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Share your ideas and meet others in your community who are committed to the needs of older Long Islanders.

WHAT: Libraries for Today and Tomorrow: The Greatest Generation to the Boomer Generation.
WHEN: Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: Westbury Public Library, 445 Jefferson St, Westbury, NY 11590.
DETAILS: The summit is free and open to the public. Lunch will be served. Space is limited so advanced registration is required.

Nassau Library System Senior Connections invites older adults to participate in an interactive summit about the future of public library services for Long Island's growing population of people who are 50+.

Presenters Paul Arfin, President of Intergenerational Strategies and Ronald Roel, former editor for Newsday’s Act II section, will lead the discussion of how Nassau's public libraries can best serve your needs.

For more information or to register, please call 516-292-8920 ext. 236, or e-mail workshops@nassaulibrary.org with "Summit" in the subject line.

Author, Annie Dillard
In her review of The Maytrees in Bookpage, Linda White comments "If you have not been enthralled by the details of a moth flying into a candle flame in Holy the Firm, or enchanted by a silken string of spiderweb across a coffee mug in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, then you should slow down and read carefully. For Dillard takes the most amazing facts and lays them bare for all to see."

So, what is this book about? Scott Simon, of National Public Radio, calls it "a quirky story of the Maytrees' fractured marriage" written in a short, simple, poetic style. Listen to the NPR interview and hear Annie Dillard read a passage from the novel.

Pick up a copy of The Maytrees, available now at the circulation desk. Register at the reference desk or call us at 481-6591 to let us know that you will join our discussion at 7 pm in the second floor Conference Room on May 1.

Check here for more reviews.