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Please Return your Books, Now with No Late Fines
Starting July 1, most late fees for materials you've borrowed from the Liverpool Public Library have been waived.
Please Return your Books, Now with No Late Fines
So Much to Do from our Children's and Family Services Department
Joellyn Murry knows that the programmers in her department worked very hard to set up many special events for July and August to make Let's Read, Liverpool! great for all.
So Much to Do from our Children's and Family Services Department
You'll Find Us Out and About in the Community for Let's Read, Liverpool!
Summer's here, and our Community Engagement coordinator Maggie Foster is quite excited about how far her staff can reach throughout Liverpool with the LPL 2 Go Van and Book Bike Cart.
You'll Find Us Out and About in the Community for Let's Read, Liverpool!
We're Excited to Bring the Community into Let's Read, Liverpool
It's time to celebrate the joy of reading, Liverpool.
We're Excited to Bring the Community into Let's Read, Liverpool
Get Ready for a Community Summer Celebration of Reading
Are you ready to read, Liverpool?
Get Ready for a Community Summer Celebration of Reading
We're Getting Ready for a Big Summer Outside
With the arrival of warm weather, our programming staff will be taking great advantage of the Dinosaur Garden lawn.
We're Getting Ready for a Big Summer Outside
Celebrate Laurel Sharp's Career Well-Lived at Her Final Story Time
Laurel says she'll feel sad facing forward and watching those faces eagerly looking back at her one more time.And privileged for making a difference in so many lives for so...
Celebrate Laurel Sharp's Career Well-Lived at Her Final Story Time
Board Says Bye to Hard--Working Trustee Don MacLaughlin
Don MacLaughlin was always ready to listen, think, ask questions.
Board Says Bye to Hard--Working Trustee Don MacLaughlin
Overdrive/Libby Adds a Whole Range of Material for Job Seekers
Those looking for help in the career field recently got a boost in their search for research materials thanks to a grant secured by LPL librarian Ginny Withers.
Overdrive/Libby Adds a Whole Range of Material for Job Seekers
Find Your Hidden Gem Books, CDs, DVDs for $5 per Bag on May 13, 14
It's time for patrons to get their hands on some of the donated and culled-from-our-collections materials we've been unable to offer the past year.
Find Your Hidden Gem Books, CDs, DVDs for $5 per Bag on May 13, 14
Community Reads about LPL Express Visits without Appointments in Eagle News
The word is getting out about hew density counters and how they allow patrons to walk up to the doors of the library for an LPL Express Visit without making...
Community Reads about LPL Express Visits without Appointments in Eagle News
FCC to Start Offering Financial Help to Those Who Can't Afford Internet
If the year-plus of battling COVID-19 has left you and your household unable to afford the Internet, the FCC is stepping in with a program offering financial assistance.
FCC to Start Offering Financial Help to Those Who Can't Afford Internet
Public Hearing for Budget Proposal in CCR May 5, Vote on May 18
Two important dates regarding the 2021-2022 LPL budget are approaching in May.
Public Hearing for Budget Proposal in CCR May 5, Vote on May 18
You Can Practice for Your Online Driver's Permit Test and More with our Database
State officials announced on Monday, April 26, that people hoping to get their New York driver's permit can take the test online from now on. See the story from localsyr.com here.
You Can Practice for Your Online Driver's Permit Test and More with our Database
Pinwheels for Prevention and a Happy, Healthy Childhood
The yearly program is called Go Blue 4 Kids, and the representatives from the McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Center pick photogenic spots across the county to help get their message across.
Pinwheels for Prevention and a Happy, Healthy Childhood
Appreciate the Art of Liverpool's Michael Grad through April
Michael Grad remembers asking his parents for a painting kit when he was 12.
Appreciate the Art of Liverpool's Michael Grad through April
Watch This Video and Your Fear of Zoom will Vanish
Keith Gatling
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3 years ago
With so many people using Zoom these days to stay connected with people near and far, as well as the Liverpool Public Library doing many virtual programs through this videoconferencing...
