The Guilderland Community Library experienced the honor of currently being named a single of the major-examining libraries in the United States in 2020, many thanks to your participation! Our prize was $1,000 of books for all to delight in.
Can we establish on that achievements to achieve even greater heights in 2021? We think so!
This is the great time of year to curl up with a heat blanket, sizzling beverage, and looking at product: textbooks, eBooks, magazines, newspapers, children’s literature, manga, and so on. — it all counts!
Absolutely everyone is inspired to indicator up as an person or family members and log all of your January reading through at: guilderlandlibrary.beanstack.org. For even easier logging, down load the Beanstack Tracker App. Feel no cost to use the hashtag #WinterRead2021 and tag us in social media posts. Thank you — joyful looking through!
E book tips
Talking of the Winter Looking at Challenge — on the lookout for inspiration for your following terrific read? We’ve compiled two lists of stellar selections for your consideration — a person for grown ups / youthful grown ups at https://bit.ly/GPL2020AdultsBook, and 1 for small children at https://little bit.ly/GPL2020KidsBooks.
Verify out these “Best of 2020” lists, then examine them out from us!
Tech and résumé assist
Probably you could use a little aid maximizing your Apple gadget, or crafting your resume employing the Discovering Express databases resource observed on our internet site – and you favor to do it from the consolation of dwelling. You’re in luck! Our volunteer laptop mentor, Robin, can give custom made aid on working with an Apple Observe, Apple iphone, MacBook, iPad or Apple Television, or aid you mine the riches of Understanding Categorical – your preference!
Agenda your individualized hour-very long appointment Tuesday evenings setting up at 6:30 p.m., and Thursday mornings commencing at 10:00 a.m. on the Gatherings tab of our site, indicating the matter of fascination in the Notes industry. An electronic mail handle and the ability to meet online is required in buy to participate.
Speaking E-book and
Braille Library
The New York Condition Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) is a no cost library services for inhabitants in Upstate New York who have issue reading common print thanks to blindness, minimal eyesight, a diagnosed reading incapacity, or a actual physical disability.
On Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 1 p.m., GPL welcomes Senior Librarian Jane Bentley, who will deliver an overview of TBBL companies, focus on eligibility, and reveal how patrons can entry books and journals. To indicator up, go to the Events tab of our web page. Registrants will obtain an e-mail invitation to this digital Zoom method in progress.
Costume Up Your Pet Working day
Contacting all pet lovers: be part of us for Dress Up Your Pet Working day on Jan. 14! Adorn your pet in a fetching costume and snap a picture, then send out it to:
. We’ll develop an on the web photo album for all to appreciate. Be sure to post pictures by Jan. 14.
Development update
Outdoors, the metal framing is complete on our children’s addition, and the roof is on! Subsequent, it will be heated and the concrete slab will be poured.
Inside of, the former children’s location and fiction portion is all set for renovation, and inside demolition as well as sprinkler room and general public lavatory renovations continue on. To look at the regular monthly report and image album monitoring progress on this project, go to: https://little bit.ly/GPLConstructionPhotos
Due to construction, social distancing constraints, and soaring COVID-19 cases, general public searching is not readily available at this time. Updates are posted on www.guilderlandlibrary.org, Fb and Instagram. To subscribe to our weekly eNews and every month newsletters, go to https://bit.ly/GPLeNews
Expanded curbside several hours
Choose up your asked for components in our Normanskill Area through the wintertime months on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and — new — Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m.
Checkout techniques remain the exact — see our site for particulars. Patron select-up is offered by way of the Normanskill Room outer door (to the right of the Small Absolutely free Library), not the key entrance. Make sure you adhere to signals posted, and get in touch with Circulation at 518-285-0671 if you have any questions.
Return drop hours in the major parking whole lot are as follows: Monday via Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.
Healthful cooking
Discover some nutritious cooking techniques working with much healthier oils, delicious veggies, and hearty complete grains for a coronary heart healthy diet regime. This lesson will involve a live cooking demonstration. Registered contributors will acquire recipes, ingredient list and products wanted prior to course so they can be a part of in the entertaining. Places are limited so indication up shortly!
This will be held pretty much working with Zoom. Registrants will obtain a Zoom invitation by means of e mail two times prior to the plan.