HANDY DANDY CALENDAR 2016 - 2017

EAST MEADOW PUBLIC LIBRARY 1886 FRONT STREET EAST MEADOW, N.Y. 11554 www.eastmeadow.info

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SEPTEMBER Labor Day Weekend. Library closed. Labor Day. Library closed. Schools closed. First day of school. Library Board Meeting at 8 p.m. All are welcome. Regular Saturday hours begin. Library open 9-5.

OCTOBER 2 Sunday 5 Wednesday 10 Monday 11 Tuesday 12 Wednesday 16 Sunday

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Wednesday Tuesday Friday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Regular Sunday hours begin. Library open 1-5. Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Library Board Meeting at 8 p.m. All are welcome. Columbus Day. Library open 9-5. Schools closed. Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Library open 9-5. Yom Kippur. Library closed. Schools closed. Sukkot begins at sundown. Library open 1-5.

NOVEMBER

Library Board Meeting at 8 p.m. All are welcome. Election Day. Library open 9-5. Schools closed. Veteran’s Day. Library open 9-5. Schools closed. Thanksgiving Eve. Library open 9-5. Thanksgiving Day. Library closed. Schools closed. Thanksgiving Recess. Library open 9-9. Schools closed.

DECEMBER

7 Wednesday Library Board Meeting at 8 p.m. Public is invited. 13 Tuesday Library Board / Staff Meeting. Library open 9-5. 23 Friday Holiday Recess begins. Schools closed through 1/2/17. 24 Saturday Christmas Eve. Hanukkah begins at sundown. Library closed. 25-26 Sun/Mon Christmas observed. Library closed. 31 Saturday New Year’s Eve. Library closed.

1-2 Sun/Mon 4 Wednesday 16 Monday

1 Wednesday 12 Sunday 20 Monday 20-24 Mon-Fri

JANUARY

New Year’s Day observed. Library closed. Library Board Meeting at 8 p.m. Public is invited. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Library open 9-5. Schools closed.

FEBRUARY

Library Board Meeting at 8 p.m. All are welcome. Lincoln’s Birthday. Library open 1-5. Presidents’ Day. Library closed. Winter Recess. Schools closed.

MARCH

1 Wednesday

Library Board Meeting at 8 p.m. Public is invited.

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Library Board Meeting at 8 p.m. All are welcome. Passover begins at sundown. Library open 9-9. Spring Recess. Schools closed. Good Friday. Library open 9-5. Easter Sunday. Library closed.

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3 Wednesday 14 Sunday 16 Tuesday 21 Sunday 29 Monday

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Wednesday Friday Saturday Monday

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MAY

Annual Budget Hearing at 8 p.m. All are welcome. Library Board Meeting to follow. Public is invited. Mother’s Day. Library closed. Library Budget Vote & Board Elections. Library open 9-9. Last Sunday Library Service until October. Library open 1-5. Memorial Day. Library closed. Schools closed.

JUNE

Library Board Meeting at 8 p.m. All are welcome. Last day of school. Library open 9-9. Summer Saturday hours begin. Library open 9-1. Summer Vacation Loan Period begins.

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JULY

Independence Day. Library closed. Library Organizational & Board Meeting at 8 p.m. All are welcome.

AUGUST

Library Board Meeting at 8 p.m. All are welcome. Last day to borrow books on summer loan.

Here is how the Library served you during the fiscal year July 2014 - June 2015: Users The Library serves a population of 52,102, an estimated 17,671 households. There are 32,890 registered borrowers, 68,662 people visited our website and 426,381 people came through our door!

Programs and Services There were 1,153 programs and 59,143 of your neighbors attended. Did you? What about the summer reading club? A total of 1,266 children, teens and adults took part. Did you miss it? There are computers here for your use, and 63,558 people made use of the opportunity. That number does not include the people who took advantage of our public Wi-fi with their own devices.

Collections The Library owns 316,496 print materials, 45,504 e-books, 89 databases, 6,526 downloadable audio books, and 26,288 films, audio-books and music cd’s. Library staff added 31,720 of these materials throughout the year. We circulated 420,880 items and were open 3,382 hours which means we circulated 125 items per hour. We borrowed 24,175 items from other libraries for your use and loaned 42,736 items to other libraries’ patrons.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our donors: Paul & Karen Baer (In memory of Florence Baer) Al & Caryn Bunshaft (Marilyn Bunshaft Memorial Concert) East Meadow Chapter of Hadassah Friends of the East Meadow Public Library Joseph Price Insurance Agency Joseph Signoriello (In memory of Helen & Michael Signoriello) South Nassau Communities Hospital (Marilyn Bunshaft Memorial Concert) Herbert Susser Jamie Venise (In memory of Margaret Cravens) The Library community is grateful for the many donations and memorial gifts we receive. Although we strive to recognize every gift, omissions may be made. Please notify us if any donor has been excluded.

The East Meadow Public Library does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services.

EAST MEADOW PUBLIC LIBRARY 1886 FRONT STREET EAST MEADOW, N.Y. 11554-1700 (516) 794-2570 www.eastmeadow.info