Please Pardon our Appearance

If you’ve been by the Library over the past couple of days you may have noticed a lot of yellow…

06.23

John Jermain Memorial Library stands with PRIDE

We join the New York Library Association (NYLA), Public Library Directors Association of Suffolk County (PLDA), Governor Hochul, countless other…

12.27

This is my last “Message from the Director,” a loose collection that includes 171 board meeting reports, nearly an equal…

08.03

Want to make history at John Jermain? Run for the Board of Trustees! There are five open slots for Library…

10.29

Dear Neighbors, This photograph, taken of the “Great American Eclipse” on August 21, 2017, captures a special moment in the…

06.01

As I unlocked the door to the library this morning, I was haunted by a statement made by Kevin Verbesey,…

05.29

It has been eleven weeks since John Jermain last had patrons in the stacks. That day, March 13, was a…

05.22

Despite the challenges of the last few weeks, it has been an incredible joy to watch my colleagues reimagine and…

05.15

Look at these flowers! Yesterday my colleague Rita, of the green thumb, sent this picture of the lawn at John…

05.07

Last week’s column on cooking inspired more than the usual number of emails. About half included recipe suggestions* but an…

05.01

I was, as my sons like to tell anyone who will listen, the mother who went to the library in…

04.24

Once upon a time, my friend Dale Scott was the children’s librarian at John Jermain. I occasionally see her handwriting…