Live Homework Help

The Library subscribes to Live Homework Help, a service of Tutor.com, an after-school homework help center. Children in grades K-12 (or their parents) can connect with a live tutor for expert help in Math, Science, Social Studies, and English daily from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Simply click the link on the Library website, enter grade level and subject area and you are connected to an expert! To access the site from home, enter your library card number when prompted.

News From the Children's Room

Marie Ilardi returns with the ever-popular "Chocolate Workshop" on Saturday, November 7. Children in Grades K-2 will meet at 1:00 p.m. Children in Grades 3-5 will meet at 2:30 p.m. Registration is required and begins in the Children’s Room on Saturday, October 31 at 9:30 a.m. Open to Garden City residents only.

New friends, old friends, good times! "New Friends in a Book" will meet on Wednesday, November 18, at 4:00 p.m. to discuss Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, by Lois Lowry. "New Friends in a Book" is a club for children presently enrolled in Third Grade. It was designed to help children start thinking critically about books, and grow confident in sharing their opinions and enjoyment of children’s literature. Participants will discuss a selection, play a trivia game based on the book, and other fun activities. Come by the Children’s Room to check for availability and pick up your copy of the book.

Go forth and read! "Go Forth! Fourth Grade Book Club" is for (you guessed it) children presently enrolled in fourth grade. It is a time for fourth graders to come together, discuss a book, and enjoy each other’s company. The next selection will be Moon Runner, by Carolyn Marsden, and the program meets on Wednesday, December 2 at 4:00 p.m. Lots of great activities are planned, so stop by the Children’s Room to sign up and get your copy of the book.

Current Fifth Graders can join us for "The Page Turners." Each meeting will focus on a different genre. We’ll discuss a great book, talk about old favorites and new, eat, play games and more! Join us for a “Night of Mystery” featuring Disappearing Acts, by Betsy Byars, on Thursday, November 12 at 5:30 p.m. Bring a brown-bag dinner and enjoy an evening inspired by great mystery books. We’ll even do some sleuthing of our own. Stop by the Children’s Room to sign up and pick up your copy of the book.

Donna Green of A Time for Kids will present "Farmer Rabbit Craft," a fun program for children, ages 2½-5, along with a caregiver, on Saturday, November 21 at 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m. Registration is required and begins Saturday, November 14, at 9:00 a.m. This program is for Garden City residents only.

The holidays will be here before you know it! Join us for some great "Holiday Crafts" with Liane on Saturday, December 5. Children presently in Grades K-2 will meet at 1:00 p.m., and children in Grades 3-5 will meet at 2:00 p.m. Registration is required and begins on Saturday, November 21, at 9:00 a.m. This program is open to Garden City residents only.

Looking for something to interest your reluctant reader or a new challenge for the child who has read everything? You might want to check out the Children’s Department’s Graphic Novel Collection. Often dismissed as mere “comic books,” graphic novels do contain many pictures, but also many different stories and characters. Reluctant readers are often drawn to the images and shorter text of a graphic novel, but any reader can find their interest engaged and their literacy skills challenged by the different style of storytelling found in a graphic novel. The graphic novels in the juvenile collection have been reviewed and recommended by librarians and are intended for children ages eight and up. Recent acquisitions include Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom, by Eric Wight; Magic Trixie, by Jill Thompson; Jellaby, by Kean Soo; and Magic Pickle and the Garden of Evil, by Scott Morse. If you are unfamiliar with this entertaining and diverse genre, check it out!

Will you be travelling during the holiday season? While the family is sitting in the car, use that time to listen to a good book! The Children’s Department has a large collection of audiobooks on CD. We have a wide variety of popular titles, authors, and genres for you to check out. Recent audiobooks include: Clementine’s Letter, by Sara Pennypacker; No Girls Allowed (Dogs Okay), by Trudi Strain Trueit; News for Dogs, by Lois Duncan; and The Nixie’s Song, by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. There’s sure to be something the whole family can enjoy!

Storytimes began on Monday, October 5. Space may still be available in certain programs. Registration can take place either online or in person. Call or stop by the Children’s Room for more information.

