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Garden Walks & Fashion Talks: The Nassau County Museum of Art Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Time: 10A.M.-2P.M. Enjoy a self guided tour of gardens, trails,and an exhibit of Iris Apfel. Included is a lunch catered by Elegant Affairs of Glen Cove. Afternoons at the Opera Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 Time: 1:00 to 2:30P.M. Aficionado Bernie Mann returns with a fascinating look at L'elisir D' Amore (the Elixir of Love). Grills & Thrills Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Time: 7:00 - 8:30P.M. Joe and Yvette of Mama Lena's Italian Market & Catering in Glen Head will share some of their grilling secrets. Tasty samples will be available for participants. Scrap that Photo! (Young Adults) Date: Saturday, May 24, 2008 Time: 1:00 to 3:00P.M. Bring in a couple of your favorite pictures and design your own scrapbook page. Board Meeting The next meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will be held on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 7:00P.M. at the Library. New Sunday Hours The library will now be open every Sunday from noon to 5:00P.M. starting January 6th through May 18th. Library Elf Need help keeping track of your reserved items and checked out materials? Then sign up Library Elf. Library Elf is an e-mail tool for library users that acts like a personal assistant. Library Elf knows when items are due, overdue, or ready to be picked up. Go to www.libraryelf.com to register. Subscribe today for your Free Reading List May/June 2008 Newsletter The May/June 2008 edition of the Library's newsletter has been mailed out to library district residents. Extra copies of the newsletter are available in the Library. To read the online version of the library newsletter, click here: GCL Newsletter May/June (The above links to a file in Adobe Acrobat format. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view it. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, click here to install it.) Books on the Go! Love to read but constantly on the go? Gold Coast Public Library introduces its Books on the Go! program. Now it is easier than ever to listen to a favorite book or author. Books on the Go! is comprised of: Audiobooks: books on CDS that are read by the author or professional actors/actresses. Playaways: prerecorded digital books. Just plug in headphones and go. Playaways are so small you can put them in your pocket. The library also loans the adapter needed to listen to a Playaway on your car radio. MP3 Players: a portable device that allows books to be downloaded from Nassau Digital Doorway, a library resource that contains a vast number and a wide variety of book titles. Gold Coast Public Library continues to add to the Go! program. Nassau Digital Doorway, a new downloadable media service is now available to the public. Nassau Digital Doorway contains the largest amount of bestselling digital audiobooks and delivers premium titles. To access the audiobooks click on the image above or the Digital Doorway tab located on the navigation bar. After installing the software onto a PC, titles can be searched and downloaded by entering the library card barcode number. Titles can be downloaded onto a PC, MP3 player or even burned onto a CD. To find out more information please contact us at (516) 759-8300. This site is best viewed using Netscape 7.1 or Internet Explorer 6.0. Recommended screen resolutions are 800 X 600 or 1024 X 768.

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