Swan’s Island Educational Society

Swan’s Island, Maine

Tag: SIES news

  • Annual meeting update

    There was a great turnout at the Swan’s Island Educational Society (SIES) annual meeting on Monday, August 14th. Besides a report on our activities over the past 12 months, an update on our finances, the main order of business was the election of new trustees. Two trustees retired: John Follis and Michael Joyce. John headed…

  • Island librarian passes away

    An island and Maine librarian passed away on February 26, 2017 at the age of 96. Charlotte Hall, librarian, lived on Swan’s Island for several years in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. She came to the island as the wife of Winslow Hall who served as pastor of the Advent Christian Church.

  • Maine supports its libraries

    The Maine news report linked below reminded me of the overwhelming generosity of people all over the US, including author Katherine Patterson, who shipped boxes and boxes of books to us following our fire. Katherine went so far as to hook up with a traveling book vendor to get books from her private collection in…

  • We’ve been busy….

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Public notice of Policy changes

    This post will serve as public notice for an update and changes SIES is making to its internet policy as advised by the Maine State Library E-rate service office.  This meeting of the Board of Trustees will take place at our regularly scheduled monthly meeting November 10, 2014, 6:00 pm at the Swan’s Island Library.  For…