Altamont Library Notes for Friday, September 2, 2016

It’s just about time to pack up that lunch box, dust off the old Trapper Keeper (do they still make those?), and steel yourself to go back to school.

Remember that the path to school success runs through the library, so whether you need research help, powerful databases, book-report suggestions, or just a quiet place to do your homework, the Altamont Free Library is the place to come. Good luck, young friends! You’ve got this.

Closed Labor Day

We’ll be taking a well-deserved Labor Day off on Monday, Sept. 5. We hope you do, too.

Back to (wizard) school

Now that school’s back, homework is back too. With all the homework you’ve got, you’ll need to take a study break. What better way than by joining us to go back to school with our favorite wizard, Harry Potter! On Sundays in September, we’ll be showing Harry Potter movies, starting with “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” on Sept. 11 at 3 p.m.

Book discussion

Since we’ll be closed the first Monday of the month, our usual first Monday book club will meet on Monday, Sept. 12 at noon, which is good because we’ve got an epic to get through before we meet. We’ll be discussing “The Thorn Birds” by Colleen McCullough.

This book tells the story of the Cleary family and is set over five decades of the 20th Century in rural Australia. This beloved novel was the basis for an equally beloved television miniseries, and whether you’ve read the book or seen the show, there’s plenty to discuss so please join us.

Video-editing workshop

Lights, Camera, Action!

We’re doing another of our awesome video editing classes at the library on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. until noon for aspiring photographers and filmmakers ages 6 to 14. This free event will demonstrate the technique of stop motion animation using legos, smartphone cameras (which we’ll supply), and the Lego Movie Maker app.

Seats in the workshop are limited please call or email us at to register in advance.

Library centennial

museum exhibit

In celebration of the library’s 100th anniversary, we’re working with our esteemed local historian and archivist Marijo Dougherty to put together materials for an exhibit about the library’s history at the Altamont Museum and Archives.

If anyone has a piece of AFL history they think might be useful for the exhibit and they wouldn’t mind lending it to us, please let me know. It could be old photos of one of our former locations, a library card from the Eisenhower era or a book that’s been overdue since the 1930s.
Drop me a line at 861-7239 or send me an email at and let me know what you’ve got, and please join us for the opening of the exhibit on Sunday, Sept. 25 from 2 to 4 p.m.