The Golden Link

How many DVDS can I take out at one time?

This may be our most popular question! Library card holders are allowed to take out 6 DVDS. DVDS can be checked out for three days.

Where are your nonfiction DVDS?

Our nonfiction DVD collection is located to the left of the public use computers, right near the copy machine. If you need help finding a specific title please ask one of the librarians for assistance.

Our Foreign Films are located near the magazines in the back of the library.

If I am late returning a movie, what are the fines charged?

Fines for late DVDS are $1.00 per day. Remember if the library is closed, DVDS can be dropped in the book drop box located in front of the library building.

How can I find a list of new DVDS?

To make it easier for the public to locate new movies, white stickers that say "NEW" are on the DVDS. A list of new movies will appear on the front of the DVD display case.

Can I request that a movie be held for me?

No, you can only request a DVD from another library if it is a title that we do not own.

What if I am looking for something specific?

Check www.alisweb.org or ask a librarian!

Library Board Trustee Election

On September 6, 2007, residents of the Gold Coast Public Library District (GCPLD) eligible to vote in a general election will vote for as many as three candidates to fill three open seats on the Board of Trustees and to establish the Library budget for 2008. Balloting will take place at the Gold Coast Public Library, 50 Railroad Avenue, Glen Head, between the hours of 9:00A.M. and 9:00P.M.

Persons wishing to vote who are not registered, who reside within that portion of the North Shore School District not including Sea Cliff, and will be 18 years or older on or before September 6 must register by August 13 with the Nassau County Board of Elections. To register, call the Board of Elections at 571-2411.

Anyone interested in becoming a candidate for Trustee may obtain a petition at the Gold Coast Public Library, by calling the Library at 759-8300, or by writing to Gold Coast Public Library, 50 Railroad Ave, Glen Head, NY 11545. Petitions must bear the signatures of at least 50 qualified voters of the GCPLD and be returned to the Library between August 17-24.

A set of medical reference books was recently donated to the Gold Coast Public Library thanks to the generosity of the Queens Library Foundation and the Langeloth Foundation (in honor of the foundation’s past President George Labalme. Jr.). Fifteen medical books including titles such as the Family Health Guide, Top Doctors (New York Metro Area) and the Professional Guide to Diseases make up the collection. Accepting the donation on behalf of the Library are staff members Susan Zaremba, Sara Urtnowski, Geri Aloise (sitting) and Elisa Rivera (sitting).

Throughout the month of August, the Gold Coast Public Library will be celebrating its second birthday and is asking everyone to send the library a birthday card. There is no need to purchase one; just fill in the blanks on the card which is available online at www.goldcoastlibrary.org, on this blog or at the library. All wishes will be posted on the community information bulletin board in the front lobby.

Happy 2nd Birthday Gold Coast Public Library!

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Let's all congratulate 7th grader Catherine Vladimirov who read the most books during theYNK@Your Library summer reading program. Catherine won a Clue board game and a special edition Archie comic book.
Pictured in the teen area of the library are Catherine Vladimirov (left) and Salamah Adjoua-Mullen, Young Adult Librarian (right).

The Gold Coast Library is now wireless! To access the internet, you just need your Gold Coast library card and your laptop computer. Featured here is Gold Coast Public Library cardholder Benjamin Zabicki who was the first person to take advantage of our wireless access.

It’s that time again: time to head back to school. Do you have the most important school supply of all? September is Library Card Sign-up Month, so stop by the Gold Coast Public Library and get the smartest card of all – your library card. Some cards in your wallet could cost you the world. The Smartest Card — your library card — can deliver the world to you.

The Smartest Card gives you access to books and information on just about any subject you can think of, from food to fundraising, from health to history, from travel to music. You can also access the Internet, DVDs, homework help and databases. All this and more is at your library and your library card will get you there. That’s why it’s the Smartest Card. Why buy when you can borrow? It’s all here at your library.

