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BOOKINGS September 2020 New! Expanded Curbside and Building Hours: Mondays* – Curbside 10 A.M YOUR MONTHLY GUIDE TO PORT’S LIBRARY BOOKINGS September 2020 New! Expanded Curbside and Building Hours: Mondays* – Curbside 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Building Hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays – Curbside 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Building Hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays – Curbside 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Building closed for deep cleaning. Thursdays – Curbside 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Building Hours 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays – Curbside 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Building Hours 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays starting Sept 26 – Curbside and Building Hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. National Voter Registration Day *Please note: The library will be closed for both curbside pick-up and building hours on September 7 in honor of Labor Day. Tuesday, September 22 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop by PWPL on Tuesday, September 22 to register to vote. Volunteers from CURBSIDE GRAB-AND-GO! the League of Woman Voters, FOL and PWPL staff will be on hand to assist you PWPL is happy to continue our extremely popular Curbside Grab-and-Go service! Reserve any in filling out your New York State voter of your favorite library items (not just books!) online and, when they are ready, we will notify registration form or getting an absentee you to come by the library building for a contactless pickup out front. As per ALA and OCLC ballot application. More details to follow. guidance, all returned library materials are quarantined for 96 hours to ensure safety. Please note that items will remain on a patron’s account during this time until they are checked in after the quarantine period. Once items are checked in, all fines will be waived. To place your request: Visit: www.bit.ly/PWPLCurbside, Email: [email protected] Call: 516-883-4403 (Adults & Teens Curbside); 516-883-3852 (Children’s Curbside); 516-883-9728 (Document Printing, 3D Printing, and Tax Forms) Ahead Phase 4 — PAID We have expanded our on-site services and hours! U.S. Postage Permit No.1828 Garden City, NY Garden City, Non-Profit Organization Available During Building Hours Available During Other Hours Unavailable until After Phase 4 Public Computing Virtual Programs and Events In-Library Seating (45 Minute Limit) Browse our Collection In-Person Curbside Pickup of Materials Use of Meeting Rooms (45 Minute Limit) (Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) for Events or Gatherings Access to Printing, 3D Printing, Returning Library Materials Study Rooms Document Scanning, Copying, Faxing (Our Drop Boxes are Open 24/7) Book & Movie Suggestions Grab-and-Go Book Bundles Children’s Play Area and Toys (Available Online 24/7) In-Person Book Suggestions Laptop and WiFi Hotspot Loans In-Person ESOL Classes (Available for Curbside Pickup) In-Person Reference Help Museum Passes (Curbside Pickup or Print on Demand) POSTAL CUSTOMER POSTAL 11050 NY Port Washington, In-Person Assistance Newspaper and Magazine by Appointment for ESOL Borrowing Available (Available for Curbside Pickup) Remote Technology Assistance Limited capacity and a 45-minute limit on daily visits. Notice: Due to Port Outdoors Dine & Shop Events on September 3 and 17, access to the Library parking lot will be restricted. Curbside Grab-and-Go Service will take place via walk-up only. Port Washington Public Library Public Washington Port One Library Drive 11050-2794 NY Washington, Port The Port Washington Library Foundation’s Third Inspiration Un-Gala Find us on social media Celebrating the 50th Anniversary Bookings No. 371 of Our Library Building September 2020 Published by the Port Washington Public Library One Library Drive Port Washington, NY 11050-2794 pwpl.org 516-883-4400 • [email protected] Follow us on Facebook & Instagram Visit our YouTube channel Library Trustees: Patricia Bridges, President Nancy Comer For information or to place an e-journal ad, call Debbie Naclerio William Keller Michael Krevor at 516.883.4400, Ext. 1107 or email Leila Noor at [email protected]. Adrienne Saur Matthew Straus Sima Vasa Library Director: Keith Klang Bookings Editor: James Hutter Bookings Contributors: Denise Anchico, Jean Bennett, Amy Christake, Lori Gerbasi, Jonathan Guildroy, Kate Monsour, Vanessa Nastro, Elizabeth Rowland, Tony Traguardo, Janet West, Jeff Zeh Save the Date! Design and Layout: Virtual FOL University Features Douglas Rushkoff on Smallkaps Assoc., Inc. “Team Human” in the Age of COVID Library Hours Please see front cover for library hours. Sunday, October 25 at 1:30 p.m. Visit us online 24/7 at www.PWPL.org FOL University, the Friends of the Library’s scholarly lecture series, returns with a live, virtual presentation featuring Douglas Residents of the Port Washington Union Free School District