Altamont Library Notes for Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Many thanks to all who came out to support the library during our annual Election Day Bake Sale.
To be totally honest, we weren’t sure we were even going to do a bake sale this year, and keep our powder dry for next year’s mega election, but when our great friends and bake sale coordinators, Mary Heidinger and Pat Spohr, decide that something is happening, it happens.
Thank you to all who donated baked goods, and all of the volunteers who helped run the sale, and to the village of Altamont for letting us use the space. You all make politics so much sweeter.
Hours change
Beginning on November 1, Altamont Free Library will no longer be open from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. BUT! At the same time, we will be extending out Saturday hours from a three-hour 10 a.m. to 1p.m. day to a six-hour 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. day! We hope that people will find the longer hours on our busiest day of the week to be a positive and helpful change.
To our beloved Sunday users, we hope that you will be able to visit us another day, and that you understand that having a small staff keeping a small library open an incredible 58 hours per week (way more than any other library our size in the area) means having to make tough choices about which hours to be open. If you have any concerns, complaints, or questions, please let me know by calling me at 518- 861-7239, or emailing me at .
Homeschoolers
Our community is home to many homeschoolers, and we want to know what we can do to help you! One program that we’ve been working on is a workshop on library skills for homeschoolers, which is a necessary element of many homeschooling curricula.
If you and your family would be interested in such a program, please get in touch with us at or by calling us at 518-861-7239. Let us know what you’d like such a class to cover, what times and days work best for you, and how old your students are. That information will help us develop our program. Thanks!
Young Readers Book Club
Last month we had a very successful first meeting of our new Young Readers Book Club for readers ages 9 to 12, and we think the second meeting is going to be even better.
This month, we’re reading “Resistance” by Ann Jungman, a fairly obscure, but fantastic book about a group of children’s attempts to help the Dutch resistance to the occupying Nazi’s during World War II. (It’s so obscure that even the author doesn’t have any extra copies! We asked.)
We’ve scrounged together a few extra copies, so pick one up today and join us on Wednesday, Nov. 13, for a great discussion! We have a signup sheet at the desk, and you can always send us an email at so that we know you’re coming.