Altamont Library Notes for Thursday, April 2, 2020

Even though it seems like everything in our lives has been put on pause, one thing that is going forward as usual is the 2020 United States Census! It’s more important than ever that every member of our community gets counted so that we receive our fair share of representation and resources.

Please take a few minutes today (and it shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes or so) and respond to the census. There are three ways to respond: Online, by mail, and by phone.

Some Altamont residents have received mailings from the U.S. Census Department, and others have not. The Census Department cannot send mailings to post office boxes, which poses an unusual challenge for the village. The post office employees are doing their best to get census information to all residents.

But, even if you haven’t received a mailing from the census department yet, you can still go ahead and respond to the census online by going to https://my2020census.gov. Simply click on the button that says “If you do not have a Census ID click here,” and you will be led through a series of questions about your home address, and then get into the census questionnaire.

If you prefer to wait for a paper form that you can fill in and send back, please be patient. Those forms will be sent out soon.

Finally, you can call the census department directly to give your answers by dialing 1-844-330-2020.

If you have any questions about the census, please give us a call and leave us a message on the library’s voicemail with your question, and we’ll call you back as soon as we can with an answer. You may also email us at and send us your question that way.

We all have to do our part to make sure that Altamont counts!

Library closed

Out of concern for public health and safety, Altamont Free Library remains closed indefinitely.

We don’t know when we’ll be able to safely resume regular hours but, as soon as we are able to, we will.

In the meantime, there are dozens of resources, including ebooks, audiobooks, databases, language classes, genealogy tools, and much more that you can access from the comfort and safety of your own home. For a comprehensive list of all the tools that you can access right now, check out our website at AltamontFreeLibrary.org. You can also like us on Facebook for video story times, updates, and links to helpful resources.

With patience, fortitude, kindness, and generosity, we’ll get through this. If any community can do it, Altamont can.