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In 2019 the Library offered its patrons access to a wide range of items, classes, events, and services to help educate and enrich the community. Our patrons borrowed or accessed 747,321 items, both physically and digitally. Our patrons continue to be among the heaviest users in the entire county of the Live-brary (Overdrive) e-book collection, with over 103,000 e-items checked out (that’s up over 29% from last year). We welcomed 22,690 attendees to 1,057 library classes and events, including 166 events for our annual children’s Summer Reading Club during which our young patrons read over 18,000 books. It became even easier for parents and kids to log Summer Reading Club books with upgrades to the Beanstack summer reading app that now includes Alexa voice integration. There were over 5,700 attendees at our Adult programs, 507 attendees at our programs geared toward seniors, and 256 at our All-Adults-All-Abilities programs specially designed for adults with special needs. Our patrons made over 2,100 visits to museums with eight new museums being added to our offerings in 2019. We also added Hoopla (a digital media service offering books, audiobooks, music, and streaming movies), and three new online instructional video resources: CreativeBug, hoonuit, and Universal Class. The Library introduced a new “Library of Things” collection, and also began offering discounted tickets to the Long Island Aquarium. We interviewed six local military veterans, preserving their stories for posterity as part of the Veterans Oral History project in partnership with the Library of Congress.
The library was out and about in the community as well. We participated in Culper Spy Day with a colonial music performance, a children’s craft, information table, library materials related to the Culper Spy Ring, and a display of Revolutionary War paraphernalia. We also were on hand to read to children at the Fiddle & Folk Festival and the annual Apple Festival. We made several school visits, and participated in district events such as elementary school science fairs and STEM Nights. We partnered with the Long Island Museum for several programs including a bicentennial celebration of Walt Whitman, an event commemorating the underground railroad on Long Island, and a program for children and parents on slavery during the Revolutionary War. All the library-museum programs included book readings and tours of the museum’s exhibits. Although we didn’t win this year, the Library entered “Super Reader” into the Ward Melville Heritage Organization’s annual scarecrow contest, and our ever-popular Little Free Library was once again installed at West Meadow beach during the summer months.
The Library added two additional hours to its Sunday morning schedule, placing the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library in the top tier of Suffolk County libraries offering the most library public service hours each year. We’re also one of the few libraries in our area open 7 days a week–all year long.
The library also completed two major infrastructure projects: public restrooms on the lower level were renovated and upgraded to ADA-compliant, single-use restrooms and the library also resurfaced the flat roof sections of the library with an energy-efficient, 30-year warranty solution. Both of these projects were subsidized by New York State Aid for Library Construction. Looking forward to 2020, the library will be embarking on some exciting new infrastructure projects that include creating more quiet space on the main floor, adding a small café area, and creating a pleasant outdoor reading area that our patrons can enjoy during the warm weather months.
We encourage all of our patrons to visit the library and to take advantage of the materials and services available to them.
January 2020
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library Board of Trustees:
Orlando T. Maione, President
Deborah Blair, Vice-President
Christopher Fletcher, Treasurer
Carol Leister, Secretary
David Douglas
Linda Josephs
Anthony Parlatore
Richard Russell
Suzanne Shane
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Titles included: VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever (2019), Business Plans Handbook (Vol. 41-43, 2018), Encyclopedia of Small Business (5thed., 2017), The College Blue Book, Peterson’s Four-Year Colleges (48thed., 2017), Peterson’s Private Secondary Schools (2017-2018), Peterson’s Two-Year Colleges (48th ed., 2018) …and more.
Gale Directory Library
Gale Directory Library
Titles included: Brands and Their Companies (42nd ed., 2018), Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local Organizations(30th ed., 2018), Scholarships, Fellowships, and Loans (36th Ed., 2019).
Planting Fields Added to Museum Pass Collection at Emma Clark Library
Setauket, NY – March 14, 2018 –
Just in time for spring, Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park has been added to Emma Clark Library’s circulating museum pass collection. Emma Clark patrons may reserve this pass for free admission to Planting Fields in Oyster Bay.
Planting Fields is the former estate of William Robertson Coe and Mai Rogers Coe on Long Island’s “Gold Coast.” It includes Coe Hall (a Tudor Revival mansion with a mostly Elizabethan style interior), 409 acres of landscape (including an arboretum, hiking trails and formal gardens), greenhouses, a sensory garden, a café, and seasonal displays.
The Planting Fields museum pass admits up to 2 adults and 4 children to the Arboretum and Coe Hall. The park is open daily from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Coe Hall opens for the season in April.
Museum Passes at Emma Clark started in 2013 with 10 museums and cultural institutions and has blossomed to 24 different passes to use throughout Long Island and New York City. In 2017, Three Village families enjoyed 1,226 free museum visits through this service.
The following is a list of museums currently in the program:
• Brooklyn Botanical Garden (New York)
• Children’s Museum of the East End (Bridgehampton)
• Cooper Hewitt (New York)
• Cradle of Aviation Museum (Garden City)
• Fire Island Lighthouse (Fire Island)
• The Frick Collection (New York)
• Garvies Point Museum and Preserve (Glen Cove)
• Guggenheim Museum (New York)
• Heckscher Museum (Huntington)
• Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum (New York)
• Long Island Children’s Museum (Garden City)
• Long Island Explorium (formerly the Maritime Explorium in Port Jefferson)
• Long Island Museum (Stony Brook)
• Museum of the City of New York (New York)
• Museum of Modern Art (New York)
• Nassau County Art Museum (Roslyn Harbor)
• New York Botanical Garden (New York)
• New York Transit Museum (New York)
• Old Bethpage Village (Old Bethpage)
• Old Westbury Gardens (Old Westbury)
• Parrish Art Museum (Water Mill)
• Planting Fields Arboretum (Oyster Bay)
• Vanderbilt Museum & Planetarium (Centerport)
• Walt Whitman Birthplace (Huntington)
Visit www.emmaclark.org/museum-passes for more information or to reserve a pass. Emma Clark Library also sells discounted tickets to the American Museum of Natural History, which may be purchased at the Circulation Desk in the Library’s lobby.
Planting Fields Foundation collaborates with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to preserve, interpret and enhance Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park as a premier, intact, Long Island Gold Coast estate and arboretum, by providing educational and enriching experiences.
The Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, located at 120 Main Street in Setauket and online at www.emmaclark.org, provides public library service to all residents of the Three Village Central School District.
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3rd Annual Bookmark Competition at Emma Clark Library
Setauket, NY – February 22, 2018 –
Your kids can help encourage the community to read through their talents and creativity! Emma Clark Library is once again calling all children in the Three Village Central School District, Kindergarten through 6th grade, to create an original bookmark for entry into a special bookmark contest.
Winners will receive the honor of having their bookmarks printed and distributed at the Library throughout the year, just like last year’s bookmark champions Lorenzo, Dhikshika, and Ashlynn. There have been about 60 entries each year, and the Library hopes to see more this year!
To pick up an Official Entry Form and Bookmark Template, kids may stop by the Children’s Reference Desk or download the form at kids.emmaclark.org. The entry deadline is March 31, 2018. Winners will be chosen in three categories (K – 2, 3rd & 4th, and 5th & 6th grades) and announced on May 1, 2018.
If you have any questions, please email kids@emmaclark.org or call 631.941.4080 ext. 123.
The Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, located at 120 Main Street in Setauket and online at www.emmaclark.org, provides public library service to all residents of the Three Village Central School District.
“The Heart of the Three Village Community”
The Heart of the Three Village Community
