Starting with this issue, we will highlight an individual staff member, and...since there has been some interest in what a director does, I will start.  The director is responsible for:

• hiring, promotion, and termination of staff;
  
• scheduling, supervising and training staff;
  
• writing staff evaluations on at least an annual basis;
  
• assessing staff needs and presenting recommendations to the library board;
  
• preparing financial reports and monthly status reports for the board;
  
• preparing an annual budget and presenting to the library and Town boards;
  
• implementing the adopted budget;
  
• assessing building and equipment needs and making recommendations to the library and Town boards (think leaky roofs, broken toilets, and outdated boilers!);
  
• keeping statistics and preparing the NYS library annual report;
  
• managing use of the public program room and exhibit gallery;
  
• applying for private and governmental grants and gifts (think leaky roofs, broken toilets, and outdated boilers!);
  
• making policy change recommendations to the library board;
  
• representing the library at professional meetings and conferences;
  
• supervising public relations, publicity, and library programs for community residents;
  
• dealing with miscellaneous daily issues.

Make a Splash!

Our summer reading program invites all schoolchildren to keep track of what they read over the summer and receive small incentive prizes. A new prize every week!

For children too young to read we offer a "Family Read-to-Me" contest - enter the titles of the books you read out loud together into our "Make a Splash" fish tank - we'll have a drawing for some great family prizes at our Ice Cream Party Summer Reading Finale on August 11, sponsored by Cold Stone Ice Cream. See our website or stop in for more details.

Weekly Events     

►Family Storytime. Mondays @7:00pm (July 12, 19, 26) Humor, music, picture books, and a little audience participation.

►Drop-In Crafts (during library hours.) Tuesdays (July 6, 13, 20, 27) Make a themed craft!

 

►Ross' Readers Book Club (for children leaving Kdg, 1st, 2nd grade.) Wednesdays (July 7, 14, 21, 28) @1:00pm. Register online or call 232-5717.

  

►Read with Romeo The Therapy Dog. Wednesday (July 7 & July 28) Two sessions each day: 3:00pm-4:00pm; and 4:00-5:00pm. Registration is required - 5 (five) children maximum per session.

 

►Special Event Day! Thursdays @3:45pm.

July 1- Make an awesome octopus mask

July 8- Shark Zone!  Movie & quiz about sharks

July 15- Seashell expo

July 22- Annual Scavenger Hunt

July 29- Free Movie: "Flipper"

 

►Short & Sweet Storytime! Saturdays @1:00pm in the Children's Room - for our shortest and sweetest patrons!

 

Special Events

 

►Ronald McDonald Storytime! Wednesday, July 21 @ 3:00pm.

 

Storytime Schedule for July

►Babytime for ages up to 2 years old. Every Tuesday July 6 through August 3 at 10:30 am or 11:30 am.

►Toddler Story Hour and Craft (with caregivers) for ages 2 and 3. Every Thursday (July 1- August 5) and Friday (July 2- August 6) at 10:30 am.

►Preschool Story Hour and Craft (without caregivers) for ages 4 and 5. This story time is suspended for the summer see our Saturday Story Time at 1:00 pm above. 

Book Clubs for July

►Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grade Book Clubs suspended for the summer.  A Ross' Readers Book Club for students leaving K-2 will meet on Wednesdays during the summer at 1:00 pm, beginning July 7th. Register online or call 232-5717.