New & Noteworthy @ WHPLibrary

For those who request items ...

Reserved items will now be held at the circulation desk for pickup for 7 days. This system-wide change went into effect on April 19, 2007. Please be sure to pick up your reserved items as soon as possible!

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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.

Patrons have been seeking a quiet zone in the library for many years. At last, we are able to accommodate this need in our new building.

We have designated the space on the second floor outside the Tutor Rooms and in the Periodicals (magazines and newspapers) Section as our Quiet Study Area. Here you will find individual study carrels similar to those you find in university libraries, large tables where you may spread out your materials, and easy chairs where you can sink in and get comfortable.

Patrons in this area must maintain reasonable silence. Conversational noise is allowed only within the Tutor Rooms. No audible tutoring may take place in the Quiet Study Area. Groupwork is likewise banned from this area and should be carried out elsewhere in the library. There are areas on the first floor to accommodate these needs.

Persons making noise or in other ways disturbing the Quiet in the Study Area will be instructed to leave this area immediately.

Please respect our "Silence is Golden" policy.