are entitled to a PWPL card, which may also Rushkoff, Ph.D., Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics be used at any library in Nassau County. To apply at CUNY/Queens. for a card, stop by the Library with proof of residence Dr. Rushkoff will discuss his “Team Human Manifesto,” which or apply online at pwpl.org. Non-residents who argues that there is an anti-human agenda embedded in our work in Port Washington may also apply. markets and technologies, turning them from means of human connection into ones of isolation and repression. Rushkoff MISSION STATEMENT: believes we must reconnect with our essentially social nature, The Port Washington Public Library is a center for community engagement, knowledge assert a place for humans in the emerging landscape, and forge and personal enrichment. solidarity with others who understand that being human is a team sport. He notes of the current pandemic that “COVID doesn’t just attack individuals, it attacks the fabric of community. This is a moment to rediscover the true nature of civics — the responsibility each of us has for one another. How can we make Technology Help choices that keep us personally safe yet also restore our collective resilience? That is the objective of Team Human.” One-on-One Named one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, Douglas Rushkoff is an Having troubles with author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. He coined such Zoom or your other home concepts as “viral media,” “screenagers,” and “social currency.” He is a research fellow of technology? Our tech the Institute for the Future and founder of the Laboratory for Digital Humanism at CUNY/ one-on-one service has Queens. gone virtual. Visit bit.ly/ PWPLTechHelp to sign up for a virtual Participants will be able to submit questions during this Zoom program. Instructions for tech one-on-one appointment with a online viewing will be available in the October newsletter, and on the Library’s Facebook and knowledgeable member of our computer Web pages. staff. September As PWPL strives to provide our community with events that are engaging, informative and entertaining, we ask that you check our website for the latest event listings. We may be adding events after this newsletter goes to print. Don’t miss out on anything fun! www.pwpl.org/events PWPL ON YOUTUBE: Thursday, September 17 at 3:00 p.m. ONGOING EVENTS: Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel to Third Thursday at Three with Alice Schwarz – These will be an ongoing series so make sure to view special content, such as Yoga, Qigong, musical Crossroads – Part One: Mythical Beasts check our Facebook page, our YouTube playlist or our performances, and more! Visit www.pwpl.org and click This is a virtual program available through the Zoom website for the link to the video. on the YouTube logo under “Online Resources.” application. Meeting ID: 895 7197 7946 Hoopla Diaries – Passcode: 798069 or call: 1-646-558-8656 PWPL Staff Discuss Their Favorites! PWPL IS NOW USING ZOOM: At three prominent Tuesdays at 12 p.m. PWPL is now using the Zoom Conferencing Platform locations within the Met Each week, PWPL will be sharing a video interview for online events. Visit zoom.us/download to download Museum, where major with staff discussing their favorite movies, TV shows, software for PC or Mac. Smartphone and Tablet users paths intersect, installations music, books, and comics – all of which can found can download the “Zoom Cloud Meetings” app. Users drawn from diverse areas on our Hoopla streaming service. Give us a watch, without a device can use a phone to call into our of the collection will you never know what hidden gems you may discover! sessions. Need help? Email [email protected]. examine the idea of cultural This will be an ongoing series, so be sure to check our interconnectedness. Join Facebook page, our YouTube playlist, or our website SPECIAL EVENTS: museum educator Alice W. for a link to the video. Friday, September 4 at 12:00 p.m. Schwarz for the first in a series of three discussions of Collector’s Corner Virtual Sandwiched In with Brian Rose: Crossroads, an exhibition that explores shared ideas Wednesdays at 4 p.m. “And That’s The Way It Is”: and artistic forms from around the world. This first talk A Look Back At 70 Years of TV News delves into works featuring fantastic creatures from Let’s talk collecting! The most This is a virtual program available through the Zoom the ancient Near East, Cyprus, and the Islamic region. recent regular program added application. Meeting ID: 811 5929 7879 Sponsored by FOL. to the Library’s YouTube Passcode: 899837 or call: 1-646-558-8656 channel will continue to Friday, September 18 at 12:00 p.m. feature collectors sharing their Television news has Virtual Sandwiched In with Val Franco: unique rare items and, more undergone many American Artists: Of Color/In Color: Henry Oshawa importantly, interesting personal transformations in the Tanner, Kara Walker & Kehinde Wiley stories about their greatest last seven decades.
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