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New Titles Updated 4/14/08
The list of new titles at area libraries has been updated, and we are now listing the bestsellers at the top of the list. Have fun browsing! Here are a few of the titles to whet your appetite:
Bestselling Fiction
Unaccustomed earth / Lahiri, Jhumpa.
Compulsion / Kellerman, Jonathan.
The appeal / Grisham, John.
Belong to me / De los Santos, Marisa.
Change of heart / Picoult, Jodi
Remember me?/ Kinsella, Sophie
A Thousand Splendid Suns / Hosseini, Khaled.Featured Library: Wells Memorial Library of Upper Jay
The
Wells
Memorial Library, Upper Jay, lies along the AuSable River, surrounded
by the
majestic Adirondack Mountains.Like
so many towns along the AuSable River, Upper Jay was a hub of industry
at the
turn of the century, with its own doctor, mortician, general store,
wheelwright,
and carding and grain mills.In
1901 Wells Memorial Library opened.The
library was the result of generosity (the Wallis Craig Smiths donated
the land
and had the library built) and necessity. Because
road conditions made travel difficult during many months of the year,
the area
had a need for a central place to hold social, educational and cultural
functions, as well as to provide books and information to
residents.
Another CEF Library becomes automated
In January, 2008, the Wilmington E. M. Cooper Memorial Library became the newest automated library in the CEF System. Congratulations Wilmington!
Patrons of automated libraries enjoy enhanced access to most of the resources of the libraries in our area. Twenty-two of the thirty public libraries in Clinton, Essex andFranklin Library System are now automated.
(Read More)24 CEF Libraries among 421 in New York to
receive computer grant
Over the next 2 years, 24 libraries in the Clinton Essex Franklin Library System will be receiving up to 70 new computers and associated equipment, software and services through a $118,514 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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