Looks like we’ve got a picture perfect summer day to accompany our Water Field Day. Activities will take place in the park next to the library and will begin at 3pm.  The fun continues on Thursday, when we will learn What’s the Weather?

We have added a new page to the blog that offers a wealth of links to info and resources on computer and internet security.  Many thanks to former Library Trustee, Christine Connell for making these available.

The library will be closed Saturday July 3rd & Sunday July 4th in observance of the Independence Day Holiday. We will be OPEN on Monday July 5th for regular business hours. Below is a small reminder of how we got here! Happy 4th of July to all!

The library will be asking residents of the Waterford-Halfmoon School District to vote on the 2011 Library Budget beginning today, June 2nd at 12 Noon. Voting will continue until 8pm. Copies of the budget are available at the library or by clicking here. Questions about the budget should be directed to Timothy McDonough, Library Director at 237-0891.  We appreciate your support.

You may notice that one of the buttons that help navigate users around our webpages has been changed from Downloadable Audiobooks to Download Audiobooks AND ebooks! We have recently begun offering our customers access to a small but soon to grow collection of mostly non-fiction ebooks.  They can be downloaded and read on your computer or transferred to certain portable eReaders, such as the Nook or Sony’s Reader.  They are NOT compatible with Amazon’s Kindle or the new Apple iPad however. You’ve heard about eBooks, read about them perhaps, well now is an opportunity to try them out, thanks to your local public library!

We have added the ability to search by Collection to the Advanced Search screen of the on-line Polaris catalog. So if you are looking for authors or titles in the Mystery or Romance collections for example, your searches will be easier and more accurate.  We’re excited and we think you will be also!

According to this New York Daily News article, our first president George Washington apparently neglected to return some library books, from 1792!

The second session of our Computer & Internet Security Workshop, scheduled for tomorrow morning at 11am will not take place. We hope to reschedule it in the near future.

April 6th @ 2:30- Saratoga County k-9 Visit with Deputy Petrie- Dept. Petrie from the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Department will be bringing a k-9 unit to the library, and talking about how they help in law enforcement.

Apil 7th @ 2:00- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel-

Rated PG, run-time:88min., Popcorn and Juice provided

April 8th @ 3:00- Fire Safety Program-

The Kavanaugh Hook and Ladder Company will be here to talk about fire safety. They will be bringing two fire trucks with them!

Call Liz @ 237-0891 with any questions

Instead of our normal 6pm closing time on Wednesdays, the library will close at 5pm, for New Years Eve. We reopen at 9am Jan. 2nd, 2009!