1251 Route 9W
PO Box 780
Marlboro, New York 12542
Telephone: 845-236-7272
Fax: 845-236-7635
Library Hours:
Mon-Thurs 9:30-8:30
Fri 9:30-5
Sat 11-5
Sun 1-5
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Welcome to Constant Contact
We hope you enjoy receiving this email to keep you current with events and services offered at the Library. This online newsletter will supplement the Library's print newsletter, The Inside Story, which now publishes six times a year, but for cost savings will transition to being published seasonally. Everyone with an email account can receive this newsletter. Tell your neighbors that they can easily subscribe from the Library webpage. To opt out of this subscription, just click "safe unsubscribe" at the bottom of the page. The financial advantage to the Library is considerable. Reaching readers often and without space limitations is hard to resist. Through this email, we can inform patrons about events and services and publish as often as we like. Visit our web page as well . It is purposely formulated in blog style to encourage reader comments. |
James B. Cosgrove
Director
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Teen Alternative Fashion Show
Friday, March, 6th -7 p.m.
Following the success of last year's teen alternative fashion show "Going Green on the Red," Miss Susan has gathered together another group of creative teens who will model their creations in "Paint the Town Green" on Friday, March 6 beginning at 7 p.m. Teens will reconfigure, reuse, and recycle materials into fashion items that may be eccentric or elegant bur are sure to be ecological. Hors' douevres and drinks will be served. Please RSVP to Susan at 236-7272, ext. 16 because this event is guaranteed to be SRO. Snow date is Saturday, March 7.
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E-mail Blast Will Help Libraries
The State Division of Budget is proposing an $18 million (18%) cut in Library Aid in the 2009-10 budget on top of the 3% cut in funding that occurred in 2008. This is happening at a time when library use is increasing. We realize that everyone has to share the pain, but a double-digit cut to State library support is more than most agencies are facing.
How will this affect your library service? The MidHudson Library System, which among other things, trucks library materials between member libraries will have to charge libraries a fee to continue these services. The Library will have to look at ways to meet this new expense.
How you can help? Library Lobby Day in Albany is on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Please email your State Senator and Assemblyman by visiting the New York Library Association site at www.nyla.org and follow the Become a Library Advocate link. The website will find your representatives and send an email on your behalf. We also have pre-addressed advocacy postcards at the Library that we ask you to sign and mail AND you can also sign an online petition.
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Tax Forms Available
As you may know, in order to save money the State Department of Taxation decided not to mail tax forms to citizens' home. Where can you get forms for filing your return? At your local public library. We have requested additional forms from the state and some forms are available online. Ask a staff member to assist you with getting the forms you need. NOTE: It is illegal for staff to give you advice on tax forms. We will get you forms that you request, but we do not know what forms you need. Please don't ask for this specialized kind of advice. Federal forms are also available at the Library.
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Pre-Licensing Driving Class
Instructor Virginia Upton, who regularly offers a Defensive Driver class, will be changing gears and offering a 5-hour Pre-licensing class which is mandatory in New York State for new drivers to take in order to be eligible to take the State road test. The class will be held in the library community room on Sunday, March 15 from Noon to 4:30 p.m. The class will also be offered on Sunday, April 26 at the same time. The cost is $40. In-person pre-registration with payment at the library is required. Please make checks out to Virginia Upton.
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Book Club
March's selection for our monthly book group is A Taste for death by P.D. James. The group will meet on Wednesday, March 18. James is famous for her literary style and her creation of the distinctive poet/detective Adam Dalgliesh. April's selection is Rebecca, the classic mystery by Daphne Du Maurier.
Book Club meets at 7 p.m. in the community room; usually on the last Wednesday of the month through June. At that time we will select a book for the summer and choose a new topic or genre for the 2009-2010 season. Drop-ins are always welcome.
