Altamont Library Notes for Thursday, April 16, 2020

By ​Altamont Free Library remains closed indefinitely due to the coronavirus epidemic. We look forward to reopening as soon as it is safe to do so. 

The Altamont Free Library Board of Trustees will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Monday, April 20, at 7 p.m., using the Zoom Meeting online platform. For details on how to access that meeting, please go to the library’s website at AltamontFreeLibrary.org where instructions will be posted to our homepage. 

2020 Census

Altamont is kicking butt on the census! As far as we can tell, our local response rate here in the village is running well ahead of the county, state, and national response rates, so let’s keep it going! 

If you haven’t responded yet by internet or phone, it’s about to get way easier to respond as paper questionnaires arrive in your mailbox. Take 15 minutes (or less) and fill out your census today. You can do it online at www.my2020census.gov, on paper when you receive your form in the mail, or by phone at 1-844-330-2020. 

Just about everyone should have received mailings from the Census Department at this point. 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 have any questions or need help in filling out your questionnaire, send us an email at or leave a message on the library's voicemail at 518-861-7239 and we'll get right back to you. 

Video Story Times

There are dozens and dozens of things I miss about the library as I’m working from home for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, but the thing I probably miss more than anything else is getting to see our youngest library patrons every week at Story Time.

If you and your young ones have been missing weekly Story Times as much as we have, you’ll be glad to know the library staff has been working on something to tide you over until we can see each other in person again.

Head over YouTube.com and search for “Altamont Free Library.” There you’ll find video story times we’ve been putting together, with new ones appearing every Tuesday and Friday. You can also like us on Facebook and find them there.

Each new edition is chock full of stories, songs, crafts, movement activities, and bubbles presented by staff members Meg Seinberg-Hughes, Erika Peterson, Jo Ann Mulligan, Ann Gainer, and me. Please enjoy!

In addition to video story times, there are tons of other online resources you have access to with your library card. Go to https://www.altamontfreelibrary.org/online-services to find a full and constantly updated list.