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Discounted Tickets Make a Great Gift

American Museum of Natural History and Long Island Aquarium logos with bows

Have you started your holiday shopping yet? Need ideas?

We have discounted tickets to the American Museum of Natural History and the Long Island Aquarium. Both would make great gifts!

Purchase tickets at our Circulation Desk during Library hours (cash or check). Purchasers must be Emma Clark patrons. Families may purchase up to 4 tickets per month.

American Museum of Natural History Emma Clark Library cardholders may purchase $10 admission tickets at the Circulation Desk. Normal admission is $28 for adults, $22.50 for students and seniors, and $16.50 for children (ages 2-12). Each ticket voucher provides free admission for one person to the Museum and one temporary exhibition, LeFrak Theater film, Space Show, or Seasonal Live Animal Exhibit.

Payment may be made by cash or check
Purchasers must have valid Emma Clark Library cards
Families may purchase up to 4 tickets per month
Supplies are limited. Some restrictions apply.

Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead

The discounted tickets cost $28 child/senior; $39 adult (general admission is $48.99 for adults, $34.99 for children ages 3-12, and $35.99 for seniors 62+) and provide admission to the aquarium, aviary, and butterfly exhibits. Emma Clark cardholders may purchase the tickets at the circulation desk.

Payment may be made by cash or check
Purchasers must have valid Emma Clark Library cards
Families may purchase up to 4 tickets per month
Supplies are limited. Some restrictions apply.

Questions? Email askus@emmaclark.org

NEW! CreativeBug

Whether you’re making a collage, sewing, knitting, using the Cricut machine, or working on any other arts and crafts project, CreativeBug is sure to help!

CreativeBug, available now, is an arts and crafts instructional resource with over 1,000 award-winning video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.

For ease of use, the videos may be filtered by category, class type (i.e. quick, beginner, advanced, multi-part), or instructor. The website also informs the user of the amount of time for each tutorial (ranging from a short 3-minute video to more intense multiple hour classes).

This new, online learning resource may be accessed anytime and from anywhere at emmaclark.org/you-beyond.

Access to eBooks in Jeopardy

Reading is Emma Clark Library’s number one priority. We aim to connect you with titles you want to read ─whether it’s in print, eBook or audiobook format.

Now your ability to access eBooks is in jeopardy.

Beginning November 1st, Macmillan Publishers is now RESTRICTING PUBLIC LIBRARIES, regardless of size or population served, to purchase only one single copy of each new eBook title for the first eight weeks after its release. This means much longer wait times for eBooks from authors you love, such as Jonathan Franzen, Kristin Hannah, Liane Moriarty, Louise Penny, Nora Roberts and many more.

Macmillan’s new policy is based on their fears that libraries are hurting their bottom line and eBook lending is stealing their profits. This couldn’t be further from the truth.

Libraries are the best marketing tool publishers have at their disposal – introducing readers to the authors they grow to love. This policy also goes against what we stand for as libraries: ensuring that ALL in our community have equal access to content. Macmillan’s new policy grants timely access only to those who can pay for it, shutting out those less fortunate in our society.

We hope you will consider joining other library customers across the United States to make your voice heard. Demand that Macmillan treat public libraries as collaborators rather than competitors.

WAYS YOU CAN HELP:

– Sign the petition today at eBooksForAll.org or text EBOOKS to 40649 (message and data rates may apply)

– Contact Macmillan publishing directly by emailing press.inquiries@macmillan.com

– Send a letter to Macmillan:
Mr. John Sargent
Chief Executive Officer
Macmillan Publishing
120 Broadway
New York, NY 10271

– Write a letter to the editor to the local newspaper

Further Reading:

– Petition and further reading from the American Library Association

– Blog post from the Central Arkansas Library System explaining how this affects the cost of eBooks for libraries.

– Recent article in the local Times Beacon Record Newspapers.

WhoHQ Collection

We’re pleased to announce that we now have the entire collection of WhoHQ books in the Children’s Department!
There are over 200 titles. They’re great for elementary school reports or even just to read interesting & incredible stories about people & places. This nonfiction series includes:

– Who Was?
– What Was?
– Where Is?

Questions? Email kids@emmaclark.org

8 New Museum Passes Added

Logos from the 8 new museums in our collection

Last year, there were 1,721 free museum visits (a 40% increase from the previous year), thanks to our Museum Pass program. Due to the popularity of this service, along with suggestions made by library patrons, eight museums located in Suffolk & Nassau Counties, as well as New York City, will be added to the collection in August:

American Airpower Museum (Farmingdale)
Children’s Museum of Manhattan (New York City)
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center (Glen Cove)
Jewish Museum (New York City)
Long Island Science Center (Riverhead)
Museum of the Moving Image (New York City)
New York Hall of Science (New York City)
South Fork Natural History Museum & Nature Center (Bridgehampton)

All of these museums are available starting August 1st; however, you may put in a reservation now.

We now have over 30 museums and cultural institutions in the Museum Pass program. See them all and reserve a museum pass at emmaclark.org/museum-passes.