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Mad Hatter's Tea Party
Children K through grade 4 are invited to the Mad Hatter's Tea Party on Saturday, March 21 from Noon to 1 p.m. Please wear your most outrageous hat with proper party attire. You could also come as March Hare, Dormouse, Alice, or even the Red Queen! Miss Susan will be taking reservations for the Mad Hatter at 236-7272, ext. 16. Please bring $5 to help defray the cost of tea & cakes.
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Battle of the Books
Books have been selected for the 2009 Battle of the Books (bookmarks with the list of titles are available at the Library) so now we need to form a team to compete with teams from other libraries. We are looking for at least 10 volunteers in grades 5 through 8 to join the Marlboro Library team (we have 3, so far). Marlboro needs to form two teams of 5 players each. Team members commit to reading 10 books through the spring and summer in preparation for the event in September. Funds donated by the Friends of the Library will be used to purchase books, team t-shirts, food and prizes. Contact Mr. Cosgrove by phone or at director@marlborolibrary.org. |
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View Historic Hudson River Pamphlets on the Web
A grant to the Library from the Southeastern New York Library Resource Council enabled us to add digitized historic pamphlets to our site on the Hudson River Valley Heritage website ( hrvh.org - select "Explore HRVH" and choose us among the list found under "Select Collection"). The project was funded as part of the observance of the Quadra-Centennial of Hendrik Hudson's discovery of the river named after him. These pamphlets are in the Library's Local History collection, but through digitization these precious artifacts can now be viewed without handling. The four pamphlets are: Hudson River Day Line: The evolution of a hundred years, The Hudson River, Select views of Hudson , and a 1909 souvenir program and guide published to celebrate the 300 year anniversary. Please view these and other historic items we have posted to this site. Feel free to use the comment box to make informational updates or corrections to these items. |
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AARP Driving Class
Instructor Karen Khejl will be offering a class on Saturday, April 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The $10 per-person registration fee must be pre-paid in person at the library. No reservations will be taken over the phone. Payment will be accepted by CHECK ONLY made payable to "AARP." Please bring a lunch and your driver's license with you to class. Class size is limited to 35 participants.
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Anime Festival May 2nd at 11 a.m.
The Library has acquired a small collection of Manga titles that have become increasingly popular with young readers. Manga is a graphic novel style popularized in Japan. Librarian Sue Scott offers teens the opportunity to learn more about Japanese anime, which is distinct from American-style cartoons, at an Anime Festival - Saturday, May 2 from 11-5 p.m. featuring Death Note and Boys Over Flowers. Boys Over Flowers chronicles the story of a poor commoner girl in a ritzy high school that is dominated by four very rich and beautiful teen boys. See Librarian Sue Scott if you want a sneak preview.
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Tote Bags
The Friends of theMarlboro Free Library are selling a wonderfully large canvas tote bag with the Library logo for only $10 to raise money for the Library. They are available at the Library and will be for sale in the Book Barn when it opens in May.
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Changing Your Catalog Search Pin
If from your home computer you are using "Request-A-Title" on the public catalog and you forget your PIN, you can always call the Circulation Desk and ask for assistance when the Library is open. Now you can retrieve your PIN yourself, even when the Library is closed, by clicking on a new link "Forgot Your Pin?" which will send you an email from Mid-Hudson Library System (not the Library). Please notify us at staff@marlborolibrary.org if you are having trouble with this new service.
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Use 'em or Lose 'em
In light of cuts in state aid, we are reviewing reference resources and culling those that are not as well used as others. Items that are being, in popular vernacular, voted off the island are remote access online databases: CountryWatch, Facts-on-File Reference Center and CQ Researcher. To try out these three products, go to marlborolibrary.org and click on the Marlboro Access button (see above). We will be letting the subscriptions on these items expire unless I hear from enough patrons who can justify keeping these resources. Remember that there are other fine resources available through HomeAccess and the Ulster County InfoPortal. Please email me at director@marlborolibrary.org - Subject line: "Save these products" and tell me which product(s) you use. | |
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