Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Patron Spotlight
Patron Spotlight: Larry Gumbs
by Regina G. Feeney and Cynthia J. Krieg
What does Larry Gumbs love about the Library? “It’s a lot more than just bo
oks!” Mr. Gumbs was born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. He left the Caribbean to attend Seton Hall University and received his B.A. in political science. He then attended the University of Michigan and was awarded a master’s degree in social work. While at the university, he met his wife, Marianne.
Mr. Gumbs is a proud Vietnam veteran. He served as a naval officer for almost seven years in San Diego and Japan. He and Marianne spent six years in the U.S. Virgin Islands before moving to Freeport in 1973. He worked as a social worker for the Freeport Family Community Project.
In 1980, Mr. Gumbs began working at Family Services in Hempstead. After 20 years, he retired and has now begun a new career as what he calls a “professional volunteer.” Using his social work background, Mr. Gumbs has counseled Vietnam veterans, and he will soon volunteer as a financial counselor for teens at the Family and Children’s Center in Hempstead.
Mr. Gumbs loves not just the Freeport Library; he loves all libraries. When he and Marianne travel, they often find themselves in the local public library. The Gumbs family loves to travel. They have been to Oregon to visit one son and attended their other son’s wedding in India. They plan to visit Eastern Europe in the near future. Before any of their trips, they come to the Freeport Memorial Library to borrow travel books. But for Larry Gumbs, the Library offers much more than books. He loves the free movies, lectures, and concerts.
The Library has benefited greatly from Mr. Gumbs’ volunteer spirit. In 2005, he became president of the Friends of the Freeport Memorial Library. As president, he has helped raise money for Library programs and much needed equipment. He would like more people to join the Friends.
Since 1975, the Friends of the Freeport Memorial Library have served as capable fundraisers and advocates for the Library. Over the years, the Friends have helped the Library expand, they purchased a piano for concerts, and they made generous donations including: chairs for the meeting rooms, a video projector and a laptop computer used for programs, and the large display screen in the lobby. The Friends also sponsor many programs including an annual holiday concert. For more information about the Friends, visit the Library’s website: www.freeportlibrary.info.
by Regina G. Feeney and Cynthia J. Krieg
What does Larry Gumbs love about the Library? “It’s a lot more than just bo
oks!” Mr. Gumbs was born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. He left the Caribbean to attend Seton Hall University and received his B.A. in political science. He then attended the University of Michigan and was awarded a master’s degree in social work. While at the university, he met his wife, Marianne.Mr. Gumbs is a proud Vietnam veteran. He served as a naval officer for almost seven years in San Diego and Japan. He and Marianne spent six years in the U.S. Virgin Islands before moving to Freeport in 1973. He worked as a social worker for the Freeport Family Community Project.
In 1980, Mr. Gumbs began working at Family Services in Hempstead. After 20 years, he retired and has now begun a new career as what he calls a “professional volunteer.” Using his social work background, Mr. Gumbs has counseled Vietnam veterans, and he will soon volunteer as a financial counselor for teens at the Family and Children’s Center in Hempstead.
Mr. Gumbs loves not just the Freeport Library; he loves all libraries. When he and Marianne travel, they often find themselves in the local public library. The Gumbs family loves to travel. They have been to Oregon to visit one son and attended their other son’s wedding in India. They plan to visit Eastern Europe in the near future. Before any of their trips, they come to the Freeport Memorial Library to borrow travel books. But for Larry Gumbs, the Library offers much more than books. He loves the free movies, lectures, and concerts.
The Library has benefited greatly from Mr. Gumbs’ volunteer spirit. In 2005, he became president of the Friends of the Freeport Memorial Library. As president, he has helped raise money for Library programs and much needed equipment. He would like more people to join the Friends.
