

Interested?  Just click on the photo or the link on the left-side bar, plug in your library card number and PIN and have fun!  Don’t have a PIN and not sure how to get one?  Click here.

And for all of you who made it to the bottom of the article, we have a pop quiz for you!  What was the librarian’s name in the episode “All Our Yesterdays” in the original Star Trek series?  Look it up and you’ll see the connection! :-)

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Melina Makris talks with Youth Services Librarian Cathy Nuding about Credo a wonderful research tool that you can use from home 24/7.  To use Credo, click on the “Credo” link in the Books and More box to the left.  To sign into any database, you’ll need your library card and PIN.  Only East Fishkill residents have access to Credo.

Below is a short tutorial on how to use Credo to find the text of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. (PS – There’s no sound on this clip…)

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We have a new installment of Library Life in which Melina Makris interviews David Keaton, one of the talented painters who has shown his work at the library.  He talks a little about what motivated him to become an artist and how his life is interconnected with libraries.  There’s also a brief tour of some of his work.  Welcome David!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Melina Makris interviewed Raymonda Crowe, one of the artists who displayed her work at the library.  We think you’ll enjoy hearing about how Raymonda got interested in quilting scenes with pomegranates.  And as we’re posting this on February 14 – Valentine’s Day – it might be a good time to mention that pomegranates are often associated with love.

For a brief tour of Raymonda’s work, click here:

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Well if you watch and listen, Miss Cathy will explain all as she reads from Winter is the Warmest Season by Lauren Stringer.

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]]> http://eflibrary.org/2011/02/08/library-calculator/feed/ 0 Story for a Snowy Day http://eflibrary.org/2011/01/06/story-for-a-snowy-day/ http://eflibrary.org/2011/01/06/story-for-a-snowy-day/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:50:14 +0000 efladmin http://eflibrary.org/?p=1296 Join us for a story read by Miss Cathy!  When It Starts to Snow by Phillis Gershator, illustrated by Martin Matje.  It’s fun to play outside and then come in for a good story.

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