Bethlehem Library Notes for Friday, September 9, 2016
Bethlehem Public Library’s annual report for fiscal year 2015-16 is now available online at www.bethlehempubliclibrary.org. In it, you’ll find an easy-to-read summary of the programs and services the library offered in the past fiscal year. Printed copies are available as a brochure in the literature rack at the information desk.
A card with cache
September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and we’re celebrating all month with a fun scavenger hunt, a Bad Kitty themed creation station and a visit from Bad Kitty herself on Wednesday, Sept. 21.
If you don’t already have a library card, sign up for one today. With your library card, you can borrow passes to regional museums; check out fishing poles, telescopes, metal detectors and more; request and renew items online; download audiobooks and eBooks; use a public computer; and access library-purchased online reference tools and training tutorials.
You also have access to materials at the 28 other libraries within the Upper Hudson Library System.
Show your gratitude
Every year, Operation Gratitude sends more than 250,000 care packages to deployed troops, wounded heroes, veterans, and new recruits. They include letters in each of these packages so they need a lot of them, and they could use your help.
Bethlehem Public Library is working in collaboration with the Guilderland Public Library in order to help them reach their goal of 250 letters. You are invited to drop by our activity station near the information desk to write a letter or draw a picture to thank our troops and veterans. We will collect them through Tuesday, Sept.13.
Reminders
— The free WiFi at the Elm Avenue pool complex offered through a partnership with the library and the town is available year-round, not just when the pool is open. This summer, our IT department has expanded the signal so it includes the areas around the tennis courts and at the parks and rec building. The signal will appear on electronic devices as “Free Library WiFi” and is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week;
— Got books? The library is once again partnering with Grassroot Givers, a local nonprofit, to collect books for donation to local organizations and individuals in need. Collection day is Saturday, Sept. 17, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the library garage. Grassroot Givers will only accept books that are in good shape and are dropped off during the designated collection time;
— Regular Sunday hours resume this Sunday, Sept. 11. The library is open from noon until 5 p.m.; and
— Coffee and Conversation kicks off this season on Friday, Sept. 9, with To Life! a celebration of the songs of optimism and hope from popular Broadway musical scores by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, and more. Richard Feldman is the presenter. The hourlong program starts at 1 p.m., with a coffee and social hour following.