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3D Printers from Suffolk Libraries Being Used to Help Create Face Shields
In a project coordinated by the Suffolk County Library System (SCLS) and in partnership with Stony Brook University, Suffolk County Libraries have banned together to help create face shields for the heroes in our hospitals!
Earlier this week SCLS reached out to libraries with 3D printers and asked them to consider having them temporarily shipped to SCLS where they will be organized together in a “printer farm” to make the headband portion for face shields used by medical personnel.
For libraries that didn’t own a 3D printer, such as ours, SCLS offered them the opportunity to purchase one immediately through a coordinated order and have them added to the “printer farm.”
We’re happy to announce that Emma Clark Library has purchased one of the printers so that we may also participate in this important effort to help our hospital heroes. Altogether, by next week Suffolk libraries will have over 60 3D printers working together on production. Once the crisis is over, our own new 3D printer will come back to the Library for the Three Village community.
Images: SCLS auditorium with printers.
Photo Credit: SCLS
Tech Help
Emma Clark patrons have two options for personalized Technology Help:
OPTION 1: Local teen & tween volunteers are in our Technology Center on certain dates (weekday evenings and weekends) to answer your simple technology questions and help you learn how to use your mobile devices, including cell phones, tablets, and e-readers. Appointments are required. Click here for our adult program calendar to find dates and to register. Or call 631.941.4080 to register. Questions? Email askus@emmaclark.org
OPTION 2: Patrons can schedule one-on-one appointments for Tech Help with Jen, Technology Librarian, and Bob, IT Manager. Simply email techhelp@emmaclark.org. Be sure to include your library barcode number and telephone number. Jen or Bob will get back to you between the hours of 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Examples of things we assist with include:
• General assistance with mobile devices, phones, tablets, and laptops
• Computer software (Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, etc.)
• Web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari)
• Roku and Fire Stick devices
• Setting up communication options (FaceTime, Zoom, Google Hangouts) to stay in touch with loved ones, have video conferences, etc.
Things to do from home, thanks to your library card
Some things you can do from home, thanks to your library card!
– Download an eBook or eAudiobook through OverDrive
– Watch a movie that you streamed through Kanopy or Hoopla
– Have a dance party in your living room! Free music (that you never have to “return”) through Hoopla
– Learn a new language (& daydream about that trip you’ve always wanted to take) with Pronunciator
– Brush up on your skills or learn new ones with Hoonuit or Universal Class. These are online learning platforms, each with over 500 video classes. Hoonuit has tutorials software applications, including Microsoft Word and Excel, Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, Social Media, WordPress, GoogleDocs and more. Universal Class has a multitude of topics such as accounting, career training, health & medicine, DIY, medical billing, pet care, psychology, real estate, special education, and test preparation, just to name a few.
– Get crafty with CreativeBug
– Read up on your local history and find out what the “Setauket Spies” did during the American Revolution.
– Research that big purchase. Consumer Reports is free with your library card.
– Do your taxes. It’s not fun, but it IS productive. Links to tax forms are available right on the library’s website.
– Download free digital magazines through Flipster or RB Digital
– Check out a museum from your home! Click here for a handy list of museums with virtual tours.
What to do with the kids?
– Take them on an adventure – learn about science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space through National Geographic Kids.
– Learn a new language through games and stories (they won’t even realize they’re learning!) through Muzzy.
– Check out more than 200 countries and all U.S. states on the CultureGrams Kids Edition. There are maps, videos, photos, interviews, biographies, recipes, flags, graphs, tables, and more!
– Read an eBook. Tumble Books for Kids and Sesame Street eBooks are animated, talking picture book libraries that help kids learn to read and build vocabulary in an interactive format.
For even more resources, click here for a list complied by the Suffolk Cooperative Library System.
Kids, Redeem Your Raffle Tickets & Log Books by 2/28!
Kids, join our Dr. Seuss-themed Winter Reading Club! Why?
😄Read ANY books! We don’t tell you what to read – it’s up to you!
😄Weekly electronic raffle tickets!
😄No pressure…come into the Library as little or as much as you’d like!
😄Reach your goal and receive a prize bag! ALL kids who reach their goal receive a prize bag!
😄And for the parents – when kids report the books that they’ve read, it gives them confidence and encourages a lifelong love of reading.
Now the details:
Click here to register. It’s through Beanstack (same online program as Summer Reading). Or call us at 631-941-4080, ext. 123. Registration is on-going throughout January & February, so don’t worry if you’re “late” to register. Read any books you want and log them in by February 28. For kids birth – 6th grade.
Here are your Dr. Seuss-themed goals:
“Thing 1 & Thing 2” – Pre-Readers: for the children that have books read to them. Your goal will be to read at least 10 books with your grownup.
“Green Eggs & Ham-ers” – New Readers: for the children that are just starting or have only recently begun to read by themselves. Your goal will be to read at least 5 books on your reading level.
“The Grinches” – Confident Readers: for the children that read on their own. Your goal will be to read at least 2 books on your reading level.
All kids who reach their goal…starting Tuesday, February 16, come in and pick up a prize bag!
We also have 2 raffle prizes. Earn an electronic raffle ticket for each week you log in to your Beanstack account and complete the weekly activity. WRC ends on Sunday, Feb. 28. Raffle prize winners will be announced on Monday, Mar. 1.
Questions? Email kids@emmaclark.org or call 631.941.4080 ext. 123.
Emma Clark employees, trustees, and their immediate family members are not eligible to enter raffles.
New Online Learning
The foundation of any library is its role as a reputable & trustworthy educational resource; for a 21st century library, that includes online learning. We’ve recently expanded our online learning collection with three new, online platforms. You’ll be able to watch free, high-quality instructional videos from anywhere, whether at home or in the Library.
– Hoonuit (pronounced “Who-Knew-It”) – on-demand video training for more than 500 software applications, including Microsoft Word and Excel, Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, Social Media, WordPress, GoogleDocs and more. These short tutorials are perfect for those looking for a “snip-it” of information.
– Universal Class – an online learning platform with in-depth courses on a wide-variety of subjects. The classes may be taken at the user’s pace, and there is also the benefit of interacting with a live instructor via email. There are over 500 courses on a multitude of topics such as accounting, career training, health & medicine, DIY, medical billing, pet care, psychology, real estate, special education, and test preparation, just to name a few.
– CreativeBug – an arts & crafts instructional resource with over 1,000 award-winning video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Whether a person is making a collage, sewing, knitting, using the Cricut machine, or working on any other arts and crafts project, CreativeBug is sure to help.
These new, online learning resource may be accessed anytime and from anywhere at emmaclark.org/you-beyond.
We’re thrilled to start off 2020 with these creative and informative tools for the Three Village community!
Questions? Email askus@emmaclark.org
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