Best Libraries On Long Island.............. (East Meadow, Plainview: home, movies, school districts)

[ShellieF]

Another fan of Middle Country...the outdoor children's area is wonderful...

[GonPhishn]

South Huntington... absolutely unbelievable.

[OhBeeHave]

Emma Clark

[Elke Mariotti]

Cold Spring Harbor - worth a visit!

And South Huntington is great too!

[WJFM]

I think that's true for every library on Long Island. It looks like the libraries have a collective deal on the museum passes, though some libraries seem to have more places than others.

Originally Posted by tomonlineli

Sachem Library, great staff and amazing programs. They have passes that you can take out with your library card to all the major museums and places in NYC. Talk about getting your money's worth.

[dtolman]

A vote here for Harborfields, which I think is the nicest library in Huntington.

[brassbin]

Originally Posted by tomonlineli

Yeah, I agree. We definitely pay top dollar, but get our money's worth with the Library system in place. Maybe we should hire the top Library Directors to run our schools, they seem to be getting us a better return on our money then the educators.

be careful what you wish for, if we do go down that route, pretty soon some superstar library director might start demanding 6-figure salary and huge pension

[OhBeeHave]

Don't forget the Library cop, Lt. Bookman.

"The Dewey Decimal System... What a scam that was!"- Kramer, in "The Library"

"The library investigator's name is actually Bookman?" "It's true.""That's amazing. That's like an ice cream man named Cone." - Kramer and the Librarian, in "The Library"

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by brassbin

be careful what you wish for, if we do go down that route, pretty soon some superstar library director might start demanding 6-figure salary and huge pension

You don't think they do already?

[kajimenez]

So glad to see a post about libraries. My work requries me to meet a person in local places. I have been meeting people at the libraries on LI for several years. My favorites are Port Jefferson and Sachem and South Country. These offer local meeting rooms without any difficulty. Another accomodating library is West Islip. My opinion is only based on the ability to find a private space. Most of the libraries are extremely nice. The only somewhat negative experience I had was in Greenport when the librarian kindly explained to me that I was in a "public" space, so no place was private.Understood. However Greenport does have private rooms, when they are available.