Voorheesville Library Notes for Monday, June 3, 2013
On Sunday, May 19 at 2 p.m., students from Albany Law School will give a free presentation regarding legal resources important to senior citizens, family members of seniors, caregivers and elder care professional sat the Voorheesville Public Library. Presenters are trained to supply information and answer general questions in the areas of advanced planning, consumer rights, family law, housing and public benefits. Presentation topics include wills, health care proxies, executors and an overview of legal issues affecting seniors. The Rural Law Center of New York, Inc. has provided several print materials with questions and answers in these areas for distribution at presentations
Budget hearing and vote
The voters of the Voorheesville Central School District are invited to attend a public budget hearing on May 20, at 7 p.m., in the library community room. The board of trustees will be answering questions about the proposed 2013-14 library budget. Please plan to attend.
The budget vote will be held on May 21, from 2 to 9 p.m., at the Voorheesville Central Middle School.
Book discussions
On Friday, May 31, at 7 p.m., the 2nd and 3rd grade book discussion group will discuss Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians by Jarret J. Krosoczka.
On Friday, June 7, at 7 p.m., the 4th and 5th grade book discussion group will discuss Listen! by Stephanie Tolan.
Babygarten
Babygarten , our story times for babies under two years and their caregivers, meets on the first and third Thursday every month. The next Babygarten will be May 16, at 10:15 a.m.
In the library
Overdrive is the library’s collection of ebooks and audiobooks for you to download to your home computer or onto many portable devices. Just click the “downloadables” link on the front page of our website.
Collection Nooks
The library currently has 7 collections on Nook. They are: fiction, romance/ science fiction/fantasy, young adult, mystery/thriller, non-fiction, kids and picture books/easy readers. Stop by and check them out.
Mango languages
This online language program, has 48 different foreign languages. Mango languages also has 15 English as a Second Language courses. All language programs are free through the library.
DVD collection
Everytime I see someone putting a credit card in the Redbox at Hannaford, I want to remind them their library has hundreds of titles to choose from, and the only card needed is a library card. Shelves and shelves of dvd’s, cd’s and audiobooks are available for your use. Want a new release? Don’t waste your gas running around town. Go online and request it, we’ll give you a call when it’s your turn. Did you miss any new releases, come on in and look through the collection. For more ideas go to http://voorheesvillelibrary.org/new_materials.asp, click on DVD.