Watch This Video and Your Fear of Zoom will Vanish
Send Us Your Virtual Art, Science Fair Projects
Read by community members who follow the Eagle News Online:
Send Us Your Virtual Art, Science Fair Projects
If You've Been Reading with RBdigital, It's Time to Meet Overdrive and Libby
Have you tried Overdrive and Libby to find your favorite magazines yet?
If You've Been Reading with RBdigital, It's Time to Meet Overdrive and Libby
Pagan, DiCosimo Combine for Dynamic New CD
It's always obvious that Edgar Pagan and Bill DiCosimo are as comfortable as can be playing music together.For more than two decades, bass player Pagan and keyboardist DiCosimo have blended...
Pagan, DiCosimo Combine for Dynamic New CD
Liverpool Author Diane E. Young Finds Creative Energy in LPL Main Room
Diane E. Young surely appreciated the creative space in the LPL main room that awaited her after she dropped off dancer daughter Camille around the corner at Studio B on...
Liverpool Author Diane E. Young Finds Creative Energy in LPL Main Room
Checking in with Grupo Pagan, the Band That Would Have Played in the CCR in April
It would have been a big and happy concert for Edgar Pagan and his band mates in Grupo Pagan.
Checking in with Grupo Pagan, the Band That Would Have Played in the CCR in April
Unfollow, Unfriend or Block
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
When dealing with a disagreeable person on Facebook, someone whose opinions you happen to disagree with, or someone who just happens be annoying or upsetting, you have three options: unfollow,...
Unfollow, Unfriend or Block
A Family House Lies in the Heart of the Matter in 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco'
The big, beautiful house always sticks in Jimmie’s mind, sometimes in reality and always in his dreams.
A Family House Lies in the Heart of the Matter in 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco'
'Banana Split' Indeed Moves Past the Friendly Liverpool Familiar
Oooooh, they're eating at Heid's!
'Banana Split' Indeed Moves Past the Friendly Liverpool Familiar
'Driveways' Lets Us Appreciate Brian Dennehy Demonstrate His Wide Range One More Time
Brian Dennehy pulls the switch off with equal reluctance, acceptance, recognition and charm in the most marvelous little independent film Driveways.
'Driveways' Lets Us Appreciate Brian Dennehy Demonstrate His Wide Range One More Time
My Word, 'Sometimes, Always, Never' Settles into Its Unique Family Mood
Life isn't easy for Alan.
My Word, 'Sometimes, Always, Never' Settles into Its Unique Family Mood
'I Am Not Your Negro' Proves to Be Timeless
Raoul Peck directed I Am Not Your Negro from the words and mind of James Baldwin in 2016.
'I Am Not Your Negro' Proves to Be Timeless
Some Books Weren't Great until Decades Later, Mr. Gatsby
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
When we think of certain authors, select books immediately come to mind. These are the books they’re best known for...their masterpieces.
Some Books Weren't Great until Decades Later, Mr. Gatsby
You Can Unsend that Email, Honest
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
Have you ever fired off an email message to someone and immediately regretted it? Or maybe you just put the wrong information in it.
You Can Unsend that Email, Honest
'Just Mercy' Shows the Deep Scars of Legal Racial Horror
The decade in which the incidents that Just Mercy are based upon is the 1980s.
'Just Mercy' Shows the Deep Scars of Legal Racial Horror
Don't Try to Learn Everything about Your New Device Right Away
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
Wax on, wax off.
Don't Try to Learn Everything about Your New Device Right Away
Here's How You Can Create Custom Number Formats
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
OK, this one's gonna be incredibly geeky...but I just had to share it because some of you might find yourself running into the same problem.
Here's How You Can Create Custom Number Formats
Mister Rogers Cornered a Market from Up North
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
OK, I'm willing to bet that we all knew that Mister Rogers' first name was Fred.