Please check the Calendar of Events and the Children's Room page for upcoming events and registration dates. Funding for these programs has been provided by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Priority for registration and participation is given to children who are Garden City Public Library cardholders.

Sunday Openings

The Library is open Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please see the hours page for a more complete schedule.

Artist Exhibits “Faces & Places”

Garden City’s talented artist Suzie Alvey will exhibit a solo show, “Faces & Places,” in the Gallery on the lower level of the Library from November 1-29. Enjoy seeing portraits of people, houses, and landscapes created in pastels, watercolors, and oils.

Suzie’s “Garden City-scapes” feature accurately rendered architectural details. She has accepted commissions from Switzerland to San Francisco for house portraits. Suzie’s portraits of people are mostly rendered in oils, and some are in pastel. Her subjects calmly sit for her as she paints them directly from life. Ms. Alvey’s landscapes are inspired from her travels on the east coast, most notably the New England area.

Suzie Alvey has studied with Marion Brown (American Watercolor Society) and Dan Slapo (Pastel Society of America, Master Pastellist) and at the Art Students League in Manhattan. She graduated SUNY Albany with a Bachelor of Art degree in Studio Art. Suzie is a Juried Member of the Art League of Nassau County.

There will be a "Meet the Artist" reception in the Gallery on Sunday, November 8 from 2:00 p.m.

Exhibits are free and open to the public during regular Library hours. Funding for gallery and showcase exhibits is provided by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Installation and removal dates are subject to change.

Community Club Showcases Exhibit

The Community Club of Garden City & Hempstead, Inc. will showcase an exhibit celebrating their 90^th Birthday at the Library from November 1-29. Enjoy seeing a historic collection of books, brochures, photos, and mementos displayed in celebration of the oldest club in Garden City.

The Community Club of Garden City & Hempstead, Inc. was organized in 1919 at the instance of the National League for Women’s Service in order to perpetuate the community spirit created by their wartime activities. The club’s mission was to bring together those who desired to share in a wide variety of cultural, educational, creative and philanthropic activities in a social and congenial environment. The club presently has the following departments: Americanism/Current Events, Art, Community Service, Drama/Literature, Garden, and General Program. Members are offered art classes, tours, a Friendship Luncheon, and a fund-raising Mid-Winter Bridge game. Volunteer members create holiday floral arrangements for local memorials, Garden City and Hempstead Libraries, Village Hall, and the Fire and Police Departments. There is a limit to 1,200 members.

Exhibits are free and open to the public during regular Library hours. Funding for gallery and showcase exhibits is provided by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Installation and removal dates are subject to change.

Psychic “Tell It” Show

Meet with Lois T. Martin, nationally and internationally noted professional numerologist/psychic, for an evening of adventure and an open forum asking what might be on your mind. These questions may include relationships, career, romance, attuning to your innermost feelings, or maybe just satisfying your curiosity. Join us for a fun-filled evening at the Library on Monday, November 9, at 7:00 p.m. There is no registration for this enlightening program, but if further information is needed, please call Laura Flanagan at 742-8405, ext 239. Psychic spot readings will be offered to class participants for entertainment purposes only.

Stroke Prevention/Hypertension Management Program

The Library is pleased to have Joanne Kuplicki, RN-BC MA, coordinator of community health and education at St. Francis Hospital-DeMatteis Center, come to speak on a serious health issue. Nurse Kuplicki will be presenting a program on "Stroke Prevention and Hypertension Management" on Tuesday, November 10 at 2:00 p.m. There will be plenty of opportunity for questions and answers after the lecture. This program is open to all, and there is no registration necessary. For further information, please call Laura Flanagan at 742-8405, ext. 239.

Friends of the Library Book Discussion

Mary Doria Russell’s historical novel Dreamers of the Day will be the selection for a book discussion, which will be moderated by Gloria Weinrich, on Wednesday, November 11 at 10 a.m. This rich novel, set against the back drop of the 1921 Cairo Peace Conference, is narrated by Agnes Shanklin, an Ohio schoolteacher, who finds herself financially independent as the sole-surviving member of her family. After the influenza epidemic of 1919, Agnes decides to take a trip to Cairo and is thrilled to be swept up into the company of renowned statesmen, diplomats, and spies. Russell’s characters, both real and imaginary, are consistently captivating.