Since 1975, the Friends of the Freeport Memorial Library have served as capable fundraisers and advocates for the Library. Over the years, the Friends have helped the Library expand, they purchased a piano for concerts, and they made generous donations including: chairs for the meeting rooms, a video projector and a laptop computer used for programs, and the large display screen in the lobby. The Friends also sponsor many programs including an annual holiday concert. For more information about the Friends, visit the Library’s website: www.freeportlibrary.info.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Book Recommendation
Summer Reading (Fiction)Shadow of the Night (2012)
(All Souls Trilogy book 2)
by Deborah Harkness
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In Elizabethan London, Oxford scholar and reluctant witch Diana Bishop seeks a magical tutor, while vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont confronts elements from his past at the same time the mystery of the enchanted manuscript Ashmole 782 deepens. Book one of the trilogy is Discovery of Witches.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Digitization Statistics
Long Island Memories Digitization Statistics
June 2012
Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and the Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical material pertaining to Freeport available online through the
Long Island Memories Digitization Project: www.longislandmemories.org
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Items Available as of June 2012 for Freeport
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4,356 Pictures/Pamphlets
7 Newspapers
50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters
8 Years - American Legion Post #342 Minutes (1919-1927)
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Hits for June 2012
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22,649 - Freeport Leader
22,649 - Freeport Leader
19,424 - Nassau County Review
14,665 - Nassau Post
8,268- Photographs/Pamphlets
5,011 - Daily Review of Nassau County
4,619 - South Side Messenger
2,129 - Queens County Review
1,158 - Village of Freeport Newsletters
14,665 - Nassau Post
8,268- Photographs/Pamphlets
5,011 - Daily Review of Nassau County
4,619 - South Side Messenger
2,129 - Queens County Review
1,158 - Village of Freeport Newsletters
28 - American Legion Post Minutes
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82,389 Hits for June 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Freeport Authors
FML Librarians Write a Book
Congratulations to librarians, Margaux DelGudiuce and Rose Luna on their new book. Margaux and Rose work full time as school media specialists and are part time librarians at the Freeport Memorial Library.
Make a Big Impact @ Your School Board Meeting was inspired by the authors' experiences speaking at local and national library conferences on the topic of making presentations to school boards and forging relationships with key administrators. It became clear that many librarians are unsure how to create a comprehensive marketing plan, and are simply too busy with their day-to-day tasks to tackle this daunting project.
This book details effective strategies for promoting a library beyond the building level in order to make an impact with the influential individuals who make the key decisions that directly affect the school district and library program.
Make a Big Impact @ Your School Board Meeting was inspired by the authors' experiences speaking at local and national library conferences on the topic of making presentations to school boards and forging relationships with key administrators. It became clear that many librarians are unsure how to create a comprehensive marketing plan, and are simply too busy with their day-to-day tasks to tackle this daunting project.
This book details effective strategies for promoting a library beyond the building level in order to make an impact with the influential individuals who make the key decisions that directly affect the school district and library program.
Book Recommendations
Summer Reading (Fiction)
Beneath the Shadows (2012)
By Sara Foster
When Grace's husband, Adam, inherits an isolated North Yorkshire cottage, they leave
the bustle of London behind to try a new life. A week later, Adam vanishes without a trace, leaving their baby daughter, Millie, in her stroller on the doorstep. The following year, Grace returns to the tiny village on the untamed heath. Everyone—the police, her parents, even her best friend and younger sister—is convinced that Adam left her. But Grace, unable to let go of her memories of their love and life together, cannot accept this explanation. She is desperate for answers, but the slumbering, deeply superstitious hamlet is unwilling to give up its secrets. As Grace hunts through forgotten corners of the cottage searching for clues, and digs deeper into the lives of the locals, strange dreams begin to haunt her. Are the villagers hiding something, or is she becoming increasingly paranoid? Only as snowfall threatens to cut her and Millie off from the rest of the world does Grace make a terrible discovery. She has been looking in the wrong place for answers all along, and she and her daughter will be in terrible danger if she cannot get them away in time.
Beneath the Shadows (2012)
By Sara Foster
When Grace's husband, Adam, inherits an isolated North Yorkshire cottage, they leave
the bustle of London behind to try a new life. A week later, Adam vanishes without a trace, leaving their baby daughter, Millie, in her stroller on the doorstep. The following year, Grace returns to the tiny village on the untamed heath. Everyone—the police, her parents, even her best friend and younger sister—is convinced that Adam left her. But Grace, unable to let go of her memories of their love and life together, cannot accept this explanation. She is desperate for answers, but the slumbering, deeply superstitious hamlet is unwilling to give up its secrets. As Grace hunts through forgotten corners of the cottage searching for clues, and digs deeper into the lives of the locals, strange dreams begin to haunt her. Are the villagers hiding something, or is she becoming increasingly paranoid? Only as snowfall threatens to cut her and Millie off from the rest of the world does Grace make a terrible discovery. She has been looking in the wrong place for answers all along, and she and her daughter will be in terrible danger if she cannot get them away in time.
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