Reimagined BookExpo Disclaimer: Book Expo gave me an event badge. This year Book Expo America advertised themselves as “the reimagined Book Expo” which I think is code for “smaller”. Of…
Category: <span>Library Rant</span>
Hudson Children’s Book Festival I’ve been curious about this book festival for years. A one day event in Hudson, NY, it is the place to go to see children’s authors and…
Selby Library So this library isn’t part of my system tour… think of it as a bonus. Selby Library is a branch of the Sarasota County Library System in Sarasota,…
Voorheesville Public Library Back in the fall, on an idyllic day that included apple picking at Indian Ladder Farm, I visited Altamont Library and Voorheesville Library. I made a post…
Brunswick Community Library I was in Brunswick on a Saturday for a Cub Scout event. I was pleasantly surprised to see the Brunswick Library was open until 6 on Saturdays,…
Sand Lake Town Library On Take Your Child to the Library Day, I of course had to do so, and since taking my kids to work would be dull, off…
Cohoes Public Library I’ve been in Cohoes quite a few times, sometimes even intentionally (it’s where you end up when you keep going on 787 North instead of turning off…
RCS Library
The Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Library, which has very sensibly shortened its name to the RCS Library, has a checkered past which reminds me of swamp castle in Monty Python’sHoly Grail (and that fourth one stayed up!) That’s not something I’m explaining, just that things are looking up for them- they are in a wonderful space and in the process of expanding.
Menands Library
My first attempt to visit, on my way to the Watervliet Library, was a failure, because their hours are, in library jargon, “wackadoodle”. I had glanced quickly at their schedule, saw they were open until 8, and just assumed they would be open at 3. Nope. They were open 5-8 that day.
Watervliet Public Library
The Watervliet (pronounced “water-vill-eet”) library is in the same building as the city’s senior center. It had a massive renovation in 2016.
There’s a large bell in the lobby. I learned from my mistake from the Guilderland library (will anybody ever comment on why there’s a cow in their lobby??) and read the plaque.