The book discussion, moderated by Mrs. Weinrich, will take place in the Library’s small meeting room on the Lower Level and is limited to 20 participants. No registration is necessary. Copies of the book are available at the Reference Desk beginning October 10. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Tribute to America

Vocalist Naomi Zeitlin will perform a concert, “A Tribute to America” on Thursday, November 12, at 2:00 p.m. Enjoy patriotic songs and popular melodies from the Big Band Era. Hear a variety of musical styles such as folk, country, blues, jazz, Broadway, and movie themes. The concert will include songs like “Stormy Weather,” “The Last Time I Saw Paris,” and “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.”

Ms. Zeitlin has performed as the lead in musical theater as well as a vocalist in cabaret acts at locations throughout the New York Metropolitan area. She was a member of Music on Tour, a five-person group which had been performing in the tri-state area since 1992. They had been entertaining with their original revue “We’re Into Love” to rave reviews at dinner theaters, cabaret clubs, parks, libraries, and more. Naomi has also sung in regional and community-theater productions. She has performed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for 3 years at Chez Elena’s restaurant. Her four CD releases are: Colored Lights, Special Requests, Never Too Late, and The Color of Your Dreams, which reflect a variety of musical styles.

This public program is funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Seating and parking are limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. No tickets are required.

What's up for Young Adults

Registration began on Sunday, November 1, for the "Cookie Cutter Fall Cake Workshop." Mary Ann Impostato of Kids Edible Creations will lead YAs in decorating a cake, using cookie cutters to design the frosting, on Saturday, November 14, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Students will have their choice of pumpkin, turkey, maple leaf, apple, and more designs. This program is limited to 15 participants.

Young adult programs are for students in Grade 6-12, and priority is given to Garden City Public Library cardholders. For more information on these and future programs check the Young Adult page, the Calendar of Events, the Library newsletter, the newspapers, and our flyers. Registration for young adults may now be done through the Library’s new online calendar system EventKeeper, which may be reached 24/7. Registered participants must be present at the time the program is scheduled to begin. We regret that, after that time, their places may be given to people on the waiting list. Funding for these programs has been provided by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Young Garden City Poets Featured in Anthology

The Library’s adult poetry collection has an anthology of poetry, Young Voices: An Anthology of Poetry by Nassau County Students, which includes poems written by Garden City students. There are seven poets from Homestead School, two from Garden City Middle School, and one from Garden City High School. The collection contains poems by 195 first through third place and honorable mention award winners in the Nassau County Poet Laureate School Poetry Writing Contest. The contest for students in kindergarten through 12^th grade was conducted in 2008-2009 by then Nassau County Poet Laureate Maxwell Corydon Wheat, Jr.

Holiday Dinner: Entertaining with Ease!

The holiday season is almost upon us, and the Library wants to help you enjoy the holidays. Therefore, we are offering the program "Holiday Dinner: Entertaining with Ease!" Learn to create a meal that is sophisticated yet incredibly simple to prepare - a menu that will add elegance to any holiday dinner. Fresh, tasty, ingredients add to the enjoyment of the foods, both while it is cooking and when your guests are savoring it. Since most of the work is done in the roasting pan, you’ll be surprised at how little time you really need to create a memorable dinner. The dinner will consist of champagne chicken, mesclun salad, buttered spinach noodles and glazed carrots. For dessert there will be chocolate mousse napoleons with strawberries and cream. This culinary program is for Garden City residents only and is being held on Monday evening, November 16, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Registration begins on Sunday, November 1. For further information please contact Laura Flanagan at 742-8405, ext. 239.

