Category Archives: What’s Happening at the Library

Library Closing at 3:30 Today, February 8

Due to the weather, both branches of the Irondequoit Library will close at 3:30 PM today. Regular hours will resume on Saturday, February 9.

Wii U Games Now Available at McGraw

The Helen McGraw Branch has added Wii U games to their video game collection. If you’ve purchased Nintendo’s newest system, check out these games today!* Batman: Arkham City Call of Duty: Black Ops II Darksiders II Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two FIFA Soccer 13 Madden NFL 13 Mass Effect 3 NBA 2k13 New […]

Date Changed for Internet Search Class

The Internet search class that was scheduled for February 11th has been changed to February 25th. Here are the details. Hope to see you there! Would you like to learn the power-searching techniques librarians know?  Make Google sit up and beg?  Extract information from the invisible web where Google doesn’t go?  Attend this workshop, get […]

New DVDs & Blu-rays – February 2013

Here’s a quick list of the new Blu-ray and DVD movies and television shows you can find on the shelves this month. If you want to place any of these discs on hold, please call the library at 336-6060 (McGraw) or 336-6062 (Evans). Blu-ray Beasts of the Southern Wild End of Watch Hit & Run […]

Evans Branch Yarn Club – March Project

The Pauline Evans Branch Yarn Club will be collecting handmade blankets to donate to the at Rochester General Hospital.  “The Child Life Program at Rochester General Hospital seeks to make the hospital experience a positive one for our pediatric patients.” (from Child Life Program website) Guidelines for Blankets: Suggested size of approximately 3 x 4 […]

Learn to Search the Internet Like a Pro

Would you like to learn the power-searching techniques librarians know?  Make Google sit up and beg?  Extract information from the invisible web where Google doesn’t go?  Attend this workshop, get more reliable search results, and move to the top of the Internet food chain.  Join us Monday, February 25, 2013 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 […]

Classic Book Discussion – January & February Selection

Come on in to either branch  and pick up a copy of  Bleak House by Charles Dickens and join us on Thursday, January 31 at 3:00 p.m. to discuss the first half of this classic.  We will be discussing the second half on Thursday, February 28,  also at 3:00 p.m.

Alzheimer’s Series at Evans Branch

The Rochester & Finger Lakes Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association’s Neighbor Next Door program will be presenting an Alzheimer’s Series at the Pauline Evans branch, 45  Cooper Road on the first Tuesday of each month starting at 7:00 p.m. February 5    –    Meaningful Activities March 5          –     Legal/Financial Issues April 2          […]

New Large Print Titles–January 2013

The titles below are available on the New Large Print shelves at the Irondequoit Public Library. Visit us to check them out!

First Public Meeting About New Library Proposal

The first public meeting with information about the proposed new library is this Thursday, January 17 at 7 PM at Bishop Kearney High School Auditorium.  There will be a brief presentation about the new library and then the Library Board will take questions.   Park behind the school and enter at the “events entrance”. If […]