Seaglass Village Community Support

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Seaglass Village is a community support non-profit organization which is currently in formation to help older adults remain in their homes through coordination with existing services and using a combination of volunteer and vetted professional services, as well as providing a community for recreation, education and connection.    Check them out at https://www.seaglassvillage.org/

Find your next great book at BookBrowse

Free access to BookBrowse for Swampscott Library borrowers!
Find your next great book with this interactive magazine for booklovers.

BookBrowse offers:

  • Reviews, recommendations and excerpts.
  • Browsing by genre, time period, geographical setting and theme.
  • Handpicked “If you like this, try these” recommendations for thousands of authors and books.
  • Resources for book clubs including recommended reads by theme, reading guides & online book club discussions.
  • One-click links to [library name] to check if the book is available.

Click here to access BookBrowse.  BookBrowse is available to anyone from library computers.  It’s available to Swampscott residents with a library card and PIN number from home.

Meet Libby

 

Libby is OverDrive’s app for ebooks and audiobooks. Users can quickly and seamlessly access the same OverDrive ebooks and audiobooks as the website and original app. Libby works on Android, iOS, and Windows 10 and is currently available free through the Apple App Store, Google Play or Microsoft.  The App is not yet available for Kindles.

With Libby users can:
• Borrow and start reading or listening right away. No need to choose a format when downloading.
• Save multiple library cards to the app – for instance everyone in a family can have easy access to ebooks and audiobooks borrowed under their individual cards.
• Sign in to multiple libraries, with one or more cards for each library.
• Track a reader’s place in a book as well as what notes and bookmarks were created across all devices, allowing for a synced reading experience.

Download the App and try it today!

Lynn Beach Paintings – Prints available to be ordered!

E. A. Page- Coastal Scene

 

E. A. Page- Abandoned Dory

The Friends of the Library have had five of our Lynn Beach Paintings reproduced and they are currently available to be ordered.  The reproductions are on display in the library lobby so stop by and take a look at this lovely art work!

The Friends are selling giclee prints (high end digital reproductions) of the five library paintings shown here; three works by Edward A. Page, one piece by C.E.L. Green and one by Edward Burrill, all members of the Lynn Beach School of Painters.  This will be a limited run of only fifty (50) prints each. Prices will range from $150 for the smallest painting to $350 for the largest and the deposit due upon ordering will range from $50 to $100. The price includes the print only, no matting or frame is included.  The display copies have been matted and framed so that everyone can see what the finished product would look like.  Contact the library if you are interested in ordering a print: 781-596-8867 or  swa@noblenet.org.

C. E. L. Green – Figures along the coast
E. A. Page – Houses along the coast
E. Burrill – Coastal scene

Morningstar Investment Research Center

 

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Morningstar provides information on more than 30,000 stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. This information includes independent analysis, industry information, stock charts, portfolio building tools and more.

Our license allows one user at a time so if you get an error message, try again in a few minutes. Click on the “Help and Education” tab and then “New Tutorial Center” to get tutorial videos on how to use Morningstar and the basics of investing.

This site is free for anyone using Library computers. It is free for Swampscott residents from home with a library card and PIN number.