Altamont Library Notes for Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Spooky season is here! That’s right, it’s almost Election Day!
While you’re doing your patriotic duty, there is one surefire way to leave the polling place with a smile on your face: Get yourself a brownie!
Whether you’re a Republican, a Democrat, or an independent, we can all agree that homemade cookies, pies, and bread make the world a little sweeter, so please visit the Library’s Election Day Bake Sale at Altamont Village Hall while you’re voting on Nov. 8. All proceeds from the sale go to support the Altamont Free Library.
Better yet, you can also donate baked goods to the sale! We need plenty of bakers to make this fundraiser a success, so if you’d like to donate some baked goods or would like to help out running the table, give me a call at 518-861-7239 or email me at . Thank you!
Last call
for input!
For the past several months, the Altamont Free Library Board of Trustees has been seeking feedback from our community about what we’re doing well, what we could be doing better and how we can serve our community better in the future.
We’ve done dedicated surveys for homeschooling families and local educators, focus groups with fifth-graders, senior citizens, and parents of young children, and left drop boxes for paper surveys in several locations around Knox and Berne, including Knox Town Hall, Dollar General in East Berne, Hilltown Healthcare in Berne, and the Berne Public Library.
Most of all, we’ve had an online survey going for the past few months, and we’ve had over one hundred responses to it so far. In short, we’ve been very busy, and we’ve collected loads of useful ideas that we’ll use to craft our 2023-25 Long Range Plan of Service. To everyone who’s shared your thoughts with us so far, thank you so much!
We’re beginning to wrap up the feedback collection of our process, but if you’d like to share your thoughts about Altamont Free Library, we’ll keep our online survey open for a few more weeks. You can find it at https://tinyurl.com/AFL-Survey or through a link on our Facebook page or our website.
It’ll only take about five minutes, and even if you don’t use our library, we’d still love to hear your feedback. (In fact, we’d especially love to hear your feedback if you don’t use the library!) We are so grateful for your time and your ideas! We can’t wait to share our new Long Range Plan with you when it’s ready early next year.
Campion Exhibit
For the next month and a half or so, we’ll be hosting a really cool display in our foyer display case. Diane Campion is a local artist who works in many media, and we’ll be showing a collection of paintings and drawings that she has done in her extensive travels around the world. Her travels journals are an inspirational and vibrant expression of the magic of seeing new places. Come check it out! Thank you, Diane, for letting us display a small bit of your incredible work!
Masks optional
As of October 1, masking is optional but recommended for both patrons and staff at Altamont Free Library. We will continue to provide disposable masks for all who would like to use them, and we ask that if you’re feeling that you put one on.
For the many of you who have told us that you feel more comfortable in a mask-requiring environment, please know that we will continue to do all we can to make sure that the library is as clean and sanitary a place as we can reasonably make it, and you are encouraged to wear a mask yourself if you prefer.
Many of the staff will continue to wear masks. If you have any comments, questions, or concerns about this new policy, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at director@altamontfreelibrary.org.