Swan’s Island Educational Society

Swan’s Island, Maine

Category: SIES News

  • SIES receives historical collections grant

    For Immediate Release Swan’s Island Educational Society Receives Grant to Preserve Historical Collections Augusta – Maine State Archivist David Cheever today announced Swan’s Island Educational Society will receive $875.00 to preserve and provide better access to its historical collections as part of the Historical Records Collections Grant Program. The program is administered by the Maine…

  • We’ve been busy….

  • Press release – Island Institute Scholarships

    The Island Institute today announced scholarship awards to 68 students through its Island Education Fund. The scholarships, totaling $150,300, benefit island students attending colleges, universities, and technical schools across the U.S. and Canada.

  • Grant for literacy packs

    Swan’s Island Educational Society receives grant to create Literacy and Discovery Packs at the Swan’s Island Library

  • MDI Y visits Swan’s Island

    Yesterday, Aaron Long from the MDI YMCA visited the library and provided a day camp for island youngsters. Fun was had during activities inside and out with Harry Potter as the theme.

  • Photos and snow

    The Maine Archives and Museums newsletter is out.  Click on the link to read it.  There is a great article about the Maine Photo Project and other historical projects and programs taking place around the state.  SIES is taking part in the Maine Photo Project and we will have an exhibit about island history 100…

  • School Libraries

    Since it has been a couple of weeks since there was a post I thought the following letter from ALA (American Library Association) president Courtney L. Young might be of interest to some of you.  It is about the importance of school libraries and librarians. *School Librarians Transform Learning* How do school librarians transform learning? As…

  • Holidays 2014 festivities

    I don’t know about you but this past week has been all about sleeping late, eating lots of yummy leftovers and trying to do a bit of work.  I keep wanting to just take a nap.  I am showing a few photos from events at the library during December with more to be loaded into…

  • We Are Swan’s Island exhibit

    We are Swan’s Island opens to great reviews; great food, great conversation and lots of smiling faces.  The photographs shown here speak louder than any words I could write, so take time to browse. This exhibit will be hanging for a month or more so if you didn’t have the chance to stop in during…

  • Just what is a library anyway?

    Have you ever thought about this?   Is it a collection of world history and literature?  We have lost these collections many times. The Library of Alexandria is at the bottom of the Mediteranean Sea. Various political regimes or various zealots collected or destroyed written material at their whim.  There is an interesting book that…