Mister Rogers Cornered a Market from Up North
Visiting the 'Little Mermaid' Statue, Heads and Tales
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
The year was 1976, and about 60 of us from SU’s Hendricks Chapel Choir had arrived in Copenhagen to begin a four-week concert tour of Europe.
Visiting the 'Little Mermaid' Statue, Heads and Tales
Sometimes the Trivia Deserves a Longer Look: Sea Here
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
One of the things we really miss about doing in-person trivia nights is the ability to go a little in depth about the answers to some of the questions.
Sometimes the Trivia Deserves a Longer Look: Sea Here
Google Translate Works When You Stick with It
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
I was doing a little research on the statue of The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, when I saw an interesting citation from the German magazine Der Speigel.
Google Translate Works When You Stick with It
Do You Need Office, Google or Both?
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
There are two big players out there in the productivity software world. One is the very well-known Microsoft Office, and the other is the slightly lesser-known G Suite.
Do You Need Office, Google or Both?
Google Groups Can Help Solve That Big Email Question
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
Last year I posted about the patron who came in, looking for a simple way to send email to the same 40 people each time.
Google Groups Can Help Solve That Big Email Question
That Great Photo of You on Your Friend's FB Page Could Disappear
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
Nine years ago, I worked somewhere else. Yes, I actually had a life before LPL...several of them, for that matter.
That Great Photo of You on Your Friend's FB Page Could Disappear
When You're Buying a Printer, Inexpensive May Not Be
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
When does spending more money at first save you more money in the long run?
When You're Buying a Printer, Inexpensive May Not Be
Mr. G Still Appreciates Sound Advice
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
I like to discover new music. From all different genres. We used to do that by "listening to the radio." And you didn't have to keep changing the station to...
Mr. G Still Appreciates Sound Advice
When You're Taking a Charge, Wired Is Better
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
Well, I’ll have to admit that one of the upsides of being pretty much confined to my house for the past two or so months has been the ability to...
When You're Taking a Charge, Wired Is Better
It's Not Enough to Swear That It's Really You on That Driver's License
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
Last year, as I was sitting at my little table, waiting for people to come see me for Drop-In Tech Time, a guy came out if the Carman Room, and...
It's Not Enough to Swear That It's Really You on That Driver's License
Want to Use That Great Handwriting of Yours for a Signature Style?
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
Unlike me, my oldest daughter has beautiful handwriting. So beautiful than when she was in high school, she said that there should be a font made of it.
Want to Use That Great Handwriting of Yours for a Signature Style?
There Is a Better Way to Approach iOS Music
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
Yes, I can hear you all now saying, “Better than Apple Music? Whaddaya mean better? What’s wrong with the Apple Music app? For that matter, what’s wrong with Spotify and...
There Is a Better Way to Approach iOS Music
If You Want Your Android Music to Stick with You, Here's the Thing
Keith gatling
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4 years ago
When you're an Android user and you're thinking about the best way to keep your tunes around ...
If You Want Your Android Music to Stick with You, Here's the Thing
So You Want to Get to Know Your Family Members Better ...
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
A year or so ago, I saw an ad for a service called StoryWorth that would send one question a week for a year to the family member of your choosing.
So You Want to Get to Know Your Family Members Better ...
You've Got to Get the Facts Right on Your Own Obit, Part 3
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
Keith Edward Gatling, of Syracuse, N.Y., has died, and no longer has to deal with the people who wouldn’t listen to him the first time around...when he was right.
You've Got to Get the Facts Right on Your Own Obit, Part 3
Writing an Obit Part II, Short Forms and Long Investigations
Keith Gatling
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4 years ago
I’ve mentioned in previous posts that my first paying job was as a boy soprano at an Episcopal church in South Orange, New Jersey.
Writing an Obit Part II, Short Forms and Long Investigations
