A new public reading and browsing room was dedicated at the Library on September 17 in memory of Jack J. Delaney. Situated apart from high traffic areas and furnished with upholstered chairs and reading lamps, the Jack J. Delaney Room offers patrons a spot for restful reading or quiet contemplation. The Library has added ten additional public access Internet stations on the refurbished Lower Level, bringing the Library's total to 19. Internet stations are available in both the adult and children's departments and may be used by Emma S. Clark Memorial Library cardholders on a walk-in basis. Applications for free SuffolkNet e-mail accounts are available at the Adult Reference Desk.
Librarians are available for assistance with Internet use.
Reserves can be placed on the Library's online public access catalog terminals, from home through the catalog on the Library's website, or by filling out a reserve form at the Circulation Desk or the Adult or Children's Reference Desk. Because of high patron demand, reserved videos will be held only until closing on the day after the patron is notified by telephone. Entertainment videos circulate for four days with no renewals permitted. The new trustee was selected from among sixteen applicants to fill the vacancy resulting from the decision of Thomas Kohlmann not to seek another three-year term. Ginsberg, a special education teacher in the Three Village Central School District for the past 23 years, is a Setauket resident.