Reading Club Carnival Kick-off

Our reading club carnival on Friday, June 26, was a great success!

Golden Reads

2009 Adult Summer Reading Club
Help celebrate the Library’s 50th Anniversary by joining the Half Hollow Hills Golden Reads Adult Summer Reading program. The program begins on July 6 and ends on August 27. Signing up is easy, register online or pick up a registration form available at the Dix Hills or Melville reference desk. Either way don’t forget to pick up your complimentary welcome kit.
Each time you finish a book, enter it online or complete a reporting card available on the book club displays at Dix Hills and Melville. Your entries will automatically be entered into a weekly raffle.
This year we are celebrating the library’s 50th Anniversary by having a Just Desserts party on Thursday, August 27th at 7pm. Club members can come and talk about their favorite books while enjoying refreshments. A grand prize will also be raffled away that evening. The winner must be present.

Get the most downloaded

Want to know the audiobooks most downloaded?  You can find the list here, and they’re all available at Suffolkwave.

While you’re there, you’ll see some new features:

1)  EPUB eBooks – this publishers’ eBook format is becoming the industry standard for producing digitally-born materials for traditional print as well as digital formats.  This also allows publishers to enhance “print” materials with video and audio components.  EPUBs require the Adobe Digital Editions software currently used for the Adobe PDF titles in Suffolk Wave.  EPUBs can be transferred to Sony E-reader portable devices.

2)   User Defined Lending Periods - you will now have the option to select different lending periods on a title by title basis.  Select a 7 or 14 day loan period for Audiobooks and eBooks.  Music and Videos will have 3, 5 or 7 day options.

3)  Five Star Ratings - you will now be able to rate titles.  Titles will then display the aggregate rating based on everyone’s ratings, and you will have a list of personal ratings which you can also use as a reading history list.