AARP Driver Safety Course

Registration begins Saturday, October 31 at 9:00 a.m. at the Reference Desk for the AARP "55 Alive" defensive-driving course to be held at the Library. The course will be given Tuesday, November 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Registration is limited to Garden City residents, age 50 and older, and must be done in person with photo identification, proof of age (preferably a driver's license), along with your AARP membership card. In addition, a check for $12.00 for members and $14.00 for nonmembers, made payable to AARP, for course materials must be presented at the time of registration. Cash will not be accepted. For further information please call Laura Flanagan at 742-8405.

Gifts From Your Home

Instructor Lee Perrotta will present a free lecture/demonstration “Gifts From Your Home” on Thursday, November 19, at 2:00 p.m. Learn how easy it is to make expensive-looking gifts for next to nothing! See how to create and uniquely package beautiful soaps, chocolates, and stationery. Participants will be given a “recipe for success sheet” with helpful tips. Lee Perrotta is owner of The Chocolate Lady, located in downtown historic Oyster Bay. It is a one of Long Island's most recognized chocolate boutiques. She is chef and founder of RR Chocolate, Inc. This public program is funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Seating and parking is limited and on a first-come first-served basis. No tickets are required.

Library Begins Issuing Automated Date-Due Slips

On August 3, the Library began issuing date-due slips on receipt paper only for all materials that are borrowed. Patrons will receive one slip per visit, listing all the items they check out at that visit with each of the item’s due dates listed. The purpose of these automated slips is to reduce the various costs associated with the production and use of individual date-due cards. Patrons can also check the dates that their items are due by monitoring their accounts online through the catalog at a computer in the Library or from home by visiting the Library’s website.

New Features Available Online for Library Accounts

Need more control? You’ve got it! If you haven’t already discovered it, check out the My Account link on the catalog home page. Not only can you reserve and renew items, you can change your contact information and set your notification preferences. Did you forget your PIN? If you have given us your eMail address, you can reset it online. Click on My Account, then click on the "Forgot Your PIN?" link. Type in your name and barcode, and the system will send you an eMail containing a link that allows you to change your PIN.

Going on vacation? You can postpone your requests so that they won’t arrive while you’re away. Go to the Library catalog, log into My Account, and click the link to “requests (holds).” If a request can be frozen, it will have a check box on the right side of the display in the “Freeze” column. Click the box, then click on “Update List.” Once you freeze a hold, the system will skip over it until you log in again and uncheck the "Freeze" box. Please note that not all requests are freezable.

The Library sends Email Courtesy Notices to remind patrons about checked-out materials that may be coming due. If you have an email address in your patron record and you have items currently checked out, you will receive these email notices, which will be sent three days before your items are due. The emails are meant as a reminder that library materials must be returned soon, as well as to help you avoid delinquencies and fines. The email subject line will read "LIBRARY COURTESY NOTICE."

If you want to add your email address to your patron record, tell the Circulation staff or log into My Account and click on “Modify Personal Information.” All patrons can access their accounts online through the catalog. Users can reserve and renew books as well as check the due dates of items currently checked out. For more information about accessing your library account online, please contact the reference desk at 742-8405.

You can also get an RSS feed of information from your patron record, such as an indication that materials are ready for pickup, with a feature called My Record Feeds. RSS (translated variously as “RDF Site Summary,” “Rich Site Summary,” or “Really Simple Syndication”) adds a “Live Bookmark” to your browser (such as Internet Explorer®). To use this feature, log into My Account and then click the “My Record Feeds” link.

For more information on managing your library account, click on the “News and Information for Our Users” link on the catalog home page or contact the Reference Desk at 742-8405.

Library Offers Colorful New Service

The Library has added a color copier to the photocopying services that are available to the public. Patrons will be able to make color photocopies for special projects and school reports. Copies cost $1.00 per copy. The new color copier is located near the side of the Reference Office. The Library continues to offer the public the availability of two black-and-white copiers, which are located behind the Reference desk. Black-and-white copies continue to cost 15¢ per page.

Library Collects Used Eyeglasses for Lion’s Club

Collection boxes for used eyeglasses and discarded American flags are provided near the interior doors.

