Due to the bad roads and nasty weather, the library will be closed. Any fines because of this will be waived. The craft program scheduled for this evening will be held on a Saturday in January.
Category: The Library
Just a little blurb to let everyone know that if the weather is too bad to be on the roads, the library will be closed. We will do our best to let you know by posting it on the website, letting the School Closing Networks know, and changing the answering machine to reflect the closure. If the Granville Central School is closed, we will also close for that day. Thank you for your patience if we need to be closed …
Microfilm of the following items is available at the Pember Library: Granville Record Book 1787-1826 Census Rolls 1825-1925 (NYS census, Washington County towns) Morris Rote-Rosen 1920-1922, 1935-1984 Granville Sentinel 1875-2003 MISSING: 1878-1885, 1901-1913 The microfilm machine in the reference area is now up and running and prints from it look pretty readable. This machine also has a microfiche attachment. You can bring in your own microfiche to read (for example, some parts manuals are distributed in this way). There is a second …
The Library Catalog will be unavailable on Wednesday November 11th due to a software upgrade. Our library will be closed in honor of Veteran’s Day.
A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public.
The “Anything BUT Pie Apple Dessert Contest” will be taking place at the library on Friday evening, October 16, starting at 6pm. We have six judges and four great prizes. Stop in to the library to pick up your entry form! The prizes are: a gift certificate to the Northshire Bookstore . a gift basket donated by Hicks Orchard. a pumpkin cutting board donated by JK Adams. a gift certificate donated by As Time Goes By. Desserts will be for …
We have fixed the glitch in our email notices. People who have notices set up should now get hold notices in addition to overdue notices. SALS has also set our notices to send you an email reminder three days before an item is due. If you would like email notices set up, please ask at the desk.
Plants are on sale at the library. Prices range from $2.00 – $15.00. There are some vegetable plants (tomatoes, cabbage, etc.), a few herbs (chocolate mint, & parsley) and lovely flowers. There’s still time to add some great looking plants to your garden or pretty up your porch with a hanging basket!
The following new titles are available on the Salon website, our link to OverDrive audio books. Just click on the icon to the left of the blog that says “Download audiobooks OverDrive” for these and many more. If you’re reading by listening, let us know which title(s) you have enjoyed recently. Children’s eaudiobooks: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo; read by Cherry Jones Hatchet by Gary Paulsen; read by Peter Coyote Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos; read …
…that you can see a list of new items we have added to the Pember Library’s collection by going to the catalog link and clicking on the arrow near ‘New Stuff’ at the bottom of the left column… Your choices are Fiction, Nonfiction, Children’s Books, or Videos/DVD. There is a link to New Stuff in the left column on this page that will get you there also. You can choose to subscribe to ‘New Stuff’ in RSS Reader if you …
Finding a Great Book to Read Just Got Easier So many books, so little time. For all those busy people, the Pember Library has a new service sponsored by the Friends of the Pember Library: an Online Book Club that delivers books electronically. Each day, Monday through Friday, the library e-mails subscribers a portion of a book that takes about 5-minutes to read. They’re able to read two or three chapters from a book during the week. If they like …