Perrot Library Reopening Status Update, 8/28/2020

Perrot Library Reopening Status Update, 8/28/2020

Air purifiers that kill mold, bacteria, and viruses have been installed in our HVAC systems. Touchless faucets have been installed in the restrooms. We are modifying the public service desks with plexiglass shields, similar to those found in retail shops. Before we can allow visitors in the building, we must complete these preparations and plan for traffic flow in the facility. We will coordinate opening procedures with the Greenwich Library and consult with state, town, and local health officials to ensure the safety of library visitors and staff. In the meantime, we invite you to choose books, music, movies, and magazines through our online catalog and call or email us to use our very successful contactless curbside pick-up service. You can make an appointment to access a computer in the Binney Room or access the internet with your personal digital device anytime through our robust WiFi service in the Library’s garden, front plaza, or parking lot. Enjoy our virtual programs and call/email us with your information requests and reading recommendations. For further details, visit us at www.perrotlibrary.org

Kevin McCarthy, Library Director
203-637-3888
kmccarthy@perrotlibrary.org

Upcoming Event: Zoom Book Discussion on American Dirt

Perrot Memorial Library & The Greenwich Pen Women

present a Zoom Book Discussion on

American Dirt

by Jeanine Cummins

Facilitated by Kathy DiGiovanna of Greenwich Pen Women

An Editors’ Choice Selection from The New York Times Book Review, as well as a regular entry in Perrot’s Top Ten list of hot books for the last several months, American Dirt is the story of a Mexican mother and her son who are forced to flee their homeland when her husband’s expose on the local drug cartels is published. Here’s what Maureen Corrigan of NPR’s Fresh Air had to say about it: “American Dirt is a literary novel with nuanced character development and arresting language; yet, its narrative hurtles forward with the intensity of a suspense tale. Its most profound achievement, though, is something I never could’ve been told… American Dirt is the novel that, for me, nails what it’s like to live in this age of anxiety, where it feels like anything can happen, at any moment.”

Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 at 7 PM via Zoom

Register for this event 

For more information, contact lending@perrotlibrary.org

American Dirt is available to check out as a physical copy, an audiobook CD, an ebook, or a downloadable audiobook

Temporary issue with Optonline.net email addresses

Patrons with Optonline.net email addresses are currently NOT receiving our holds notification and due date reminder emails. If you have an Optonline.net email address, you will need to log in to your library account or give us a call (203-637-1066 or 203-637-8802) to get your holds/due date information. You can also provide us with an alternate email address. Our vendor is working on the issue and hopes to have it resolved shortly. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

Upcoming Virtual Event: The Pollinator Victory Garden, with Kim Eierman

Upcoming Event:

The Pollinator Victory Garden

with author and environmental horticulturalist Kim Eierman

cosponsored by the Greenwich Botanical Center, the Garden Club of Old Greenwich, the Riverside Garden Club, Pollinators Pathway, and the Greenwich Conservation Commission

Wednesday, August 26th, 2020, at 7 PM

Register for this event on Zoom

The passion and urgency that inspired WWI and WWII Victory Gardens is needed today to meet another threat to our food supply and our environment-- the steep decline of pollinators. This webinar will offer practical solutions for winning the war against the demise of these essential creatures. Based in New York, Kim Eierman teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Native Plant Center in NY, and the Rutgers Home Gardener's School, among others.