The Library is a collection site for used eyeglasses for the Recycle for Sight program, which is run by a local Lions Club. The Lions Club has expressed its appreciation to the Library for continuing to serve as an ongoing collection site. The boxes provided for the used eyeglass collection are located near the interior doors of the Library.

The Library also accepts donated cell phones on behalf of the Garden City Police Department. The phones are reworked to assist victims of domestic violence, persons with disabilities, and senior citizens as 911 calling devices. In addition, donated cell phones may be given by the Police Department to the Cell Phones for Soldiers program. Cell phones may be left at the Circulation Desk in the Library.

In addition, the Library collects American flags to be discarded for American Legion. The flags are taken to Pinelawn National Cemetery, where they are burned and the ashes are buried in sacred ground. A box is provided for this collection near the interior doors of the Library.

Check Out the Year’s Best Audiobooks

Broadway has the Tonys and Hollywood has the Oscars. On May 29, publishers, producers, and narrators in the audio-publishing world gathered at a formal gala at the New York Historical Society for the 14^th annual Audies, honoring the year’s best spoken-word entertainment. Audies were awarded to the most engaging and innovative audiobooks of the 2008 publishing year. Garden City residents are invited to come to the Library to check out the winning audiobook titles of the year.

Newberry Medal winner The Graveyard Book, written and read by Neil Gaiman, won the coveted Audie for the Best Audiobook of the Year. Already an acclaimed young-adult novel, the audiobook has been praised for its “original musical composition” as well as the author’s “haunting performance.” The Fiction category had a tie with Audies awarded to both The Duma Key, by Stephen King and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows. Mudbound, by Hillary Jordan, also a fiction title, won the Audie for Best Multi-Voiced Performance.

Other Audie winners included Child 44, by Tom Robb Smith, Thriller & Suspense; The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch, Biography & Memoir; and Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, as read by Simon Vance, Classic. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Thomas L. Friedman, won the Non-Fiction Audie, Politics-Judges’ Award. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris, won the Audie for the Best Narration by an Author.

The Library owns all of these titles for listeners to experience the best in spoken-word entertainment. Visit the Library’s Audio-Visual Center, located on the lower level, to select your summer listening from bestselling and award-winning titles in every genre. There are award-winning and bestselling audiobooks on CD, cassette, and Playaway, which is the newest, iPod-like format. This month, the Library added the Fodor’s Language for Travelers series to its audiobook collection. Travelers can prepare for upcoming trips with Fodor’s as well as with the new Starting Out In series. Starting Out is an audio-only beginner’s series in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, which is also MP3 compatible.

New Look for Calendar of Events

Our Calendar of Events just got a makeover. The Library is using the EventKeeper site to enhance the functionality of our events list. The new Calendar looks similar to the old one, but you will notice that there are extra menus and links to help the user change the view or limit the list by date or audience level (adult, young-adult, or children’s). EventKeeper also includes enhanced features that will show up for some events that require advance registration. We will be phasing in this function over time.

Book Club in a Bag

A group of friends, a provocative book, and free-flowing discussion … doesn’t that sound like the ingredients for a wonderful experience? Book Club in a Bag, a new service of the Garden City Public Library, will help you get started. Whether you’ve always wanted to start a book club but just didn’t know how, or your existing book discussion group is looking for an easier way to select books, the Library’s Book Club in a Bag may be just what you need.

At the present time, the Library is offering a selection of 17 book titles. The list will continue to grow over time. The titles offered are:

The Camel Bookmobile, by Masha Hamilton		The Double Bind, by Chris Bohjalian
Dream When You're Feeling Blue, by Elizabeth Berg		The Grace That Keeps This World, by Tom Bailey
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
The Heretic’s Daughter, by Kathleen Kent
In Sunlight in a Beautiful Garden, by Kathleen Cambor
Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan
Pomegranate Soup, by Marsha Mehran
Prayers for Sale, by Sandra Dallas
Property, by Valerie Martin
The Shack, by William Paul Young
Shelter Me, by Juliette Fay
The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield		Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson
Without a Backward Glance, by Kate Veitch		Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks

Each canvas tote bag contains 10 copies of the title, usually a large-type edition, audio material, and an information package with a summary, book reviews, biographical information, discussion questions, an author interview, and suggestions for further reading. The bags also contain a sign-up sheet for the leader to keep track of who has which book. Everything you need to help you run your own book-discussion group is included. Please contact Laura Flanagan for further information at 742-8405, ext 239.

