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SALON Overdrive Upgrade at 2 PM Wednesday Dec 28

SALON Overdrive Upgrade at 2 PM Wednesday Dec 28

This message is to inform you that OverDrive network engineers will perform an equipment upgrade to improve performance today (12/28/2011) at 2:00 PM EST. This will cause an interruption of service that could last up to two hours. We will notify you when the upgrade is complete and include the amount of time of the interruption. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
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our OverDrive service

our OverDrive service

Please be patient if you are trying to use our OverDrive service to download eBooks to your eReader. So many people are trying out their new eReaders!! We got this message from OverDrive: Dear Library Partner, This message is to inform you that we are experiencing extremely high traffic at some of our hosted library websites which may result in reduced performance. Our network engineers are actively working on this situation during this peak period. We will keep you notified …
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Winter Hours

Winter Hours

As a result of economic conditions, the Pember Library finds it necessary to reduce hours.  We have adjusted hours to serve the maximum number of library patrons. Beginning the week after Christmas and through the winter months, we will be closed on Thursdays. We thank you for your understanding and hope you are not inconvenienced by the reduction in hours.
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The “Everybody Loves Lucy” calendar is here!

The “Everybody Loves Lucy” calendar is here!

Everybody loves Lucy and we have pictures to prove it. We put together a calendar with pictures taken by our staff and patrons over the last year or so. I think we used all the photos that were sent. See the calendar at the Library. This is a fundraiser and makes a really cool Christmas present.
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Basket Raffle

Basket Raffle

We will draw for the winner of the basket on Tuesday, December 20. The contents of the basket are: 1. $25.00 Price Chopper Gift Card 2. Dove Peppermint Bark 3. Bolero Hazelnut Wafer Sticks 4. Walker’s of London Toffee Break 5. Harry and David Trivet 6. Canterbury’s Chocolate Crepe Mix 7.Italian Amaretti Cookies 8.Smuckers Strawberry Preserves
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Holiday Wish List

Holiday Wish List

The Holiday Wish List is up at the Pember Library. Help us add to our collection. Each item will have a special bookplate with donor’s name. The Godfather DVD $8.99 Born Yesterday DVD $14.99 Vertigo DVD $ 19.99 Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut CD $ 19.99 The Jungle by Clive Cussler CD $39.95 The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Vol. 1 A. C. Doyle CD $28.98 The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Vol. 2 A. C. Doyle CD $28.98 The Informant F …
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Pember Board Meeting

Pember Board Meeting

A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the third Wednesday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public.
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To all our readers with Kindles or Kindle apps,

To all our readers with Kindles or Kindle apps,

The Library has just learned from a blog post on the Library Journal website that the publisher, Penguin Group USA, is no longer making available for public library users any Kindle format eBooks (article available here). Kindle format editions of Penguin eBook titles had recently been made available to Southern Adirondack Library System (SALS) users through the Library’s OverDrive platform. SALS received no notification of this fact before it was implemented by Overdrive and Penguin USA. OverDrive has confirmed the …
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Card Making for the Holidays

Card Making for the Holidays

Join us for some basics about making your own cards. This class starts at 6:30. Get creative with paper and glue and you’ll have a work of art you can be proud of!  
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