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New Features for eBooks and Audiobooks

Recent updates on the Libby App make it more accessible for all readers, including users with a diverse range of visual, motor and cognitive needs. Improvements included are:

Screen reader support
Keyboard shortcuts
Customizable ebook reader display
Dark mode
Adjustable text size
Zoom feature
Adjustable playback speed
And more!

For more detailed information on Libby’s new accessibility enhancements, click here.

Fore more of our downloadable resources, click here.

Questions? Email askus@emmaclark.org

Join with friends or make new ones!

Knit, Crochet, & Chat

First Friday of every month from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Join with friends, old and new, to work on your current knitting or crochet project. Share tips, techniques, and conversation.

No registration required. Bring your own supplies. Please note that this is a social program and not instructional.

Questions? Contact Librarian Emma Yohannan at eyohannan@emmaclark.org.

Historic Site Connected to Culper Spies – Visit for Free!

We recently added Raynham Hall Museum, located in Oyster Bay, to our very popular Museum Pass Collection. This museum complements the collection well and would be of particular interest to Three Village residents for its connection to the Culper Spy Ring, the group of George Washington’s spies during the American Revolution, which has strong roots in Setauket.

Raynham Hall Museum is the home of Robert Townsend (alias Samuel Culper, Jr.), one of the Culper Spy Ring agents. This engaging museum of history and espionage is open for docent-guided tours on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. It is open for self-guided tours, featuring an exciting, augmented reality experience on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays starting every hour from 1pm to 4pm.

Patrons who borrow a Museum Pass may receive free admission for two adults and two children (up to 17 years) for either a guided tour or self-guided tour in the education center. It also includes a 10% discount at the museum shop. This pass is a “Print on Demand”, which means there is no need to pick up or return a physical pass to the Library. Users may print the pass from any computer, even from home. To reserve a pass, Library cardholders may visit emmaclark.org/museum-passes.

The Museum Pass program at Emma Clark Library now features 34 museums, gardens, historic sites, and cultural institutions on Long Island and in New York City. The program encourages learning through experience and makes museum visits affordable for all. In 2021, there were 961 free museum visits for library patrons.

Those who borrow passes through Emma Clark’s Museum Pass program are encouraged to share their adventures on social media with the hashtag #EmmaTakesMePlaces. Emma Clark Library may be found on Facebook @emmaclarklibrary, Instagram @emmaclarklibrary, or Twitter @ESCML.

Questions? Email askus@emmaclark.org

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Photo of outdoor terrace with words "Making the Library even better for the Three Village Community" on top

Events with Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University, Emma S. Clark Memorial Library and the Three Village community join together in an inaugural project called “One Book, One Community”. The goal of this collaboration is to have readers engage with great literature that explores topics and themes around important cultural, social and ethical issues. Through Campus and Library events, we hope to provide increasing opportunities to learn from each other by promoting dialogue around community values and by fostering connections between people of different ages, backgrounds and experiences. Our first book will be 2020 National Book Award winner ─ Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu.

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu ─ Willis Wu plays “Generic Asian Man” in films, but dreams of being “Kung Fu Guy”, the most respected role that an Asian man can attain. As he stumbles into the spotlight, he finds himself discovering the secret history of Chinatown.

How to obtain the book:

Stony Brook University is providing complimentary copies of Interior Chinatown for you to keep. Visit the Emma Clark Library Adult Reference Desk between September 1 and October 13.
Borrow eBooks & eAudiobooks, available to all Emma Clark cardholders on the Libby/Overdrive app beginning 8/16.

Events Planned By Emma Clark Library for Three Village Residents:

To register for these three programs, visit emmaclark .org/programs.

Interior Chinatown Book Discussion (virtual):
Wed., Sep. 29, 7:00–8:30 p.m. OR Wed., Oct. 13, 7:00–8:30 p.m.
E.K. Tan, (Comparative Literature, English Dept. and Asian and Asian American Studies), will lead us in a discussion of Interior Chinatown. Registration begins Aug. 16.

Chinese Lao American Cooking with Penn Hongthong (virtual):
Thu., Oct. 28 at 7:00 p.m.
Penn Hongthong will demonstrate how to make simple, healthy and tasty Chinese dishes such as Vegetable Lo Mein, Pork Fried Rice (brown rice) and Chicken with Cashews. Recipes will be provided.
Registration begins Aug. 16.

Of Boats & Bodies: Reading Refugee Literature (virtual):
Thu., Nov. 4, 7:00–8:30 p.m.
Timothy K. August, (Comparative Literature, English Dept. and Asian and Asian American Studies) explores the current trendcof Vietnamese American authors who are writing about their refugee experiences. Registration begins Aug. 16.

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**To find a schedule of Stony Brook University programs open to the Three Village community, visit stonybrook.edu/onebook for information about events, discussions & exhibitions that connect to the themes of the book. All events are free and open to the public.