Altamont Library Notes for Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Mark your calendars, and join us in Orsini Park at noon on Monday, Oct. 5, for an open-air, socially-distant, in-person meeting of the First Monday Book Group. Bring a lawn chair, a mask, and a water bottle, and meet us for a discussion of Ibrahim X Kendi’s searing examination of race in America, “How To Be An Antiracist.” Reserve your copy today and we’ll see you in the park!

Uke Club

We're bringing back our monthly ukulele jam on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 6 p.m.! We'll be meeting outdoors in Orsini Park, so please bring a chair, a sweater, a music stand if you have one, a mask, and your uke! Masks should be worn, especially while singing, and all participants are expected to maintain social distance throughout. 

Many thanks to the Normanskill Strummers, who are letting us use one of their wonderful songbooks for the jam. If you plan to attend and need a copy of the songs we’ll be trying out, let us know and we’ll send you a copy or print one out for you. You can find all kinds of neat resources and songs sheets at the Normanskill Strummers website at https://www.normanskillstrummers.com/.

Hope to see uke in the park!

Grab & Go

We’ve been doing Grab & Go Service for a while now, and it’s going really well! Nevertheless, we just want to remind everyone of the rules for Grab & Go.

Our goal is to control the traffic flow in and out of the library’s vestibule as much as possible in order to limit contact between patrons. Adhering to the following rules will make an easier and safer library experience for your library staff and fellow patrons

— 1. To pick items that you have requested, you must make an appointment by calling the library at 518-861-7239. We have appointments from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday at 10 minute intervals;

— 2. Please be here at or as close as possible to your appointment time. Your books and movies will be in a brown bag with your last name on it to your left when you walk in. The items are already checked out, so you can just grab the bag and go;

— 3. If there is someone else inside the vestibule when you arrive, please keep your distance and wait until the vestibule is empty. One person or family is allowed in the vestibule at a time;

— 4. When you are in the library vestibule, you must wear a mask covering your mouth and nose;

— 5. The public is not allowed in the library at this time. If you need assistance, please knock on the door to get our attention. If the inner doors are closed, please do not open the inner doors and come in;

— 6. You do not need an appointment to return books but, again, if there is someone already inside, please wait until the vestibule is empty before coming in. If the library is closed, returns can be placed in the outdoor drop-box next to the front door; and

— 7. We are not taking donations at this time.

A reminder, too, that, in order to ensure that library materials are totally disinfected before the staff handle them, we are holding items for four days after they are returned and before they get checked in. After the quarantine period, we back-date the check-in to the date the items were actually returned, so there will not be any overdue fine charged for the quarantine period.

If you see items on your account at least a week after you returned them, please give us a call and we will sort it out.

Thank you, everyone, for your cooperation!