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BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS 2008

The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet at the Library at 7:30PM on the following third Mondays of the month (September through June). The group does not meet in December, January or February.

*Date*	*Book*	*Leader*
3/17/08	Rabbit, Run by John Updike	Robin Herling
4/21/08	Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift	Mina Bobek
5/19/08	By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano	Mara Bard
6/16/08	Lord of the Flies by William Golding	Harry Stalzer
9/15/08	Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen	Joan Edwards

The Afternoon Book Discussion Group will meet at the Library from 2:00 to 3:30 PM on the following Wednesdays:

*Date*	*Book*
1/9/08	Forgive Me by Amanda Eyre Ward
3/5/08	Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
4/9/08	Aloft by Chang-rae Lee (2008 Long Island Reads selection)
5/7/08	Rainbow's End: A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm by Lauren St. John
6/4/08	When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race by Judith Stone

Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature

The Baldwin Public Library is one of 200 libraries nationwide receiving grants to host this series developed by Nextbook and the American Library Association. These book discussions explore Jewish literature and culture through scholar-led dialog on contemporary and classic books on a common theme. Dr. Thomas E. Bird, Professor of Russian and Yiddish at Queens College, is our scholar for the series.

The current series explores the theme Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming. The discussions will be on the following Thursdays at 7:00PM:

Date	Book
2/14/08	Lost in Translation by Eva Hoffman
3/6/08	The Centaur in the Garden by Moacyr Scliar
4/8/08	Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman
5/8/08	Out of Egypt by Andre Aciman

Limited copies of all the books to be discussed will be available at the Library's Circulation Desk during the month prior to the meetings.

Join the Groups - new members are always welcome!

For additional information, call Librarian Marianne Kobbe at (516) 223-6228. If you are in need of interpretive assistance or other accommodation, please call Catherine Overton at (516) 223-6228.

LIBRARY RESOURCES

The Baldwin Library has a collection of over 100,000 books. The Online Catalog offers you keyword, author, title and subject access to our collection as well as to the collections of other Nassau Library System members. Instruction in using the catalog is available from the Library staff at the Reference Desk.

The Library gives you access to many periodicals. You can find out which ones we subscribe to by consulting the Baldwin Public Library Periodicals Guide at the Reference Desk. The Library subscribes to several computerized periodical indexes such as EBSCOhost, ProQuest and InfoTrac.

Other library resources include the Vertical File (a collection of government publications, informational pamphlets and brochures from private organizations, and newspaper and magazine clippings covering a variety of topics), dvds, videotapes (including family, how-to, classics and recent releases), and compact discs.

There are personal computers available for Nassau County library cardholders and residents of New York State. Users must sign-in in the Computer Room.

For additional information, call Librarian Marianne Kobbe at (516) 223-6228. If you are in need of interpretive assistance or other accommodation, please call Catherine Overton at (516) 223-6228.