The Hidden Web

As a Library member you have access to valuable and authoritative information services that are available free of charge to every cardholder 24/7 from home or office. We call these databases the Hidden Web.

Genealogists take note: Heritage Quest, a subset of the popular Ancestry Library database, is available to remote users, whereas Ancestry Library is available only in the Library. Heritage Quest includes Census records, family and local histories, Revolutionary War records, and more. Ancestry Library has additional resources, including immigration ship lists, military records, the Social Security Death Index, and records from the UK and Canada.

Given the state of the economy, we can’t miss this opportunity to remind our patrons of the business-research tools available in the Library databases. Hoover's Company Records contains profiles of more than 40,000 companies, 600 industries, and 225,000 key executives. This is the place to find company overviews and histories, officers and board members, competitors, products and operations, auditors, rankings, related industries, and historical financial data. Search Investext Plus to find investment, company, and industry reports from over 500 brokers all over the world. Use PROMT (Predicast Overview of Markets and Technology) to research companies, their products, and the markets in which they compete. PROMT includes summaries and full text from nearly 1,000 business-and-trade journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, market-research studies, news releases, and investment-and-brokerage firm reports. ReferenceUSA is a database of 15 million businesses in the US and Canada and includes information such as corporate family, credit rating, expenditures, management, and sales. To track the performance of stocks, bonds, funds, and industries, use Standard & Poors NetAdvantage.

For a full listing of electronic services by subject area, see the Online Databases page. Most are accessible both in the Library and at home. Enter the barcode number from your Garden City Public Library card when prompted.

Advice for Reading

The Library offers a free electronic newsletter called NextReads that recommends good books on your favorite topics. If you have an eMail address, you can subscribe to any of 25 annotated subject lists. Fiction and nonfiction newsletter topics include Biography and Memoir, Fantasy, Mystery, Nature and Science, NY Times Bestsellers, and Audiobooks, as well as two children's newsletters and one for teens. Newsletters are emailed on a monthly or bimonthly basis. Each one describes up to 12 books, with links to the Library catalog, so that subscribers can place a hold on a title. If you don’t have an email address, you can view the newsletters as web pages from any computer in the Library or at home from any computer with Internet access.

If you prefer to search for books within a genre, you can use another of the Library’s online resources, NoveList Plus. If you enter your favorite types of books (biography, history, mystery, science fiction, etc.), NoveList Plus will find similar books in its database of 200,000 fiction and nonfiction titles. You can also search by author, series, or even setting. Updated monthly, the database includes more than 30,000 full-text reviews and descriptions, with links to the Library catalog to help you locate a book of interest. For children, NoveList K-8 Plus includes fiction and nonfiction, picture books, children's "chapter" books, and young-adult titles.

For a full listing of electronic services by subject area, see the Online Databases page. Most are accessible both in the Library and at home. Enter the barcode number from your Garden City Public Library card when prompted.

Career Databases Available 24/7

Whether you are looking for a first job or changing jobs, the Library offers a wealth of career resources at your fingertips 24 hours, seven days a week. Job seekers can take a skills-assessment test, explore different careers, develop a resume, or locate schools and financial-aid sources to continue education by utilizing the career databases that are available through the Library website. Career Cruising and Coin Career Library are two databases that help job seekers match their interests and skills to explore future careers. New grads and career changers can utilize an online portfolio to save results from searches, create a career path, and also build a resume. A unique feature in Coin Career Library is a state data page which includes links to the New York State Department of Labor and Department of Education as well as other New York State job-related sites.

The Library also offers patrons the opportunity to prepare for upcoming employment tests through Learning Express Library. There are computer-skills courses, GED preparation, and other adult skill-building programs available through this database. In addition, students can prepare for the SAT and ACT as well as graduate-school entrance exams.

