Altamont Library Notes for Thursday, February 21, 2019
— Photo from Joe Burke
Ellen and Dick Howie smile as they accept accolades on Feb. 9 at the 12th annual I Love My Library Gala. The Howies were one of two couples honored for their years of service.
— Photo from Joe Burke
Lois Ginsburg, flowers in hand, addresses the crowd at the Altamont Free Library’s annual fundraiser while her husband, Dr. Ronald Ginsburg, looks on. The event was held at the Community Room at Altamont Village Hall.
Pictures of moths? Ew, right? Not at all, actually!
Come visit a wonderful exhibit of photos by Knox-based naturalist Catherine Klatt of the hundreds of species of moths found on her property. The moths and the photos of them are fascinating, surprising, and in many cased beautiful. The photos will be up for a few weeks, so come have a look.
Mystery Book Club
Please join us for a meeting of our newest book club, which is focused exclusively on mysteries! We’ve got members interested in every subgenre from intense psychological thrillers to low-key cozy mysteries and every type of mystery in between.
If you love a good whodunit, please join us on on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. for a discussion of the classic “Death on the Nile” by Agatha Christie. Next month, we’ll be diving into “The Beautiful Mystery” by Louise Penny. There will be plenty of copies available and plenty of time to read it, so please join us.
Story time
One of the best ways of getting our youngest friends to become strong readers is by exposing them to a wide variety of readers and reading environments? For that reason, and also just because it’s just fun, we have two Story Times each week on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday Story Times with Miss Ann are targeted at preschoolers, while our Wednesday Story Times with Miss Erika are for toddlers (but we don’t mind older or younger friends on either day). Please join us for mornings of stories, songs, and bubbles.
Hannaford Bags 4 My Cause
Here’s a great way to support your library, while at the same time doing a good turn for the environment: Throughout the month of February, for every “Bags 4 My Cause” reusable shopping bag sold at the 5239 Western Turnpike, Guilderland Hannaford, Altamont Free Library will receive a portion of the proceeds. Thanks, Hannaford!
Fine freedom
Have you heard? For all of 2019, we’ll be trying something new: No overdue fines on any children’s books! No matter whether you’re a kid, a parent, a teacher, or anyone else, children’s books checked out here (even if we have to get them from another library) will not accrue overdue fines.
In addition, if you have existing overdue fines on an AFL youth card, we’ll clear them. Patrons with overdue children’s books will still be notified through their normal channels, and after 28 days, the book will be considered lost and the borrower responsible for the cost of the item, but if it comes back after that, the fine will be cleared.
We hope that many of our friends take advantage of this experiment, so spread the word!