Schoharie Library Notes for Thursday, May 21, 2020
Although the Schoharie Library is still closed and our in-person activities are canceled or postponed, we’re holding clubs and activities for children and adults online! Check our Facebook Events for more information and updates.
To sign up to receive a link for online programs, contact or click the link to our sign-up sheet on our website, schoharielibrary.org or on our Facebook page.
Tech help
Online tech help is available on Wednesday, May 27, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Work with Slack and Google Drive. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session and a general help session. Sign-up is required. E-mail for an appointment, or sign up on the online form.
Other online activities include:
— “UFO” Unfinished Object Club, Thursdays, Thursdays, May 21 and June 4, at 3 p.m. It’s always easier to work on a project when you’ve got company! Maybe we'll even finish something;
— Story Time with Miss Heather on Fridays at 10 a.m. The theme for May 22 is Bedtime & PJs — kids can wear PJs! We’ll have interactive stories, songs, and activities! Have paper, crayons, and scissors ready. Remember to sign up ahead so we can send you the link to join;
— Writing Club meets every Monday at 6 p.m. Great chance to share and discuss your work with other writers;
— Knitcetera Club meets Tuesdays, May 26, June 9, and June 23, at 10:30 a.m. Share knitting, crocheting, quilting, and embroidery projects, catch up with friends, enjoy some connection; and
— Books & Chocolate Book Chat: Sunday, June 7, at 7 p.m. Join us in cyberspace to talk about books you’ve enjoyed and share ideas for future reading! You’ll have to provide your own chocolate for now — maybe we can share recipes, too;
—Writing Club: Every Monday at 6 p.m. — a great chance to share and discuss your work with other writers; and
— Social Media Marketing on Tuesday, June 9, at 6:30 p.m. Learn how to promote a business, organization, event, book, art, music, etc. with social media. This project, facilitated by Mohamed Baligh, is supported by funds from the New York State Library’s Adult Literacy Library Services Program.
Resources
The Schoharie Library offers these services and resources:
— Wifi is available outside the building and in the parking lot;
— The book drop is closed; please hang onto your books till we reopen. No late fees will be charged as long as books are returned within two weeks of the library’s re-opening;
— E-books, audio books, and e-magazines are available through Libby, Overdrive, and other links on the Schoharie Library and MVLS websites: https://schoharielibrary.org/ and https://www.mvls.info/;
— If you don’t have a library card, you can get an instant library card for borrowing e-books, etc. at https://mvls.overdrive.com/ or in the Libby app at https://meet.libbyapp.com/;
— Teen audio books are available for free at https://www.audiobooksync.com/;
— The Schoharie Library website has a page of resources which is frequently updated: https://schoharie.mvls.info/resources-during-covid19/; and
— The Schoharie Library Facebook page has links to online events, stories read aloud, and other interesting stuff.