Oxford Dictionaries announced the most recent additions to their online database last week
What do adorbs, amazeballs, bing-watch, bro hug, clickbait, ICYMI, listicle, SMH and humblebrag all have in common? They’ve all been…
08.19
Category: On the Internet
04.09
On this day, 75 Years Ago….
On April 9, 1939 an historic musical event took place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. On the steps…
02.07
National Wear Red Day Is Today…
Take a moment today to learn about heart disease and women. According to the American Heart Association “More women die…
07.15
Free Legal Help and Information from LawHelpNY.org
LawHelpNY is an online tool which provides comprehensive, high quality information about legal rights, the court system, government and social…
06.03
Hurricane Season is Here !
This year’s six month hurricane season began on June 1st. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting an “active” or “extremely…
03.12
What Would You Call It?
Online Reference is one of the richest, and most amazing resources available at the library. It is also one of…
07.24
New Genealogy Resource
Genealogy is my favorite pastime. I love to page through antique books and search out wills and things that…
07.05
Come in for Mango or Enjoy it at Home….
(No, no….not the fruit!) Mango is an online language learning system available to you through the library. Mango offers courses in…
12.23
Check out this useful Long Island Database
www.211longisland.org is a free online directory of health and human services agencies and programs in Nassau and Suffolk counties. The…
04.15
A Heartfelt Response to "The Death of the Picture Book"
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/04/14/opinion/20110414-letters-scroll.html?ref=opinion The New York Times recently published an article titled Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children. This prompted…
09.15
Welcome to Our Digital Branch
September 21st marks the official launch of the new digital branch of the John Jermain Memorial Library. A cooperative project…
08.09
The E-Readers are Coming…Maybe
In the issue of August 9th, Newsweek published an interesting chart which they titled “Back Story: Books vs. E-Books, Does…