New Playaways now include an equalizer button that has several options to make the audio clearer. The options include loud, clear and low. There is also an updated speed button that allows the speed of the narration to be controlled by the listener. The new Playaways no longer feature the "Bookmark" option but it is easy to still hold one's place in the book. Just turn it off! The Playaway will always resume playing at the same point in the book at which it was shut off.

Want to know more about Playaways? Ask one of the friendly librarians at the Gold Coast Public Library.

Do you know about the two "live" services that Gold Coast Public Library offers?

Live Librarian

Homework Help

Homework Help is a service that provides assistance from real, live tutors via the internet. This online service is for 4th to 12th grade students and is available every day from 3PM to 8PM. It connects to a live tutor for up to 20 minutes for one on one help. You must have your Gold Coast Library card number available to access this site. Click on the image above to access Gold Coast Public Library's database menu.

Gold Coast Public Library announces the introduction of a new email newsletter service called NextReads. Just an email address is needed—for library Web site visitors and patrons to subscribe to any of the 22 different newsletters, all of which provide great reading suggestions. Fiction and nonfiction newsletter topics include Biography and Memoir, Fantasy, Mystery, Nature and Science, and Audiobooks, as well as two children's newsletters and one for young adults. Newsletters are sent on a monthly or every-other-month basis, and include up to 12 book recommendations each.

Every newsletter includes recently released titles and depending on the newsletter, may include additional recommendations of older books for fans of a particular author or lists of books grouped by a theme. Each newsletter is crafted by librarians and readers' advisory specialists to provide readers with inspiring and interesting reading choices.

Sign up is easy! Click on the NextReads image above and fill out the form.

Gold Coast Public Library continues to add to it's Go! program. Starting in November 1, 2007, the library will be also using OverDrive as a downloadable media service. OverDrive contains the largest amount of bestselling digital audiobooks and delivers premium titles. Using OverDrive is relatively easy. After installing the OverDrive 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. Click on the image above to access OverDrive.

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.

* MP3 Players: a portable device that allows books to be downloaded from NetLibrary, a library resource that contains a vast number and a wide variety of book titles.

Gold Coast Public Library will now be open on Sundays! Beginning Sunday, January 6, 2008 the library will be open from Noon to 5pm until Memorial Day Weekend. The library will reopen on Sundays starting September, 7, 2008.

Would you like a personal assistant to help you keep track of your reserved and checked out items? Library Elf does just that! Library Elf sends regular e-mails to let you know when library items are due, overdue or ready to be picked up. To gain access to this great service go to http://www.libraryelf.com to register.

New audio book titles are now available through OverDrive. Some of these titles include:

All the Money in the World by Peter W. Bernstei

Slow Dance with the Planet by Todd S. Jarrell

WIth OverDrive your library never closes. Browse, check out, and download digital media with your library card. For more information go to nassau.lib.overdrive.com or click on the image above.

In order to make room for our growing DVD collection, new storage was built under the DVD case. Now older DVDs will be housed in the new storage and labeled as storage in the computer. Documentaries will also be in the storage space. For assistance in finding a DVD or any other library item please ask any of the librarians who are always ready to help.

Here are the winners of the Worst Way to Break Up contest. Included are some of the great submissions we received from great teens. Thanks to all who participated. Check in to the Gold Coast public library regularly for more contests and programs!

They send you an e-card saying "Life is like a roller coaster, we've had our ups and downs and now we are over" with a dancing smiley face attached. By Kim

You write in a Valentines Day card. You write the worst possible things about them and then write you want to see other people, then write I never want to see or talk or hear you again! Then you ask them out to a really romantic restaurant and order really nice food. Slide the Valentine's Day card across the table. (The outside of the card is really fancy with hearts all over it) Then leave after the person reads it. By Kira

"I have found someone richer and prettier than you". By Keara

"If I'm wrong I don't want to be right, I kissed her sister last night, it ain't my fault. I guess her sister is my type". By Jerome

"What we had was fun, but I found someone better"
"Just leave. I don't like you anymore". By Taylor

"You stink, literally B.O.".
Tell the person they have halitosis.
"Sloppy appearance and you are so self centered".
Talk about previous relationships. By Kelsey

"I don't like your friends". By anonymous

It's not me, it's you! By Ceren

You go to a romantic restaurant with roses and rent a limo. You order appetizers and the main course but break up with them when the appetizers are served. Do not stay for the main course but take the limo and don't return their calls. By Serena

The presentation "Caring for your Aging Parent and Yourself" which was scheduled for Wednesday, April 16th has been canceled.

