Adults

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BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS 2008

The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet at the Library at 7:30PM on the following third Mondays of the month (September through June). The group does not meet in December, January or February.

*Date*	*Book*	*Leader*
6/16/08	*Lord of the Flies* by William Golding	Harry Stalzer
9/15/08	*Water for Elephants* by Sara Gruen	Joan Edwards

The Afternoon Book Discussion Group will meet at the Library from 2:00 to 3:30 PM on the following Wednesdays:

*Date*	*Book*
7/9/08	*The Rice Mother* by Rani Manicka
8/6/08	*The Septembers of Shiraz* by Dalia Sofer
9/10/08	*If Today Be Sweet* by Thrity Umrigar

Introducing The Tuesday Book Club, which will meet on the following Tuesdays from 7:00 - 8:30PM:

*Date*	*Book*
7/8/08	*Eat, Pray, Love* by Elizabeth Gilbert
9/9/08	*Love in the Time of Cholera* by Gabriel García Márquez

To kick off The Tuesday Book Club, we are using the Library's "Book Club in a Bag" to facilitate discussion of the first few selected books. Beverly Liff, a Baldwin resident, will be the discussion leader. Registration is required for The Tuesday Book Club, either in-person or by telephone (223-6228) at the Adult Reference Desk.

Limited copies of all the books to be discussed will be available at the Library's Circulation Desk during the month prior to the meetings.

Join the Groups - new members are always welcome!

For additional information, call Librarian Marianne Kobbe at (516) 223-6228. If you are in need of interpretive assistance or other accommodation, please call Catherine Overton at (516) 223-6228.

LIBRARY RESOURCES

The Baldwin Library has a collection of over 100,000 books. The Online Catalog offers you keyword, author, title and subject access to our collection as well as to the collections of other Nassau Library System members. Instruction in using the catalog is available from the Library staff at the Reference Desk.

The Library gives you access to many periodicals. You can find out which ones we subscribe to by consulting the Baldwin Public Library Periodicals Guide at the Reference Desk. The Library subscribes to several computerized periodical indexes such as EBSCOhost, ProQuest and InfoTrac.

Other library resources include the Vertical File (a collection of government publications, informational pamphlets and brochures from private organizations, and newspaper and magazine clippings covering a variety of topics), dvds, videotapes (including family, how-to, classics and recent releases), and compact discs.

There are personal computers available for Nassau County library cardholders and residents of New York State. Users must sign-in in the Computer Room.

For additional information, call Librarian Marianne Kobbe at (516) 223-6228. If you are in need of interpretive assistance or other accommodation, please call Catherine Overton at (516) 223-6228.