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May Calendar of Events	View or download our May/June 2008 Newsletter in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format. The Budget Hearing for the Library and School budgets is May 7 at Atkinson School. The Budget Vote for the Library and School budgets is May 20. View or Download the Library Budget Proposal in pdf format	June Calendar of Events

Freeport Library Blog

We hope to use this blog to offer in-depth information about library services that
we do not have room to explore in our bi-monthly newsletter.

FREEPORT MEMORIAL LIBRARY BEST SELLERS CLUB

Join the Library's Best Sellers Club and you will automatically be placed on the reserve list for the latest fiction by best selling authors. Select up to 20 authors. Your reserves will be placed automatically and you will be notified when your book becomes available.You may register online, or if you prefer to register in person, you may pick up a Best Sellers Club Form from any public service desk in the Library. You may drop off your completed form at the Circulation or Reference desks. Please note that the Best Sellers Club is open to Freeport Memorial Library cardholders only. Please pick up books when you are notified of their availability. Books not picked up promptly will go to the next person.

Gift from the FRIENDS of the Freeport Memorial Library.

ROSETTA STONE ONLINE LANGUAGE LEARNING CENTER The Freeport Memorial Library now subscribes to the Rosetta Stone Online Language Learning Center. This easy-to-use, colorful, and interactive website is available for Freeport patrons to use either from home, or in the Library. Take language lessons at your own pace and repeat them as often as you like. Use Rosetta Stone to learn English (British or American), Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Danish, Dutch, Farsi (Persian), French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese (BR), Russian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Welsh. To use Rosetta Stone from home, you will need to have Windows 98 or better, IE6 with the Shockwave plugin installed, a sound card, and a microphone. Begin by clicking on either the logo to the left or the link above. Rosetta Stone can also be accessed through our Subscription Database page. First-time users will be asked to create a username and a password before beginning a lesson. You will need an email address and your library card to create your account. If you have difficulty getting started with Rosetta Stone, you may call their toll free technical support line at: 1(800) 788-0822 ext. 1000  MAC Users, please note that there is a compatibility issue with Adobe Shockwave 11 that may disable the program launch function. Rosetta Stone recommends using Shockwave 10 until they are fully compatible with version 11.

Live Librarian Hours of Operation Monday to Thursday 9 pm to 11 pm Sunday 5 pm to 9 pm Live Librarian is a new service provided by the Nassau Library System to assist you with your Internet Search or questions regarding the use of electronic resources. Click on the logo above to begin.

Reference Department (reffr@nassaulibrary.org) Youth Services Department (youthservfr@nassaulibrary.org The Ask A Librarian service enables you to email your questions to a reference or youth services librarian. Please include your name, phone number, and 14 digit library card barcode number if you have one.

Special Library Services

• The Library notary is usually available as follows:
  Mondays, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
  Thursdays, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
  
• Do NOT sign your document in advance. All documents must be signed in the presence of the notary.
  
• Bring a photo ID, preferably your driver’s license.
  
• The document must be in English.
  
• If document must be witnessed, you must provide your own witnesses. The Library cannot supply witnesses.
  
• The notary cannot notarize wills or notarize the authenticity of documents (passports or birth, death, or marriage certificates).
  
• A list of local notary publics is available at the Circulation, Community Services, and Reference departments, or may be downloaded from the Downloads page of this web site.

Please note: The notary’s oath requires the notary to identify the person signing the document and witness him doing so. The Library cannot make any exceptions to this New York State law.

Click on the logo to the left, then select Freeport Memorial Library to view historical images of Freeport. This digitization project is a result of a combined effort by the Freeport Memorial Library and the Freeport Historical Society.

Freeport Families! Freeport Memorial Library cardholders now have access to a collection of free passes to select Metropolitan area museums. Visit our Museums Page for more information.

To obtain a library card, come to the Circulation Desk with two forms of current identification that show that you live in the Village of Freeport or the Freeport School District. For example, you may bring an electric or telephone bill, drivers license, a letter addressed to you, a report card, school ID, or your school bus pass. After you complete a short application, you will receive your card. Each person in your family should have his/her own library card. With your library card, you may borrow books, magazines, audiotapes, compact discs and videotapes, and use the public access computers.

The FRIENDS of the Library are a volunteer group who promote the Library in the Community. Click on the logo to the right to visit the FRIENDS page.

The Library scans the minutes of the Library Board, the School Board and the Village Board into Adobe Acrobat format. If you e-mail the Reference Department at reffr@nassaulibrary.org and let us know which minutes you want, we will e-mail them to you.

The Library is not responsible for any errors in these minutes due to the scanning process, and maintains file copies of the minutes of these agencies at the Reference Desk of the Library.

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