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Community Outreach Adirondack Experience

We are hitting the road and would love to come to Munson
your organization! Are you involved with a preschool, Utica Zoo
daycare, summer program or assisted living center? Empire
We would love to come to your organization and share Passes must be placed on adult library cards and
more about our upcoming programs, issue library must be returned to the New Hartford Public Library
NH Public Library cards and provide programming to your facility. For Circulation Desk. Please call 315-733-1535 for more
more information, please contact our Library Director, information.
2 Library Lane Anne 315-733-1535.
Community Rooms
315-733-1535 Literacy CNY Community Rooms will be available for groups and

Monday and Tuesday 10am-8pm Due to the success of our free tech help on organizations to use. You can find more information
Closed on Wednesdays Tuesdays from 11am-2pm, New Hartford Library on our website (https://www.newhartfordpubliclibrary.
Thursday and Friday 10am-6pm and LiteracyCNY have decided to switch the drop-in org/reserve-a-room/), by calling 315-733-1535, or by
structure to appointment-based. Community members visiting our Circulation Desk at the Library.
Saturday 10am-2pm will want to call the library (315)733-1535 to sign up
Sunday 1-5pm for a 45-minute appointment with our Digital Literacy Book Clubs
Curbside Pickup Remains an Option Volunteer.
Are you interested in joining a book club, currently in
Labor Day Weekend Interested In Using Our a book club, or looking to start one? If your club needs
to order books or if you are interested in starting a book
We will be closed on Sunday, September 1st and Window Display? club, please call the Library and ask to speak to our
Monday, September 2nd for the Labor Day holiday. We The display case a/t the Library's main entrance is Book Club Coordinator, Danielle. 315-733-1535
will reopen on Tuesday, September 3rd. available without charge for community groups or >Ruth Anne Mystery Book Club reads mystery novels.
individuals to display works of art, collections or They meet on the second Saturday of the month at
Stay Connected With Us! educational displays. Exhibits must be in keeping with 11am. For more information, please contact the library.

The most up to date information regarding closings, the Library's mission to meet the educational, cultural >Wanderlust Book Club reads novels, ranging from
reopening, programs and crafts can be found on our and recreational needs of the community. Exhibits may current to historical. They meet on the first Thursday
website and on our Facebook and Instagram pages. not be for entrepreneurial or commercial purposes, for of the month. For more information, please contact the
Website: www.newhartfordpubliclibrary.org the solicitation of business for profit or for fundraising. library.
Facebook: Religious proselytizing and partisan political >Women (and Men) of Mystery will meet on
recruitment are similarly prohibited. Applications for September 28 at 11:00 via Zoom. This class, led by Janet
www.facebook.com/newhartfordpubliclibrary the case are on a first come, first served basis and are Hoover, is for those who love mysteries or just want to
Instagram: new_hartford_public_library limited to one month, with displays also limited to one know more about them and those who write them. This
per year per individual, group or organization. Exhibits year we're looking at the history of mystery over the
NHPL Board of Trustees will be reviewed in advance before being displayed. last 2 centuries--a good way to add to your "to be read"
2024 Meeting Applications for use of the case are available at the stacks. During this session we will focus on authors and
Library's front desk. If you have any questions or are mysteries written during the 1990's including Laura
The NHPL Board of Trustees will be meeting on interested in using the display, please call the Library Laura Lippman, Robert Barnard, Anne Perry, Dorothy
Wednesday, September 18th at 4:30 in the Sammon and ask to speak to our Display Case Coordinator, Cannell, and Dennis LeHane New members are always
Room. John. 315-733-1535 welcome...call the New Hartford Public Library (315-
733-1535) to get the Zoom link.
New Technology Suzanne Mulvihill Firsching

We are happy to announce that we have updated the Sculptor Suzanne Mulvihill Firsching’s work will be TBR Book Group
patron and staff computers at the Library. We have featured at the New Hartford Public Library during Are you on Facebook? Are you always looking for
also purchased smart screen displays for community the month of September. The New Hartford native your next book? We have the perfect group for you.
organizations to use for the meetings they host at the has won honors at local, regional, and national levels We have created a group called the To Be Read (TBR)
Library. These upgrades were made possible through for a variety of works, including realistic, abstract and Book Group where readers can comment what they're
a grant designated to benefit the New Hartford Public caricature sculptures. She is a seven-time winner of the reading and look for suggestions for their next book.
Library. Henry DiSpirito Award. The exhibit will be on display With over 100 members, you will never wonder what
in the showcase at the library’s main entrance. you should read next!
Mid York Library System App Join here:

Did you know there's a NEW app for all your library In Person Story Time www.facebook.com/groups/1532390520153487/
needs? Download the Mid York Library System App Returns Sept 9th
from your app store to search our catalog, place holds, Yoga for Seniors
view your account, and even see what's happening at Mondays (group A), Tuesdays (group B) and
any Mid York library! Thursdays (group C) 10:30-11:00 for preschool aged Join Bill Skinner every Monday at 3:00pm for a Yoga
The new app allows you to log in with one or more children. Join us for stories and crafts. Aimed towards program geared towards seniors!
Mid York library cards, search for items, place holds, preschoolers – but all are welcome. An adult must
accompany the child. All story times are held in the
see library locations, check out OverDrive books, read Children’s Area/Corasanti room. Chair Yoga Class
OverDrive books, check out OverDrive magazines, Join us each Monday and Friday mornings for a Chair
read OverDrive magazines, search and filter library Yoga class taught by Donna Reale. Classes start at 11
programming, bring up a digital library card, and much Lego Club and will last until noon.
more. From Book to Block
The app is available in the Apple App Store as well as Back by popular demand…Lego Club! After Breast Cancer Group
the Google Play Store.
Each month a passage from a book is read aloud from Join us for our September 7th meeting which will start
Book Locker a pre-selected book. Using their imagination, children at 11:00 am in the Sammon Room.
are asked to build what they see when visualizing that
Juliana Hardy : September Move, Breathe, Live.
Did you know you can now pick your reserved items scene. This club meets on the 1st Saturday of the month Sitting and standing to do parts of the program, gentle
up at a time that is convenient for you, regardless of at 11:00am. breathing and mindfulness exercises.
our hours? When placing a hold online, please choose The next meeting is September 7th in the Corasanti
NHLOCKER as your pick up location. Picking up your Room. (Geared for 7-12yrs) American Red Cross Blood
items is easy! All you will need to do is scan your library
card or manually enter your library card number. Park Passes Are Back! Drive September 13th
Our outdoor book locker is made possible through Once again, the Friends of the New Hartford Public 12:30-4:30
the Mid York Library System and a grant through the Library are supporting our Park Pass Program. Through New Hartford Public Library is committed to
Central New York Resources Library Council (CLRC).
their generosity, we will be allowing our patrons to strengthening our community and helping meet
check out the following park passes which will allow hospital and patient needs through blood donations.
our patrons a discounted entry rate: Blood is a perishable product that can only come from
The Wild Center volunteer blood donors. With someone in the U.S.
Fort Rickey Children's Discovery Zoo needing blood every two seconds, blood products must