Please be aware that when using some of our databases such as Reference USA and Morningstar access may not be available if there is a firewall protecting your computer. Norton Anti-Virus and other anti virus software will need to be disabled in order to gain access.
Questions?
Please call the Gold Coast Public Library (516) 759-8300

Can you catch the reading bug?

http://www.cslpreads.org/2008/PSA/kidspsa.htm

Sign up for the summer reading program begins Saturday, June 28, 2008.

Metamorphosis @ Your Library
Check out the video at http://www.cslpreads.org/2008/PSA/yapsa.htm

Sign up for the Teen Summer Reading program will begin Saturday, June 28, 2008.

The blog is back!

Sorry for the delay in getting a new blog out to you. In case you do not know who I am, my name is Chris Schnupp. I am an adult reference librarian, but I will be keeping up on all the YA comings and goings.

New Stuff

Live Homework Help and Live Librarian, extended hours and more subjects to choose from!

Check back in a few days we will have an update on downloadable DVD's through MyLibraryDv.

Keep an eye out for Gold Coast on MySpace and Facebook. We might also twitter now and again.

Also check here for the list of Blu-Ray dvd's we will be adding to the collection.

Comments?

Anything you want us to add to the collection put in the comments section!

Thanks.....CS

Sign up for library elf and get emails letting you know when your items are due back, or when something you have on hold is in the library.

Library Elf

YA

To make everyone's life easier, we've moved the new YA books to a wire rack next to the YA computer.

We've also moved YA Playaways to the top of the series bookshelf.

Now for the fun stuff!!!

Iron Man is in on Blu-Ray

Gold Coast has ordered a few more in Blu-Ray such as The Departed, Dark Knight and Indiana Jones (these three are on order, so keep checking back).

That's all for now,

CS

Nassau Digital Doorway now has a Mac compatible console. You can start downloading audio books right away!

visit our homepage for more information

Thanks,

CS

Confused about your choices for charitable donations? Don't know what the IRS rules are?

Here are a few choice websites to help you decide what charities are legit and what to watch out for.

Enjoy the holidays!

Charitable Donation Checklist

Searchable database of charities. Key feature: connects contributors and grant-makers with non-profit charities.

Guidestar

Great tips concerning the organizational side of charitable donations; deductions, tax issues, protecting yourself...

Charity Navigator

Evaluates charities, helping the user find an organization they can trust; features top ten lists, articles, tips and resources, and a searchable index of charities.

Charity Watch

Maintained by the American Institute of Philanthropy; evaluates and rates charities. Tips for giving wisely, searchable index of charities and more.

E-Giving Tips

Tips from the Minnesota Toolkit apply anywhere users wish to donate online. A great resource for learning about Internet safety as it relates to online donations.

Give.org

Maintained by the Better Business Bureau; offers tips, publications, and a searchable index of evaluated charities.

IRS Charity Information

Searchable database of charities; FAQs. tax information, guidance. Click on the Contributors tax for more information on donating wisely and helpful tax information.

NASCOnet

National Association of State Charity Officials. Find out more about specific charitable organizations, search by state. Click on Search Charities Bureau Registry for specifics.

New York Charities

Search for a local charity, make donations online, donate "time, money or talent." Access charities that focus on New York's concerns.

Enjoy the Holidays!

Happy New Year from the Staff of the Gold Coast Library

Old editions of magazines in the adult browsing area are now circulating for 7 days.