Bethlehem Library Notes for Wednesday, October 23, 2019

How will the Bethlehem Public Library serve the community in the 21st Century and beyond? You tell us!

Please join your neighbors for a public workshop, or charrette, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 6 p.m. in the Community Room to discuss the evolution of library services and how the library’s space can be used to best meet those needs.

The goal of the workshop is for Bethlehem residents to exchange ideas and priorities with the library's architect, Paul Mays. This input will help the library develop an expression of what members of the community want us to be over the next decade and beyond.

It will be an open, active brainstorming session and is an important milestone in the development of the Bethlehem Public Library Board of Trustees’ Long-Range Plan.

For more information, call 518-439-9314 or visit www.bethlehempubliclibrary.org.

Get creative with a Cricut

If you haven’t checked out our Tech Room Makerspace in a while, then now is the time to stop by and see all of the great new tools we’ve been busy adding over the past couple of months.

Front and center is our brand-new Cricut Maker, which allows for precision cutting of paper, vinyl, fabric and other materials. This versatile tool is perfect for scrapbooking, quilting, creating custom cards, and more!

It can even letter and emboss. Patrons will be responsible for bringing their own materials to use in the Cricut. Not sure how it works? Come see it in action at a demonstration Monday, Nov. 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. 

The Cricut joins the Makerbot 3D printer, a die cutter, laminator, button maker, light tracing board and sewing machine available for use anytime during library hours. Visit our expanded Tech Room Makerspace today and set your imagination and creativity free at the library!

Trick or Treat

This Halloween, pint-sized princesses, ghouls, pirates and superheroes will haunt our hallways as they trick-or-treat their way among the books. On Thursday, Oct. 31, we’ve set aside two drop-in trick-or-treating times for our littlest patrons – at 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. and 2:15 to 2:45 p.m.

Kids can show off their costumes and enjoy Halloween in a safe, dry place. Drop by the Children’s Place at any point during the above times to pick up a free treat bag and get started on some library trick-or-treating fun.

This annual event at the library is a favorite among staffers, so don’t be surprised if you see some of them getting into the spirit of things, too!

Mass mailing made easy

It is coming up on the time of year when many of us start to reach out to friends and relatives with holiday letters and cards. We’ll show you how to tame that extensive address list and make your mass mailings easier to manage using Microsoft Word and Excel to create merged address labels.

Join us for our “Simplify Holiday Mailings” on Monday, Oct. 28, at 10 a.m. Sign up online at www.bethlehempubliclibrary.org or call 518-439-9314.