Letter from the Director

Dear Residents,
The summer sun is beaming through my window as I write this greeting. We are enjoying your daily visits and hearing about your vacation adventures. Here, we continue to welcome hundreds of schoolchildren in the Children’s Library as we prepare for the upcoming school year.

Dear Residents,
The summer sun is beaming through my window as I write this greeting. We are enjoying your daily visits and hearing about your vacation adventures. Here, we continue to welcome hundreds of schoolchildren in the Children’s Library as we prepare for the upcoming school year.

During the next 10 months, your librarians will present many educational and cultural events. Our “Signature Events” include a series of computer classes, from basic to intermediate, for adults and seniors, which will be led by Sharper Training Solutions, and, on Sunday, September 14, there will be an exceptional hands-on cultural experience with Tonito Valderrama and his Nest of Hope.

Lloyd Harbor resident Myron Cohen will entertain us on Sunday, October 12 with his latest musical, The Psychic Murder Case. For those interested in art history, we have events for all ages covering Monet to Tiffany, including children’s programs with local resident and museum educator Tami Wood.

Your use of the CSH Mobile app and the library’s website continues to grow each year. Look for new, free online access to Consumer Reports and thousands of eBooks and downloadable audiobooks. If you want hands-on instruction, just call the librarians for an appointment.

September is Library Card Sign-up Month. This year, we will celebrate by featuring our newly trademarked logo on our new library card. Your card comes with privileges that go beyond easy checkouts and online renewals. Your library card may now be linked to our mobile app for use at the Circulation Desk, too! Now you can truly leave the keys in the car and still borrow items using the CSH Mobile app on your smartphone.

For mobile app and PC users, the barcode number may be changed to an easy-to-remember username and password. Most online resources, from Ancestry.com, to World Book, to eBooks can be accessed with this username. (No need to memorize the 14 digit barcode. That brain space can be given to so many other things). If you can never remember the book you just finished reading, visit www.cshlibrary.org, select “View Your Patron Record,” log in, and turn on “Reading History” to begin keeping a list of all the items you borrow, which only you may access. For instructions on these services visit bit.ly/1nXxb5v or ask a librarian.

See you very soon!