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Did you know that even without your library card, you can get access to high quality research, news and magazine articles? Just use your driver's license number to search for information 24/7 using New York State's online library. Go to the NOVELNY website to search for magazines and newspapers by title, or to browse the databases by subject area.

Students, educators, business people, health professionals, shoppers! We have something for everyone.

You may also access the contents of NovelNY using our research database page. Using your library card, you will find these resources listed separately by database name or grouped under the Gale Virtual Library and the EBSCO host links.

Questions? Ask a reference librarian, 481-6591

Kids 3, 4, or 5 (but not in kindergarten) are invited to a drop-in storytime at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays in September. Participation is first come, first served.

Come for stories, songs and a craft to take home...on Tuesdays, September 4, 11, 18, and 25.

am·nes·ty / noun, 1. a general pardon for offenses, esp. political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction. 2. Law. an act of forgiveness for past offenses, esp. to a class of persons as a whole. 3. a forgetting or overlooking of any past offense. (Definiton retrieved August 09, 2007, from the Dictionary.com website.)

From Monday 8/27/2007 through Sunday 9/16/2007 ONLY for West Hempstead library cardholders at the West Hempstead Public Library: if you return an overdue library item owned by the West Hempstead Library, you will not be charged an overdue fine.

Read the fine print in our press release.

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month.

Any child who is getting a library card for the first time is invited to come by the Children's Room for a small gift.

The West Hempstead Public Library is pleased to offer NextReads themed newsletters direct to you via email! Every newsletter includes recently released titles and may include additional recommendations of older books for fans of a particular author, or lists of books grouped by a theme.

Subscribe to as many newsletters as you would like and you’ll receive the most recent issue(s) immediately, with more to follow. Click on the NextReads Logo on this page or on our library website to join the West Hempstead Reads! community.

Many of our patrons look forward to the driver safety refresher classes we host in the library as a public service. We schedule these classes on a regular basis because they help keep both drivers and pedestrians safe and, as an incentive, allow drivers to earn insurance discounts. Unfortunately, because of our anticipated move to the new building, we have had to interrupt our usual fall schedule of programs.

Our next Defensive Driving class for all ages will be on Saturday, November 3 from 9:30 am-4:30 pm. Another Defensive Driving class will be held in two sessions: Monday, December 17 and Wednesday, December 19 from 6:45-9:45 pm. These classes cost $40. For information about similar courses offered in the community, contact the Automobile Club of America at (516) 873-2364 or call your local insurance company.

Our next AARP 55 Alive! class will be scheduled after our move. In the meantime, call AARP at 1-888-227-7669 or go to AARP's Safety Search page to find classes in other locations. Many libraries offer these extremely popular, highly affordable ($10) classes, so be sure to call ahead!

As you may have noticed, our events calendar, which is usually bursting with activities for all ages, is looking rather forlorn right now. Please be patient. We are all excited about the new library and counting the days until we can open the doors at 500 Hempstead Avenue to welcome you. We are preparing a wonderful schedule of programs headed your way after our move.