Fake news has been in the news a lot lately. You can find it on many online information sources as well as on Facebook (where a lot of fake and real news is shared). But how do you know what is fake and what is real when it comes to information? It isn’t always easy […]
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Read a good book lately? Log on to www.goodreads.com and vote for the best books of 2016. Don’t miss your chance to vote in the 8th annual Goodreads Choice Awards, one of the few book awards where the winners are determined by everyday readers. Check out the 400 nominees in 20 categories, including Best Fiction, Mystery, Memoir, […]
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Please note some upcoming changes in Live-brary, the service used to download free ebooks, audiobooks and videos. You will notice a new “face” when you open the site. The new Live-brary is now faster and easier to use as well. Enhancements include: Better browsing Simple “availability” bannersNew ways to find titlesEasy-to-customize lending periodsInstant access to titles […]
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Interested in new mysteries? Romance? Seagoing Adventures? Just curious about the latest books?Look at the following sources for some great ideas: Omnivoracious – Amazon’s official book review blog Book Riot – a team of reviewers covering works that will appeal to all tastes; a lot of lists under genre headingsBookLikes – blog platform for book loversGoodreads – […]
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Need a consent form, power of attorney form, release form? LawDepot is a free database that lets you create your own legal forms online – at the library or from home. It builds the form you select and places the information you enter into the proper locations within the document. Interested? Go to the database and […]
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It’s that time of year! It’s time for a couple of good ghost stories. Whether you like gothic horror, witches, the supernatural or haunted houses, may we suggest a few titles? “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James “The Secret of Crickley Hall” by James Herbert”Ring” by Koji Suzuki”The Haunting of Hill House” by […]
Continue readingBob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature. The prolific musician is the first Nobel winner to have forged a career primarily as a singer-songwriter. What’s more, he’s also the first American to have won the prize in more than two decades. Not since novelist Toni Morrison won in 1993 has an American […]
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Welcome to the new design of Southold Free Library’s website! Take a look at all the simplified links and wonderful services and resources, and so much more. Everything has been designed with you in mind. So, take your time checking out all the ways you can best use your library, both online and when you […]
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Calling all teens in grades 6-12! If you are interested in contributing to our new Teen Blog, you can submit a book review, a poem, an interesting article, etc. Please be sure to name the source if your submission is not your own. Send submissions with your full name to: penny@southoldlibrary.org (I will only post […]
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For those of you that LOVE Sarah J. Maas and her incredibly awesome Throne of Glass Series, CHECK THIS OUT Throne of Glass. Also, if you like Sarah’s books, here is one by Cinda Williams Chima that I think is ALMOST as good…Flamecaster: a Shattered Realms Novel It continues the Seven Realms story one generation […]
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