Job candidates can research prospective employers to prepare for an interview by using the Community Resource Database as well as the business-resource databases. Before the interview, applicants can also create, print, or email their résumés in the Library’s Computer Lab. The Library has a wealth of free resources to assist job seekers in finding whatever materials are needed for their employment search.

Job Corner Updated

What are the best jobs for the 21^st century? Did you know that there are 150 best recession-proof jobs? The Library has updated its job-search titles for both the new job seeker as well as the career changer. The Best Jobs for the 21^st Century and 150 Best Recession-Proof Jobs are just two of the new titles that were recently added to Library’s Job Corner to help job seekers succeed in this difficult economic climate. The Job Corner, which is located at the entrance to the adult reference collection, offers up-to-date books on careers, resume writing, interviewing, and test preparation.

At home or in the Library, patrons can also click on the Job and Career Resources link on the home page of the catalog and access employment-related titles that are available either in the Library or that can be interloaned to assist with job searches. The Library also keeps current lists of upcoming Nassau County and New York State Civil Service openings and tests. These lists are located on a table in front of the Reference Desk. In the Periodical Room, there are civil-service employment publications including The Chief and Federal Jobs Digest, as well as the current issues of local and national newspapers with classified sections.

Ornamental Art

“Ornamental Art” a collection of hand-painted work, will be showcased by award-winning, professional illustrator Katherine M. Trunk at the Library from December 1-30. This display will feature whimsical to classical renditions of cats and dogs as well as other animals.

The talented Katherine M. Trunk is a 1987 art & design graduate of Farmingdale State College where she was nominated for “Outstanding Young Women of America.” She has received awards at the 1998 National Juried Exhibition in Sante Fe, NM and the 2000 & 2007 Annual Juried Art Show in East Meadow, NY. She is currently an artisan for Malhame & Company in Melville, NY. Her freelance illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, America Magazine, National Review Magazine and The New York Sun.

Exhibits are free and open to the public during regular Library hours. Funding for gallery and showcase exhibits is provided by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Installation and removal dates are subject to change.

Pastel Exhibition

A solo pastel exhibition entitled “Kristina M. Testani: Progress” will be displayed in the gallery at the Library from December 1-30. See portrait and figure drawings created with pastels. This talented Wantagh artist holds a Master’s in Art Therapy from Hofstra University and teaches children with special needs.

Exhibits are free and open to the public during regular Library hours. Funding for gallery and showcase exhibits is provided by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Installation and removal dates are subject to change.

Lunch Bag Book Talk

The Library is excited to announce an upcoming "Lunch Bag Book Talk" which will take place on Tuesday, December 1, at 12:00 p.m. The thought-provoking book to be discussed is The Secret Scripture, an epic story of family, love, and unavoidable tragedy by two-time Man Booker Prize finalist Sebastian Barry. Acclaimed author Sebastian Barry has written an elegant and intelligent novel of love, murder, betrayal and sacrifice.

Told through the journals of Roseanne McNulty and her psychiatrist, Dr. Grene, the story that emerges of Roseanne’s family in 1930s Sligo is at once shocking and deeply beautiful. Refracted through the haze of memory and retelling, Roseanne’s story becomes an alternative, secret history of Ireland. Exquisitely written, The Secret Scripture is the story of a life blighted by terrible mistreatment and ignorance, and yet marked still by love and passion and hope.

Registration begins Sunday, November 8; is limited to Garden City residents; and must be done in person. For further information, please call Laura Flanagan at the Library at 742-8405 ext. 239.

Hand-Painted Holiday Mugs

Instructor Irene Marchese will teach you how to hand paint four mugs with a beautiful holiday motif, snowflakes and all. With this one stroke painting technique, even beginners can create a lovely work of art. These mugs make a wonderful holiday or hostess gift - or just keep them for yourself! This creative program takes place at on Wednesday, December 2 at 6:30 p.m. and is for adult Garden City residents only. In-person registration begins on Sunday, November 15. Registration is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis. For further information, please call Laura Flanagan at 742-8405 ext. 339.