Director’s Notes

I love books–the feel, the smell, the stories. Today’s NYT includes this report about the soaring sales of e-books on Amazon. Your library will be offering access to e-books for free in August  from our website (see link in right sidebar for download books) or directly from our online catalog.  These free e-books and e-audiobooks can be enjoyed on many devices  including the iPod, iPhone, Android phone, Sony E-reader, Nook, or Kobo,  but NOT a Kindle (due to Amazon’s exclusivity restrictions). Please check out this new service next month and let me know what you think of it. You can reach me anytime at hcrosson@cshlibrary.org. Thank you.

Dear Residents,
Thank you! Your vote of confidence and support of library programs and services is deeply appreciated. I am especially grateful to all the parents of school-age children who spread the word about how important the library is to students.

We are very grateful to Chris Nehlen and his students in the Visual Communications Department at SUNY Farmingdale for our completely redesigned newsletter. After 124 years, your library will now produce a bi-monthly newsletter in a new clean, intuitive format. My gratitude also goes to George Hirsch at SOS Printing for subsidizing the printing costs.

I’m very interested in your opinion about the new website and newsletter. You can reach me via telephone or email.

On April 13, you elected two new trustees. Deanna Zenn and Ellen Moore will succeed Donald Morrongiello and Claire
Moosbrugger. My heartfelt thanks go to Don and Claire, who committed their time and talent for over a decade.
Fans of eBooks and downloadable audiobooks will soon have free access to hundreds of titles through the online catalog. For details, visit www.suffolkwave.org. Summer is a great time to catch a wave!

Join our Adult Summer Reading Club and win great prizes, thanks to generous local shop owners. I hope I catch you
reading very soon.
Respectfully,
Helen M. Crosson